Honorary Committee
Mr. Atsushi Horiba
President, CEO & Chairman
HORIBA Ltd
Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1948, Mr. Atsushi Horiba graduated from University of California, Irvine, Graduate School (Electronics Engineering) in 1977.
In 1971 he joined OLSON-HORIBA Inc. (U.S.A) as a service engineer and later transferred to HORIBA International Corp. and HORIBA Instruments Inc., both in California, U.S., successively.
He returned to Kyoto in 1977 as Manager of Overseas Technical Service Dept of HORIBA, Ltd.
In 1982 he was appointed as Director and then Senior Managing Director in 1988. He became President and CEO in 1992 and took on the additional role of Chairman in 2005.
He was awarded the L'Ordre National du Merite, Officier in 1998 and the L'Ordre National de la Legion d'honneur, Chevalier in 2010 by the French government.
Mr. Horiba also holds external positions, namely Ambassador of the University of California, Irvine and Chairman of Japan Analytical Instruments Manufactures Association.
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