Board Members
President Yukio Sakamoto
- April 1993
- Vice President, Texas Instruments Japan, Ltd.
- January 1998
- General Manager, Semiconductor Department, Electronics & Information Division, Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- March 2000
- President and Representative Director, Nippon Foundry, Inc. (Current UMC JAPAN)
- November 2002
- President, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- July 2006
- Director, Akita Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- January 2007
- President, Representative Director, Hiroshima Elpida Memory, Inc.
- May 2007
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation(Present position)
Director Takao Adachi
- April 2000
- Project Manager, Technical Marketing & Development Department, 1st LSI Memory Division, LSI Memory Operations Unit, NEC Corporation
- October 2000
- Project Manager, 3rd SDRAM Project, 1st Design Division, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- April 2005
- Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- June 2006
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- May 2007
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation
Director Hideki Gomi
- December 1990
- Engineering Manager, Thin Film Process Development Laboratory, ULSI Device Development Laboratories NEC Corporation
- April 2000
- Project Manager, Process Development Department, Development Division, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- October 2003
- Executive Manager, Advanced Process Development Group, Technology & Development Office, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- August 2006
- Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- January 2008
- Director, Plant Manager, Hiroshima Elpida Memory, Inc.
- June 2008
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- March 2010
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation (Present position)
- April 2011
- President, Representative Director, Akita Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
Director Yasuo Shirai
- February 1988
- Controller, ASP division & Hatogaya Plant, Texas Instruments Japan, Ltd.
- April 1995
- Senior Finance Analyst, Texas Instruments, Inc.
- October 1998
- Director of Financial Department, Texas Instruments Japan, Ltd.
- August 2009
- Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- October 2009
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation
- June 2010
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
Director Yoshitaka Kinoshita
- April 1982
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- February 1999
- Department Manager, Advanced DRAM Development Department, DRAM Business Division, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
- April 2000
- Deputy Department Manager, 2nd Development Department, Development Division, NEC Hitachi Memory, Inc. (current Elpida Memory, Inc.)
- January 2003
- Division Manager, Server and PC Division, PD&O Office, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- April 2004
- Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
- June 2006
- Director, Walton Advanced Engineering, Inc. (present position)
- May 2009
- Director, Akita Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
Director Yasushi Takahashi
- April 1985
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- October 2000
- Project Manager, 1st Design Department, 2nd Design Division, NEC Hitachi Memory, Inc. (current Elpida Memory, Inc.)
- January 2006
- Executive Manager, 2nd Product Design Group, Server & PC Division, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- January 2007
- Executive Officer, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
- May 2007
- Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (current Powerchip Technology Corporation)
- May 2007
- Director, Powertech Technology Inc.
- March 2010
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation
Director Tsay-Jiu Brian Shieh
- October 1985
- Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
- September 1989
- Consultant, Texas Instruments Incorporated
- September 1990
- Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
- August 1994
- Director, NSF Industry/ University Cooperative Research Center at University of Texas at Arlington
- September 2001
- Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (Current Powerchip Technology Corporation)
- June 2002
- Director, Powertech Technology Inc. (Present position)
- January 2003
- President, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation
- June 2007
- Director, Rexchip Electronics Corporation (Present position)
- January 2010
- Chairman, Rexchip Electronics Corporation (Present position)
- June 2010
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
Director Nobuyuki Wataki *
- April 1972
- Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
- June 1989
- Executive Vice President, Nomura Securities International, Inc.
- January 1992
- General Manager, Products Development Group, NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD.
- June 1996
- Director, NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD.
- June 2003
- Senior Managing Director, NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD.
- March 2006
- Management Executive, NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD.
- June 2010
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
* Director Nobuyuki Wataki is an outside director as defined under the Japanese Corporate Law.
Executive Officers
Yukio Sakamoto
Chief Executive Officer
Takao Adachi
New Memory Development
Hideki Gomi
Chief Technology Officer
Yasuo Shirai
Chief Financial Officer
Yoshitaka Kinoshita
Chief Operating Officer
Head of DRAM Business Unit
Yasushi Takahashi
Chief Sales Officer
Takehiro Fukuda
Finance & Accounting Office
Toshiaki Hagiwara
Chief Administrative Officer
Oliver Chang
Sales & Marketing Office Deputy
Akira Tsujimoto
Chief Quality Assurance Officer
Shigeru Shiratake
Device Integration Technology, Technology Development Office
Masayuki Nakamura
Advanced DRAM Design, Technology Development Office
Nahomi Aoto
Advanced Process Development, Technology Development Office
Hiroaki Akiyama
Hiroshima Plant Manager
Corporate Auditors
Corporate Auditor Toshio Nohara
- April 1971
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- April 2003
- General Manager, Semiconductor Business Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
- April 2003
- Director, Elpida Memory, Inc. (Present position)
- April 2006
- Corporate Auditor, Renesas Technology Corp. (Current Renesas Electronics Corporation)
- June 2010
- Corporate Auditor, Akita Elpida Memory, Inc.
Corporate Auditor, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
Corporate Auditor Takayuki Mashiko
- April 1984
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- July 1998
- Section Manager, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits Accounting Controls Department 2nd Accounting Section, Hitachi, Ltd.
- June 2000
- Deputy Department Manager, Hitachi Semiconductor (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
- December 2002
- Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, Elpida Memory, Inc.
- April 2005
- Executive Manager, Accounting & Finance Department, Hiroshima Elpida Memory, Inc.
- May 2007
- Director CFO, Rexchip Electronics Corporation
- June 2010
- CFO, Rexchip Electronics Corporation
- June 2011
- Corporate Auditor, Akita Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
Corporate Auditor, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
Corporate Auditor Katsumi Sakurai **
- April 1965
- Joined Ikegai Ironworks Corp
- April 1969
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- August 1986
- Department Manager, Accounting Controls Department, Omika Works, Hitachi, Ltd.
- December 1991
- Senior Vice President, Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc.
- December 1992
- Department Manager, Accounting Controls Department, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits, Hitachi, Ltd.
- June 1995
- CFO, Hitachi America, Ltd.
- April 1999
- Executive Managing Director, Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
- May 2003
- President, Ibaraki Hitachi Information Service Co., Ltd.
- June 2007
- Corporate Auditor, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
Corporate Auditor Masahiko Kanamura **
- April 1990
- Registered as an attorney-at-law
- August 1990
- Worked with Masuda & Ejiri
- September 1994
- Worked with Foley, Hoag & Eliot in Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- September 1995
- Worked with Asahi Law Offices
- January 1998
- Partner in Asahi Law Offices
- January 2007
- Partner in Torikai Law Office (present position)
- June 2011
- Corporate Auditor, Elpida Memory, Inc. (present position)
** Corporate Auditors (Elpida statutory auditors) Katsumi Sakurai and Masahiko Kanamura are outside auditors as defined in the Companies Act under Japanese Corporate Law.