Mitsuhisa Kato

Mitsuhisa Kato was born on March 2, 1953. He graduated from Hokkaido University with a bachelor’s degree in engineering in March 1975, and joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in April the same year. In January 2000, Mitsuhisa Kato was appointed chief engineer of Vehicle Development Center 1. In June 2004, he was made a managing officer, and also became chief officer of Toyota Development Center 2. In June 2006, he was appointed president of Toyota Technocraft Co., Ltd. and an advisor of TMC. In June 2010, Mitsuhisa Kato was appointed as a senior managing director of TMC (this title was changed to senior managing officer as of June 2011), and as deputy chief officer of the Customer Service Operations Group, as well as chief officer of R&D Group 1. In June 2012, Mitsuhisa Kato was made an executive vice president and a member of the board of directors. In April 2016, he became chief officer of the Frontier Research Center.