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Suntory promotes Nobuhiro Torii to president
Suntory Holdings will move forwards with a ‘top-two’ management structure following the appointment of Nobuhiro Torii as president.
Torii, currently Suntory’s executive vice-president, will take up the position of president on 25 March 2025.
Current president and CEO Takeshi Niinami will remain as chairman and CEO.
Torii said: “I am deeply honoured to have been entrusted with leading Suntory Group. I am committed to ensuring the values of our founding spirit, ‘yatte minahare’ [meaning ‘dream big, take challenges’] and giving back to society, not only endure but flourish even more strongly throughout Suntory Group.
“Together, in close partnership with chairman Tak Niinami, I will lead our organisation forward with conviction and purpose. I pledge to stand at the forefront of our 40,000 employees with a deep sense of ownership, consistently embracing bold challenges as we move forward.”
Niinami noted the integration of Beam into the global business as he reflected on Torii’s appointment and his transition to chairman and CEO.
He commented: “Throughout the last decade as the president and CEO of Suntory Holdings, the integration of Beam represented a defining challenge for our company, demanding extraordinary commitment through countless difficulties.
“I am proud to say that two companies, each shaped by distinct cultural heritage, have successfully united under Suntory’s founding spirit and shared corporate philosophies.
“I look forward to working closely with president Nobu Torii to pursue our shared ambition of becoming the first Japanese company to emerge as a truly global leader in consumer goods, taking Suntory Group to new heights.”
In May this year, Maker’s Mark owner Beam Suntory rebranded to Suntory Global Spirits, a decade after Suntory Holdings bought Beam.
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