Takashi Saigo was born in 1974. After graduating from university, he joined Ebara Corporation in 1997. He worked in the Global Sales and Marketing division and was involved in large-scale projects to install drainage and irrigation pump systems mainly in the Middle East. He started working for Starlite in January 2003 and was appointed as a member of the board in 2008. Since then, he has headed the Tribology, Mobility Solutions, and Safety & Life Support businesses as well as the subsidiary companies over the years. He has been serving as Board Chairman at Starlite Plastics Products in China since 2013, becoming Chief Operating Officer of Starlite in 2020. In June 2022, he became President and CEO of Starlite.
Education
Bachelor of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo (1997)
Experience
2003 Joined Starlite. Co., Ltd
2008 Member of the Board
2013 Board Chairman of Starlite Plastics Products (China)
2014 Head of Tribology Company
2019 Head of Mobility Solutions Company
2020 Head of Safety and Life Support Company
2020 Chief Operating Officer
2022 President and CEO
Goals as president
He believes that, before we pursue material wealth in human life, we need to do more to enhance greater harmony and spiritual richness in the earth and the natural world. Now is the time to face the crises and problems of the earth and society, and to pursue the truly necessary needs, so that we can help solve society's problems, even if only in a small way.
With that in mind, the role of manufacturing companies is not only to produce things (monozukuri), but also to consider what happens after the products are made (kotozukuri), including how to make them last longer, how to make them easier to use, and how to collect/recycle them. Companies that can take these actions will be regarded as members of society in the future.
Starlite will mobilize the power of the group to solve as many problems as possible for the future of the planet by approaching today’s social issues with our technologies and ideas, and by co-creating with like-minded people through flexible mindset and connections.