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Apr. 1992 Joined the Company, Feb. 2010 Co-CEO, Memory Disk Division of the Company, Sep. 2010 Head of Optical Lens of the Company, Jun. 2013 Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company, Jun. 2015 Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company, Mar. 2020 Executive Officer & Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company, Mar.2022 Representative Executive Officer President & CEO of the Company,Chief Representative of Singapore Branch of the Company (present post), Jun. 2022 Director, Representative Executive Officer President & CEO (present post)
Eiichiro Ikeda is the Group President and Chief Executive Officer of HOYA Corporation (HOYA). Mr. Ikeda leads and oversees HOYA’s corporate direction and strategy to ensure the Company creates value for the communities it serves. His vision is for HOYA to become an undisputed leader in the Company’s selected markets through creativity and innovation. Before taking the position as CEO in 2022, he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of HOYA Corporation (HOYA), responsible for leading the group-wide research & development and commercialization of innovative and indispensable high-tech solutions and products. Mr. Ikeda was also responsible for the diversified industrial research and technology organizations of HOYA. He had also led the EUV blanks and HDD substrates businesses that have both been key growth drivers of the Company in recent years.
Mr. Ikeda joined HOYA in 1992 and grew his career within the organization. In early 2010, he took on the role of Co-CEO of the Memory Disk Division and General Manager of Media and later on became Head of Optical Lens from late 2010 to 2012. He was then promoted to Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Information Technology (IT) in 2013 before taking on the role of Group CTO in 2015 and President of the Eyecare Division in 2019. Not limited to high-tech sectors, he has also contributed to the growth of HOYA’s Contact Lens division during his tenure, demonstrating the ability to manage various types of businesses. In addition, he also has a successful track record in business execution, such as concluding the sale of the HDD glass media business.
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