Mr. Takeshi Kato is a university graduate from Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. He has vast and rich experience in Logistics Management for about 32 years with Toyota Group, Japan.
He started working for Toyota Group, Japan from 1989 after joining Toyota Transportation Co. Ltd (TYC), Japan. Upon his successful terms in various locations at Japan, he was strategically appointed to Toyota Transport subsidiaries at China, first to Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Transportation as General Manager (2006-2008) and later as President at Toyota Lujie Transportation, China (2009-2012).
Thereafter, he gained more international exposure when he was appointed as the President of Toyota Transport Furlong Argentina SA (2015-18).
He was promoted to the Senior General Manager at Toyota Transportation Co. Ltd, Japan in 2021, in charge of Business administration division and his work experience consisted of whole gamut of business activities and managerial responsibilities.
He was chosen to be appointed as Managing Director of TLKI in India, as he had the versatile expertise and global management experience, as he has worked in Japan for 24 Years, in China for 5 years and in Argentina for 3 Years.
He has expert knowledge of Toyota Way, Toyota Production System (TPS), Global Logistics processes, which will help him to lead TLKI to further growth and success.
TLKI is committed to ensure the quality of new cars by safe transportation and deliver them to our customers on time. We are mindful of the fact that the Car Carrier trucks are large, long and might cause challenges to the general public. Even a minor mistake may lead to an accident.
We provide relevant and continuous education to our drivers, so that they are reminded about the peculiarities of this work and the need to ensure safe transportation. So the drivers are made to understand the necessity to maintain the contents of the standard operation procedures (SOP) and to comply with the basic work based on it.
We will continue to make efforts to please our customers, society, employees, their families, and our associates, through safe transportation of new cars, with utmost quality. Thank you.
