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Akira Takano

Director, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Customer Service Operations

Honda Motor Company, Limited (HMC)

Industry: Automotive

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Akira Takano, Director of the Company from June 1996; Chief Operating Officer for Customer Service Operations, appointed in April 2004 (presently held); Managing Director of the Company, appointed in June 2003; President and Director of Honda of the U.K. Manufacturing Ltd., appointed in June 1998; Executive Vice President and Director of Honda Motor Europe Ltd., appointed in June 1998; Director of the Company, appointed in June 1996; Director of Honda R&D Co., Ltd., appointed in June 1995 and Joined Honda in April 1972.


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