Auditors and Executive Officers Changes
- January 27, 2021
OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) today announced that the Board of Directors decided the following Directors and Executive Officers changes.
1. Audit & Supervisory Board Member
*Underline: Changed position and title
| New Position and Title | Previous Position and Title | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Newly Appointed | Shuji Tamaki |
| Retired | Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Kiichiro Kondo |
* The above appointments are subject to approval at the 84th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2021.
2. Executive OfficersｼAs of April 1, 2021)
*Underline: Changed position and title
| New Position and Title | Previous Position and Title | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ and Senior General Manager, Innovation Exploring Initiative HQ |
Kiichiro Miyata |
| Executive Officer, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
Executive Officer, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company, and Senior General Manager, Business Development HQ |
Shizuto Yukumoto |
| Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Business Management Division HQ, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
Senior General Manager, Business Management Division HQ, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
Masahiko Ezaki |
| Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Innovation Exploring Initiative HQ |
Assistant Senior General Manager, Innovation Exploring Initiative HQ |
Hidetaka Ishihara |
| Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, CEO Support Division |
General manager, Project Planning & Development Office, Global Strategy HQ |
Hisako Takada |
| Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company |
Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company |
Motohiro Yamanishi |
| Board of Directors Office and Director, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD. |
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Board of Directors Office |
Takashi Kitagawa |
| Retired | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Risk Management and Legal HQ |
Shuji Tamaki |
| Retired | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Production Division HQ, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
Makoto Ota |
| President and CEO, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD. |
Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD. |
Masako Kubo |
* Mr. Kiichiro Miyata and Mr. Shizuto Yukumoto will assume the new position and title on March 21, 2021. Mr. Hidetaka Ishihara and Ms. Hisako Takada will assume the new organization head on March 21, 2021.
* Mr. Takashi Kitagawa is scheduled to be appointed as President and CEO, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD at Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting of OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD scheduled in June, 2021, and縲Ms. Masako Kubo is scheduled to retire from President and CEO, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD at the same Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting as above.
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New management structure by the previous section changes is as follows.
Directors (Term: From the day at the 2021 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2022 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting)
| Name | Position | Main concurrent title of outside officers |
|---|---|---|
| Fumio Tateishi | Chairman of the Board | - |
| Yoshihito Yamada | Representative Director | - |
| Kiichiro Miyata | Representative Director | - |
| Koji Nitto | Director | - |
| Satoshi Ando | Director | - |
| Eizo Kobayashi | Outside Director | Director Emeritus, ITOCHU Corporation |
| Takehiro Kamigama | Outside Director | Mission Executive, TDK Corporation |
| Izumi Kobayashi | Outside Director | - |
* The above appointments are subject to approval at the 84th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2021.
Auditors
| Name | Position | Main concurrent title of outside officers |
|---|---|---|
| Kiyoshi Yoshikawa | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
- |
| Shuji Tamaki | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
- |
| Hideyo Uchiyama | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent) |
Executive Advisor, ASAHI TAX Corporation |
| Tadashi Kunihiro | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent) |
Attorney, T. Kunihiro & Co., Attorneys-at-Law |
* The reappointment of Mr. Shuji Tamaki and Mr. Tadashi Kunihiro (Term: From the day at the 2021 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2025 Ordinary General Shareholders Meetingｼ is subject to approval at the 84th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2021.
Substitute Auditor Candidate (Term: From the day at the 2021 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2022 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting)
| Name | Position | Main concurrent title of outside officers |
|---|---|---|
| Toru Watanabe | Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent) |
Partner, Kitahama Partners -Foreign Law Joint Enterprise, Attorney at Law |
* The above appointments are subject to approval at the 84th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2021.
Executive Officers (As of April 1, 2021)
| Name | Position and Title |
|---|---|
| Yoshihito Yamada | President and CEO |
| Yutaka Miyanaga | Executive Vice President, Company President, Industrial Automation Company |
| Kiichiro Miyata | Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ |
| Koji Nitto | Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and Senior General Manager, Global Strategy HQ |
| Shizuto Yukumoto | Managing Executive Officer, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
| Toshio Hosoi | Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS CO., LTD. |
| Isao Ogino | Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. |
| Nigel Blakeway | Managing Executive Officer, Chairman and CEO, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF AMERICA, INC. and Chairman, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF EUROPE and Chairman, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF ASIA PACIFIC |
| Seigo Kinugawa | Managing Executive Officer, CEO, OMRON EUROPE B.V., Industrial Automation Company |
| Masahiko Tomita | Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Human Resources and Administration HQ |
| Junta Tsujinaga | Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Product Business Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company |
| Goshi Oba | Executive Officer, Chairman and President, OMRON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (CHINA) CO., LTD. |
| Takayoshi Oue | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Finance and Accounting HQ |
| Tsutomu Igaki | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Investor & Brand Communications HQ |
| Jian Xu | Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON (CHINA) CO., LTD. |
| Kenji Eda | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Procurement and Quality Management HQ |
| Shinji Fukui | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Technology Development Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company |
| Masako Kubo | Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON EXPERTLINK CO., LTD. |
| Seiji Takeda | Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Global Strategy HQ |
| Taisuke Tateishi | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Energy Solutions Business HQ, OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS CO., LTD. |
| Katsuhiro Shikata | Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON FIELD ENGINEERING CO., LTD. |
| Virendra Shelar | Executive Officer, President, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF ASIA PACIFIC, and General Manager, Global Human Resource Strategy Department |
| Masayuki Yamamoto | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Strategy Planning Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company |
| Robert Black | Executive Officer, President, CEO and COO, OMRON ELECTRONICS LLC, Industrial Automation Company |
| Masahiko Ezaki | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Business Management Division HQ, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company |
| Hidetaka Ishihara | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Innovation Exploring Initiative HQ |
| Hisako Takada | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, CEO Support Division |
| Motohiro Yamanishi | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company |
About OMRON Corporation
OMRON Corporation is a global leader in the field of automation based on its core technology of "Sensing & Control + Think." OMRON's business fields cover a broad spectrum, ranging from industrial automation and electronic components to social systems, and healthcare. Established in 1933, OMRON has about 30,000 employees worldwide, working to provide products and services in around 120 countries and regions. For more information, visit OMRON's website https://www.omron.com/
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