After serving as president of Dongfeng Nissan, deputy COO of Nissan, and CEO of Nidec, he joined Hon Hai Technology Group in February 2023 as chief strategy officer (CSO) of the electric vehicle (EV) business.
[1] His contemporaries included Masahiro Origuchi, the founder of the TechnoPro Holdings, Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi prefecture, Goro Yuasa, chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Daisaku Sakaguchi, professor of the National Defense Academy, and Toru Kuraishi, a real estate investor.
His eyesight, which was originally 2.0, suddenly declined and his path to becoming a pilot was closed, and he joined the Ground Self-Defense Force, but was soon discharged.
[1][2] At that time, former chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested on suspicion of violating the financial instruments and exchange act, and the company was in big trouble.
To say no, he went to a dinner in Kyoto, but Nagamori's word "growth" stuck in Seki's heart.
[6] In April 2022, however, he was demoted to Nidec's representative director, president and chief operating officer (COO).
[8] Being dissatisfied with the stock price and business performance, Nagamori held an online press conference, saying, "We need to make a very quick decision and deal with it.
Vice Chairman Hiroshi Kobe, one of the founding members, was appointed as successor on September 3.
Founder and CEO Shigenobu Nagamori said at a press conference on September 2, "It was an illusion to think that there would be a good successor outside the company".
[11] On January 30, 2023, Taiwan's Hon Hai Technology Group announced that Seki would become chief strategy officer (CSO) of the electric vehicle (EV) business on February 1, 2023.