Nidec appoints Hiroyuki Yoshimoto new president

Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors - whose Italian subsidiary released an ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles - has appointed Hiroyuki Yoshimoto as president. He will take over 30% of the responsibilities of the company’s founder, Shigenobu Nagamori, the company says. Nagamori is now also chairing the board of Kyoto Gakuen Educational Foundation that manages Kyoto Gakuen University. He will help develop students who are training to become engineers. “Yoshimoto is young and ambitious a
July 3, 2018 Read time: 1 min

8818 Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors - whose Italian subsidiary released an ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles - has appointed Hiroyuki Yoshimoto as president. He will take over 30% of the responsibilities of the company’s founder, Shigenobu Nagamori, the company says.

Nagamori is now also chairing the board of Kyoto Gakuen Educational Foundation that manages Kyoto Gakuen University. He will help develop students who are training to become engineers.

“Yoshimoto is young and ambitious and his management style and methods are similar to my own,” says Nagamori.

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