Thomas Sumner is the current President of Yamaha Corporation of America. Thomas has held this position since January of 2017. Prior to this, they served as a member of the board of directors for NAMM from January 2014 to January 2017. Their work with NAMM was focused on serving the musical instrument industry. Before their work with NAMM, Sumner was with CEA for an undisclosed amount of time. Thomas began their career with Yamaha Corporation of America, and has been with the company in various capacities for over 20 years.
Thomas Sumner attended Pepperdine University, where they earned their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
Thomas Sumner reports to Takuya Nakata, President and Representative Executive Officer. They are on a team with Shinichi Takenaga - Executive GM, Audio Products Business Unit, Satoshi Yamahata - Managing Executive Officer, and Taro Tokuhiro - Executive General Manager of Operations Unit.
Current role