Outside Director
Takao Matsui
In 1982, joined Asahi Accounting Corporation (now KPMG AZSA LLC).After serving as a specially-appointed professor at Kansai University Professional Graduate School, Outside Corporate Auditor of Carna Biosciences, Inc. and Part-time lecturer at Kansai University and Kansai University Professional Graduate School of Accounting (current position).In 2022,became an outside director of AIR WATER.
Strengthening Group governance is essential to maximize the value of diverse business development
Air Water operates in a variety of fields, with consolidated Group companies alone accounting for 167 companies. Some companies with many group companies spend time fostering a sense of unity in their corporate culture and organizational climate to make Group governance effective, but since Air Water expanded its business domain in a short period of time, mainly through M&A deals, we need to establish a different kind of Group governance system.
As one solution, the new medium-term business plan reorganizes and consolidates diverse business groups around two axes: global environment and wellness. By strengthening synergies among Group companies, the aim is to create new technologies and businesses that were not previously possible, while also strengthening Group governance. Air Water has operated a diverse range of businesses and reshaped itself in the face of various changes in the business environment.
As a result, it has achieved growth that continues to this day, while at the same time acquiring a diverse range of knowledge and expertise. I would like to support Air Water as it takes on the challenge of maximizing the value of its diverse business portfolio by leveraging my knowledge and experience in accounting audits in a wide range of business companies.
Outside Director
Yoshihiro Senzai
In 1971, joined Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (now Maxell Holdings, Ltd.).served as President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, and Honorary Advisor of the company. In 2022, became an outside director of AIR WATER.
Innovate by combining sources of strengths with management expertise
I have been involved in innovation as an engineer up to a point and then as a manager. Even in light of my experience, I have never seen a company that operates in such a wide range of areas as Air Water does. I feel that Air Water has the potential to deliver unprecedented levels of innovation.
So how should this potential be used? I believe that in order for a company to achieve sustainable growth, it is important to “know” and further uncover its sources of strengths in the fields of research, production, and sales, and to leverage these strengths in an innovative manner. Since this is usually taken for granted, people within the company are surprisingly unaware of the sources of strengths. First, I would like to use my experience to uncover Air Water’s sources of strengths and help visualize them throughout the company.
To innovate, you cannot simply add sources of strengths together. It is always necessary for a person with management skills to analyze, change the mix, and create new forms of value. In other words, it is important to leverage management expertise to combine the sources of strengths, and I believe I can be of service here as well. I would like to use my experience to contribute to the creation of innovation and the sustainable growth of Air Water.
