Yoshiaki Fujimori

Biography

 Yoshiaki Fujimori has been a director of Boston Scientific since July 2016. He is currently an adviser to the LIXIL Group Corporation, a position he has held since June 2016, and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the LIXIL Group Corporation from August 2011 to June 2016. Prior to joining LIXIL, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Japan from January 2008 to June 2011. In his 25 years at GE, beginning in October 1986, he held a variety of positions including Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of a number of Asian and global business divisions including Medical Systems, Plastics, and Capital. Mr. Fujimori also served as a member of the Corporate Executive Council from 2001 to 2010. Mr. Fujimori has been an external director of Tokyo Electric Power Company since June 2012 and an external director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited since June 2016, and formerly served as a director of the Japan Construction Material & Housing Equipment Industries Federation. Mr. Fujimori received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Tokyo University of Science and his M.B.A from Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Business, where he serves as a lifetime member of the board of trustees.

Research Interest

 Yoshiaki Fujimori has been a director of Boston Scientific since July 2016. He is currently an adviser to the LIXIL Group Corporation, a position he has held since June 2016, and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the LIXIL Group Corporation from August 2011 to June 2016. Prior to joining LIXIL, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Japan from January 2008 to June 2011. In his 25 years at GE, beginning in October 1986, he held a variety of positions including Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of a number of Asian and global business divisions including Medical Systems, Plastics, and Capital. Mr. Fujimori also served as a member of the Corporate Executive Council from 2001 to 2010. Mr. Fujimori has been an external director of Tokyo Electric Power Company since June 2012 and an external director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited since June 2016, and formerly served as a director of the Japan Construction Material & Housing Equipment Industries Federation. Mr. Fujimori received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Tokyo University of Science and his M.B.A from Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Business, where he serves as a lifetime member of the board of trustees.