Takao Kato (businessman)

Takao Kato (加藤 隆雄) is a Japanese business executive in the automotive industry. He is an executive of Mitsubishi Motors, serving as CEO and president since 2019 and 2021 respectively.

Biography
Kato was born in Tsu, Mie on February 21, 1962. After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Kyoto University in 1984, he joined Mitsubishi Motors.

After working as Deputy General Manager of Nagoya Works and President of Mitsubishi Motors Indonesia, Kato was appointed as representative director and CEO in June 2019. In addition from these two positions, he was also appointed president on an interim basis in 2020 and was appointed to that position permanently in April 2021.