The Right People In The Right Jobs
Mr. Norio Shibuya
Designation: Managing Director
Mr. Norio Shibuya has 40 years of experience in Global Business & Finance. He has extensive knowledge in global business & economic environment particularly in USA, South-East Asia & India. Mr. Shibuya has played lead role in many international JV structuring of Air Water right from conceptual to implementation phases. He has established Air Water in India and developed its strong footprint utilizing his exemplary business acumen and organizational wisdom
Mr. Kausik Mukhopadhyay
Designation: Executive Director
Kausik is an engineering graduate & masters in business administration and has 26 years of Industry experience in diverse industry verticals such as Steel, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Mineral & Metals & EPC apart from last 11 years of domain expertise in Industrial Gas businesses. Currently, he oversees Business, Projects, Operations, Distribution, Customer Engineering Services, Finance, HR, Corporate Governance, Safety & Quality at AWIPL
Mr. Maasaki Sakamoto
Designation: Director
Mr. Masaaki Sakamoto is an engineering graduate and has 40+ years of experience in Construction, Commissioning, Operations & Maintenance, and Business Management for large ASU. Mr. Sakamoto has experience in Hydrogen plant construction as well. His contribution towards patent acquisition is praiseworthy. He played pivotal role in Design, Construction & Commissioning of Xe & Kr collection equipment using low temperature adsorption system for which Patent was acquired in Japan. He was involved in Design & Construction of Argon collection device for Ruhrstahl-Heraeus (RH) Furnace which was 4 tower type PSA device with patent in Japan. He has extensive knowledge on On-site business management and currently heads the On-site Operations & Business Management.
Mr. Shigehiko Tanaka
Designation: Director
Mr. Shigehiko Tanaka has been involved in industrial gas industry in Japan since 1991. He specializes in AR&D section such as cryogenic technologies, gas generators and environmentally friendly gas applications wherein he has a rich experience of 20 years and more. Currently he is engaged in the planning and operation of the merchant business in India.
Mr. Kazuya Higuchi
Designation: Whole Time Director
Mr. Kazuya Higuchi has over 30 years of rich experience in various management roles at overseas divisions & subsidiaries across multiple industries in the manufacturing domain. He has also been actively monitoring the re-organization activities coupled with organizational resource planning.
He has been associated with Air Water since the last 6 years and has effectively been engaged in supervising such departments as Finance, Human Resources and Internal Control.