Management and Board of Directors

Hirozumi Sone

Director and Chairperson, Chairperson of the Board
Section：Board Effectiveness Enhancement

Hirozumi Sone has been involved in control and automation business for industrial market both domestically and abroad, successively serving as the head of marketing and engineering of the Advanced Automation business, the president of a subsidiary, and the General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department. He went on to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of Azbil Corporation from 2012 and provided direction for management as CEO. He has worked to expand business and enhance sustainable corporate value, including rebuilding the business portfolio and entering into new business fields through implementation of the corporate philosophy of “human-centered automation.” Moreover, since 2020 he has been working to strengthen corporate governance in his role as Representative Director Chairperson and Chairperson of the Board. Because he can enhance the Company’s management supervision functionality to achieve management targets based on his extensive management experience, the Company has judged him to be an appropriate and necessary person for the enhancement of sustainable enterprise value.

Biography