Ryoji Chubachi
"Electronics-Inspired Strategies for Basic and Applied Research"

Position

President
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan

Biography

March 1977:
Completed the doctoral course, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University and received Doctor of Engineering
April 1977:
Joined Sony Corporation (Sony)
June 1999:
Corporate Vice President, Sony
June 2002:
Corporate Senior Vice President, Sony
June 2003:
Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, Sony
June 2004:
Executive Deputy President, Corporate Executive Officer and Chief Operation Officer, Sony
April 2005:
Electronics Chief Executive Officer, Sony
June 2005:
President and Electronics Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Sony
April 2009:
Member of the Board, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, Sony
April 2013:
Appointed as President of AIST