On 8 October, IZUMIYA appointed Haga Tadakatsu (芳賀忠勝) as its first president from outside the founding family, while Suzuki Masaharu (鈴木雅治) became chairman. The company moved to a new management structure, giving concrete form to the separation of ownership and management.
IZUMIYA, a leading foodservice wholesaler in the Kanto region, announced a top management change on 8 October. Former senior managing director Haga Tadakatsu (芳賀忠勝) became the company’s first president from outside the founding family, while Suzuki Masaharu (鈴木雅治), who had led the company as its second-generation owner-president, became chairman. This gave concrete form to the separation of ownership and management.
The personnel change is viewed as an effort by the company, which has been gaining momentum in the Kanto foodservice distribution industry, to address concerns about its succession structure. The company had faced the issue of having no successor, but the change appears to have set efforts to resolve it in motion.