KARIYA (Japan) ―DENSO Corporation today announced management changes, which were approved at today’s board of directors meeting.
The following management changes will be effective April 1, 2018:
(1)Toshiyuki Kato will be appointed to executive vice president. Currently he is a senior executive director.
(2)The following will be appointed as senior executive directors:
Kazuaki Fujitani, currently an executive director
Yukihiro Shinohara, currently an executive director
Yoshitaka Kajita, currently an executive director
(3)The following will be appointed as executive directors:
Hidehiro Yokoo, currently an advisor
Koichi Nagaya, currently director, Quality Control Div.
Hirotaka Yato, currently project director, Corporate Planning Div.
Kazuhiro Iwai, currently general manager, Secretarial Dept.
Hiroshi Kondo, currently deputy head of Electronics Business Unit
Seiji Maeda, currently director, Corporate Planning Div.
Eiji Inoue, currently head of Air-Conditioning Business Unit
(4)Norio Fujimori will be appointed to executive fellow. Currently he is deputy head of ICT Business Unit.
(5)The following will resign as senior executive directors:
Yoshikazu Makino
Michio Adachi
Yukihiko Murakami
(6) Hiroyuki Murayama will resign as executive fellow.
Responsibility of Member of the Board and Executive Directors as of April 1st, 2018
DENSO decided the following changes of members of the board and the members on its audit & supervisory board. This changes will be effective after the 95th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 2018.:
(1)Shoji Tsuzuki will be appointed as members of the Board. Currently he is a senior executive director
(2)The following will resign as from members of the Board:
Nobuaki Katoh
Koji Kobayashi
Yoshikazu Makino
(3)Motomi Niwa will be appointed as member of the Audit & Supervisory Board.
(4)Masato Iwase will resign as member of the Audit & Supervisory Board.
DENSO’s New Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board as of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 2018
About DENSO Corporation
DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world’s major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 150,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, totaled US$40.4 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.denso.com, or visit our media website at www.denso.com/global/en/news/media-center/