Yokogawa South Africa is proud to announce that Mr Naoki Nakamura has been appointed managing director of Yokogawa’s Southern African Group of companies. With more than 30 years with Yokogawa Global, he succeeds Eiji Hamanaka, who has returned to the regional headquarters in Bahrain.
Naoki Nakamura.
Born and educated in Japan, Nakamura joined Yokogawa at the age of 23. He was assigned to the Kofu factory where he started as a junior staff member in the control and production department. After the Japanese economic bubble burst in 1992, Nakamura was transferred into the sales organisation, which triggered his career development within Yokogawa. He tackled various challenging assignments over the years to manage business aspects from production to sales, as well as leading numerous business units including global marketing, corporate audit and global human resources. He was also responsible for Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s major accounts, which saw him managing many global oil companies in his portfolio. In 2001, he was appointed as the first managing director of Yokogawa Nordic at the age of 34, and later served as managing director of Yokogawa Indonesia from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, he became COO and director of the Yokogawa India operation and supported the localisation of its managing director.
“It is an honour to be appointed as managing director of Yokogawa in southern Africa,” said Nakamura. “I am excited to work alongside the highly motivated and experienced people in this region, as I lead Yokogawa to further financial success.
“Our contribution to society underpins all of our business activities to create a sustainable global environment. This is one of our founding principles. I believe that Yokogawa Southern Africa can positively contribute towards this sustainable development through teamwork and unity as we work towards this goal together.”
After nearly 30 years of service at Yokogawa, Nakamura’s experience lies in change management, increasing business profitability, marketing, procurement and human resources. His appointment was confirmed on 1 July.
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