Fukuda Yuji

Executive Vice President & CEO for East Asia Bloc, ITOCHU Corporation

Mr. Fukuda Yuji has worked at the Organic Chemical Products Division, Energy & Chemicals Department, and Daily Materials and Chemical Products Department of ITOCHU Corporation since 1979. He was appointed Executive Vice President of ITOCHU Corporation and CEO for East Asia Bloc and Asia & Oceania Bloc in April 2019. Following that, he served as a Member of the Board and legal representative of ITOCHU Corporation in June 2019.

Founded in 1858, ITOCHU Corporation is one of the five major general trading companies in Japan. Its business lines cover textiles, machinery, information, communications, metals, petroleum, home-related products, chemicals, foods, etc.. ITOCHU Corporation had a turnover of 100.5 billion US dollars in 2019 and ranked 72th place in Fortune Global 500 in 2020.