Hideyuki Sakamoto
Hideyuki Sakamoto is a Nissan Motor Co., Ltd director, executive officer and executive vice president in charge of Manufacturing, SCM and Nissan Purchasing. He was appointed as executive vice president in April 2014, executive officer in June 2019 and director in February 2020.
Sakamoto joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) in 1980. In 1995 he transferred to Calsonic Co., Ltd. Three years later, he returned to NML as a manager in the Body Test Department. In September 2000, Sakamoto transferred to Renault do Brasil S.A. and three years later was transferred to Nissan Technical Center North America, where he served for two years.
Throughout his career at NML, Sakamoto has served in a number of roles including multiple chief vehicle engineer positions as well as corporate vice president, Nissan PV Product Development Division No. 1; corporate vice president, Alliance Common Platform and Components; and senior vice president, Production Engineering.
Most recently, Sakamoto served as executive vice president, Product Engineering.
Sakamoto graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Sakamoto speaks Japanese and English.
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Education
| Mar | 1980 | Tokyo Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering |
Career Profile
| Apr | 2024 | Director, Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Monozukuri Officer *
Manufacturing & SCM, Purchasing, AFL
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| Nov | 2023 | Director, executive officer, executive vice president
Manufacturing & SCM, Purchasing
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| Jul | 2023 | Director, executive officer, executive vice president
Manufacturing & SCM, Nissan Purchasing
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| Feb | 2020 | Director, executive officer, executive vice president
Manufacturing & SCM
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| Jun | 2019 | Executive officer, executive vice president
Manufacturing & SCM
Outside director, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation * |
| Sep | 2018 | Chairman of the board of JATCO Ltd. |
| Aug | 2018 | Chairman of the board of AICHI MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. * |
| Jan | 2018 | Director, executive vice president
Manufacturing & SCM Operations
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| Jun | 2014 | Director, executive vice president
Product Engineering
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| Apr | 2014 | Executive vice president
Product Engineering
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| Apr | 2012 | Senior vice president
Production Engineering Division
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| May | 2009 | Corporate vice president
Alliance Common Platform and Components
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| Apr | 2008 | Corporate vice president
Nissan PV Product Development Division No. 1
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| Apr | 2006 | Chief vehicle engineer, Nissan PV Product Development Division No. 1 |
| Apr | 2005 | Chief vehicle engineer, Vehicle Design Engineering Division No. 3, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Apr | 2003 | Seconded to Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc. |
| Sep | 2000 | Seconded to Renault do Brazil S.A. |
| Jul | 1998 | Manager, Body Test Department, Vehicle Engineering Division, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Jul | 1995 | Seconded to Calsonic Corporation |
| Apr | 1980 | Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| *Current As of April, 2024 |
