Toshiki Kawai

Career

1. 2016 – now
   Tokyo Electronsrc
   Representative Director, President & CEO
   From 2016-01 per the FY2018 yuho career
2. 2015 – 2016
   Tokyo Electronsrc
   Director, Executive Vice President & COO
   From 2015-06
3. 2012 – 2015
   Tokyo Electronsrc
   Corporate officer; General Manager, Surface Preparation Systems Business Unit
   From 2012-04
4. 2010 – 2012
   Tokyo Electronsrc
   Corporate officer (執行役員); General Manager of the Thermal Processing Systems BU and of the Single Wafer Deposition BU
   Made a corporate officer 2010-10; the yuho lists both BU posts under that date without separate dates
5. 1986 – 2010
   Tokyo Electronsrc
   Joined 1986-04; about ten years at the Osaka branch, then about six years posted to the UK and Germany, later head of business planning (事業企画部長)
   Joining date 1986-04 is in IRB-K18; the postings and their years come only from the search summary

Achievements

• Has run Tokyo Electron for over ten years, since January 2016, after seven months as COO; a company career since 1986src
• Before the top job he ran three product business units in turn from 2010 to 2015: thermal processing, single-wafer deposition and surface preparation (cleaning)src
• FY ended March 2026: revenue ¥2,443.5bn, operating income ¥624.9bn, net income ¥574.5bn (a record per EDINET DB), reported ROE 29.6%src
• The medium-term plan he runs targets sales of ¥3tn or more, operating margin of 35% or more and ROE of 30% or moresrc
• Spent about six years posted to the UK and Germany from the late 1990ssrc

Education

• Meiji University, Bachelor's Business Administration (School of Business Administration) (1986)src

Background

• Boards Chairman of the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) per a trade-press interview headline; term dates not establishedsrc