Titles

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
External Director

Kao Corporation
Outside Director

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd
Outside Director

Professional Background

January 1991            Joined McDonald’s in Canada

January 1997           Appointed Senior Director, Marketing of McDonald’s Russia/Ukraine

July 2001                Appointed Senior Director, Marketing of McDonald’s Canada

October 2004           Appointed Vice President, Marketing of McDonald’s Japan

April 2007               Appointed Senior Vice President, Business Development of McDonald’s Japan

July 2009               Appointed Managing Director of McDonald’s Malaysia

May 2012               Appointed Managing Director of McDonald’s Malaysia and Regional Manager McDonald’s Singapore and Malaysia

August 2013           Appointed Representative Director, President and CEO of McDonald’s Japan

March 2014             Appointed Representative Director, President and CEO of McDonald’s Holdings Japan

March 2019             Appointed Representative Director and Chairman of McDonald’s Japan

March 2021             Appointed Representative Director and Chairman of McDonald’s Holdings Japan

June 2023         Appointed External Director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

March 2025        Appointed Outside Director of Kao Corporation

March 2025        Appointed Outside Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

April 1965              Born in Canada

December 1990       Master of Business Administration from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada