Mr. Gen Yokota

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Gen Yokota (DIN 11084786) is a M.S. in Material and Life Science Engineering from Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. He joined Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., Japan (“KPJ”) in April 1999 as a Chemist. During his association with KPJ, he developed and launched water-based coatings for Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

In 2004, Mr. Yokota joined PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes US in Cleveland, Ohio USA as a Chemist and in 2008 joined PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes EU in Quattordio, Italy as an Assistant Technical Manager.

In 2011, he rejoined KPJ at R&D center as a Lead Researcher. He was assigned to be a Technical Manager at Technical Development division for Automotive Coatings.

Mr. Yokota had been seconded to Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited from 2020-2023, as the Director - Technical, QA & QC. Currently, he is the Executive Officer in R&D/Procurement unit at KPJ.