Masahisa Shibata is Senior Managing Executive Officer at Panasonic Corporation and Senior Vice President at Automotive & Industrial Systems Company since April 2014.

Mr Shibata was born in Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University and joined Matsushita Electric Trading Co., Ltd. in 1980. He has held numerous positions within Panasonic Automotive Systems and Panasonic Corporation between 1980 and 2014, including:

April 2005

President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Europe GmbH

President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Czech, s.r.o.

April 2010

Executive Senior Councilor, Panasonic Corporation

Director, Corporate Industrial Marketing & Sales Division

April 2011

Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation

President, Automotive Systems Company

April 2014

Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation

Senior Vice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company