Norio Wada
President and Chief Executive Officer
NTT

Mr. Wada assumed his current post at NTT in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he served as senior executive vice president at NTT. Before that, he held a number of important posts with the company. From 1996 to 1999, he was the senior executive manager of the Affiliated Business headquarters. He was elected to NTT's board as a senior vice president and general manager of Tohoku Regional Communications Sector in 1992, and he joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation in 1964. Throughout his career, Mr. Wada has made significant contributions to the growth of NTT Group's business. He graduated from Kyoto University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1964.