Mimaki Europe has announced the appointment of Takao Terashima as the new Managing Director. Starting his career in MIMAKI in 1997 as part of the R&D Department, Takao has developed his extensive expertise in MIMAKI’s technology portfolio and the surrounding market over the past 26 years. Throughout his time at the company, he has taken up various senior positions across the company. Prior to this new role, he was Senior General Manager of the Asia Oceania Business Unit, a position he first started in 2017. Before this, he spent six months as Senior Deputy General Manager of Quality Management between April and October 2017.
Takao’s career path has led him to work beyond MIMAKI’s headquarters in Japan, in positions across Mimaki’s branches. He spent four years as Managing Director of Mimaki Singapore between 2013 and 2017, and he also worked at Mimaki USA early in his career as part of the technical support staff. Succeeding Takahiro Hiraki as Managing Director of Mimaki Europe, he will bring his industry expertise, analytical thinking, business and team-building skills, as well as his extensive company knowledge, to this new role.
