CYBERDYNE Inc. announced that it has decided to appoint Shinji Honda, as a new Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, effective December 18, 2023. This appointment was resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors on December 4, 2023 to strengthen the Company's management execution structure. Shinji Honda (Born May 26, 1958): April 1981 - Joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; October 2005 - General Manager of U.S. business at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; June 2008 - General Manager of the International Business Division at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; April 2009 - President and Chief Executive Officer at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.; June 2012 - Member of the Board, Managing Director and SVP, Corporate Strategy at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; June 2014 - Member of the Board, Senior Managing Director and SVP of Corporate Strategy at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; October 2014 - Member of the Board, Senior Managing Director and Corporate Strategy Officer at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; January 2018 - Joined Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. as Executive Officer, SVP of Corporate Strategy; June 2018 - Managing Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.; June 2022 - Member of the Board, Non-Executive Director at USS Co. Ltd. (current); June 2023 - Member of the Board, Non-Executive Director at CYBERDYNE Inc. (current).
B.A. in Economics from Kyoto University, M.S. in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business.