Koji Nagata (永田 浩司)

President & Chief Executive Officer

Abdul Latif Jameel Japan & Jameel Motors Japan

Jameel Motors
Jameel Motors
Jameel Motors

Koji Nagata (永田 浩司)

President & Chief Executive Officer

Abdul Latif Jameel Japan & Jameel Motors Japan

Koji Nagata (永田浩司) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Abdul Latif Jameel Japan, part of Abdul Latif Jameel, an international, family-owned and diversified business, founded in 1945, by the late Abdul Latif Jameel.

Mr. Nagata oversees the operations for Abdul Latif Jameel in Japan and business development across Asia, including new business development in sectors from mobility to renewable energy to healthcare. 

For Jameel Motors, opened in 2005, the 50th anniversary of Toyota Motor Corporation’s partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel, Lexus Nerima was Japan’s first Lexus dealership set up with foreign capital.

Prior to taking up his current role in 2023, Koji Nagata held wide range of commercial and of leadership positions in operational and sales and marketing roles, for Toyota Motor Corporation and HINO Motors in Japan and overseas including a focus on the Middle East and Africa, Asia, and Latin American regions, during which time Mr. Nagata has lived in Singapore and India.

Koji Nagata (永田浩司) holds a bachelor of economics degree from Kyoto University.  He speaks Japanese and English.

Jameel Motors is the global mobility sector brand of Abdul Latif Jameel, building on an automotive heritage that stretches back to 1955.  Jameel Motors is a leading international independent automotive distributor, representing a number of prominent global automotive brands, and is one of the world’s leading independent Toyota distributors in key markets across Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe.

Present in 8 markets, Jameel Motors offers full OEM brand representation, including import, distribution and wholesale, retail, marketing and sales of vehicles and parts, servicing, repair and personalization solutions, and component manufacturing.  Its passenger vehicle distribution portfolio includes Toyota, Lexus, Ford, MG Motor, GAC and BYD, together with HINO Trucks and Ford Trucks in Egypt.  Retail only operations further include Peugeot, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors brand partners.

Abdul Latif Jameel is a global investor and diversified, private family-owned network of businesses which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2020.  It is comprised of a number of distinct and independent entities across major industry sectors driving the future of the global economy including Mobility; Financial Services; Energy and Environmental Services, and Health, with a number of other diversified interests including land and real estate development: consumer products professional services and advertising and media.  Strong trusted networks and long-established relationships make Abdul Latif Jameel a powerful business and investment collaborator across the world.  It currently has a presence in more than 35 countries on six continents and employs more than 11,000 people of over 65 nationalities.