Tomofumi Hiraku

Chairman of The Board, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)

Personal
Born : March 23, 1956, Gifu
 

Education 
1978 Graduated From the University of Tokyo, Degree in Economics
 

Career
1978 Entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
1991 Multilateral Trade Negotiator, International Trade Policy Bureau ,MITI
1993 Director , Industrial Labor Policy Office, Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI
1994 Consul, Consulate-General of Japan at Vancouver, Canada (MOFA)
1997 Director, Tariff Division, International Economic Affairs Department, International Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1998 Director-General, General Coordination and Policy Planning Department, Kansai Bureau, MITI
2000 Director, Planning Division, Coal and New Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, MITI
2001 Director, Policy Planning Division, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI*
*MITI was reorganized to METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ) in 2001. 
2002 Director, Economic and Fiscal Management Bureau, Cabinet Office, 
Government of Japan
2005 Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
2006 Deputy Director-General, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
2008 Director-General, Kansai Bureau, METI
2009 Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
2011 Retired from METI
2011 Joined IBM Japan as an Executive Advisor (until 2021)
2021 Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)

Family
wife, son