President KYUMA Kazuo Profile
Profile
- Dr. Kazuo Kyuma received his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and joined the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation where he demonstrated excellent management skills and leadership in carrying out reforms as director of centers on advanced technology R&D and executive vice-president.
- As executive member of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Cabinet Office, he strongly promotes the development of advanced technology in agriculture in cooperation with industries via the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) on "Technologies for creating next-generation agriculture, forestry and fisheries".
Career
- March 1977
- Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- April 1977
- Joined the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Central Research Laboratory)
- Jan 1998
- Project manager, Artificial Retina LSI Business Project,
Semiconductor & Device Business Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2002
- Director of System Technology Department, Advanced Technology R&D Center,
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2003
- General Manager, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation
- April 2006
- Executive Officer, Corporate R&D, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2008
- Chairman, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2010
- Senior Vice President, Semiconductor & Device Business Group
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2011
- Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- April 2012
- Senior Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- March 2013
- Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
- May 2014
- Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation,
Cabinet Office (until February 2018)
- April 2018
- President, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
