Directors, Auditors and Executive Officers Changes
January 31, 2017
OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) today announced that the Board of Directors decided the following Auditors and Executive Officers changes.
As of February 1, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlinedNew Position and Title Previous Position and Title Name Managing Executive Officer,
Company President,
Electronic and Mechanical
Components CompanyManaging Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Environmental Solutions Business HQShizuto Yukumoto Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Environmental Solutions Business HQExecutive Officer, General Manager,
Business Planning Department
and General Manager,
Application Engineering Center,
Environmental Solutions Business HQHideji Ejima Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer,
Company President,
Electronic and Mechanical
Components CompanyKenji Matsunami
As of April 1, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlinedNew Position and Title Previous Position and Title Name Executive Vice President Executive Vice President and CFO Yoshinori Suzuki Executive Vice President,
Company President,
Industrial Automation CompanySenior Managing Executive Officer,
Company President,
Industrial Automation CompanyYutaka Miyanaga Senior Managing Executive Officer,
CTO and Senior General Manager,
Technology & Intellectual Property HQManaging Executive Officer,
CTO and Senior General Manager,
Technology & Intellectual Property HQKiichiro Miyata Senior Managing Executive Officer,
CFO and Senior General Manager,
Global Strategy HQSenior Managing Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Global Strategy HQKoji Nitto Managing Executive Officer, Chairman, President and CEO,
OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF
AMERICA, INC.Managing Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Robotics Business Development Project,
Industrial Automation Company, and
Chairman, President and CEO,
OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF
AMERICA, INC.Nigel Blakeway Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Strategy Planning Division HQ, and Senior General Manager,
Robotics Business Development Project,
Industrial Automation CompanyExecutive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Strategy Planning Division HQ,
Industrial Automation CompanySeigo Kinugawa Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Global Human Resources
and Administration HQExecutive Officer,
General Manager,
Corporate Planning Department,
Global Strategy HQMasahiko Tomita Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Global Investor Relations
& Corporate Communications HQAssistant Senior General Manager,
Global Investor Relations
& Corporate Communications HQ,
and General Manager, Corporate
Communications Dept.Tsutomu Igaki Executive Officer,
China Manufacturing Innovation
Executive, Global Manufacturing
Innovation HQ and President and
CEO, SHANGHAI OMRON CONTROL
COMPONENTS Co., Ltd.President and CEO,
SHANGHAI OMRON
CONTROL COMPONENTS Co., Ltd.Jian Xu Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Product Business Division HQ,
Industrial Automation CompanySenior General Manager,
Product Business Division HQ,
Industrial Automation CompanyJunta Tsujinaga Retired Managing Executive Officer Kenji Matsunami Retired (Scheduled to be appointed as
Director in June)Managing Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Global Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications HQSatoshi Ando Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Solutions Business Division
OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS Co., Ltd.Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager,
Global Human Resources
and Administration HQIzumi Echizen
As of the day at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting Scheduled in June, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlinedNew Position and Title Previous Position and Title Name Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
CTO and Senior General Manager,
Technology & Intellectual Property HQSenior Managing Executive Officer,
CTO and Senior General Manager,
Technology & Intellectual Property HQKiichiro Miyata Director Newly Appointed Satoshi Ando Outside Director Newly Appointed
(Chairman & Representative Director, TDK Corporation)Takehiro Kamigama Retired Executive Vice President Yoshinori Suzuki Retired Executive Vice President Akio Sakumiya Retired Outside Director Kazuhiko Toyama Outside Audit & Supervisory
Board MemberNewly Appointed
(Attorney, T. Kunihiro & Co., Attorneys-at-Law)Tadashi Kunihiro Retired Outside Audit & Supervisory
Board MemberYoshifumi Matsumoto * The appointment of Mr. Miyata as a new representative director is subject to the approval of the Company's proposal entitled "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation." The proposal will be submitted for approval at the 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June of this year.
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Director Candidates (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2018 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting)
Name Position Note Fumio Tateishi Chairman of the Board Yoshihito Yamada Representative Director Kiichiro Miyata Representative Director Koji Nitto Director Satoshi Ando Director Eizo Kobayashi Outside Director Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation Kuniko Nishikawa Outside Director President & CEO, Firststar Healthcare Co. Ltd.
President, Benesse MCM Corp.Takehiro Kamigama Outside Director Chairman & Representative Director, TDK Corpotation * The above appointments are subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.
* The appointment of Mr. Miyata as a new representative director is subject to the approval of the Company's proposal entitled "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation." The proposal will be submitted for approval at the 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June of this year.
Auditor Candidates (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2021 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting)
Name Position Note Tadashi Kunihiro Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Attorney, T. Kunihiro & Co., Attorneys-at-Law * The above appointments are subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.
* Auditors (Non-reelection)
Name Position Note Kiichiro Kondo Audit & Supervisory Board Member Tokio Kawashima Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hideyo Uchiyama Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Executive Advisor, ASAHI TAX Corporation,
Certificated Public Accountant
Substitute Auditor Candidate (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2018 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting)
Name Position Note Toru Watanabe Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent) Partner,
Kitahama Partners -Foreign Law Joint Enterprise,
Attorney at Law* The above appointment is subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.
Executive Officers (Term: One year from April 1, 2017)
Name Position and Title Yoshihito Yamada President and CEO Yutaka Miyanaga Executive Vice President, Company President,
Industrial Automation CompanyKiichiro Miyata Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager,
Technology & Intellectual Property HQKoji Nitto Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and Senior General Manager,
Global Strategy HQShigeki Fujimoto Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Business Development HQKatsuhiro Wada Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO,
OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Shizuto Yukumoto Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Company President,
Electronic and Mechanical Components CompanyToshio Hosoi Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO,
OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Isao Ogino Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO,
OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Kiyoshi Yoshikawa Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Global Manufacturing Innovation HQNigel Blakeway Managing Executive Officer, Chairman, President and CEO,
OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.Goshi Oba Executive Officer, Chairman and President,
OMRON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (CHINA) CO., LTD.Takayoshi Oue Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Global Finance and Accounting HQHideji Ejima Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Environmental Solutions Business HQSeigo Kinugawa Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Strategy Planning Division HQ, and Senior General Manager,
Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation CompanyTakashi Kitagawa Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Board of Directors OfficeMasahiko Tomita Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Global Human Resources and Administration HQMunenori Odake Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Sales & Marketing Division HQ, Industrial Automation CompanyKenji Sugawa Executive Officer, Director, Executive Vice President,
and Senior General Manager,
Global Sales and Marketing Group HQ, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Shuji Tamaki Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Global Risk Management and Legal HQ.Ken Tanikawa Executive Officer, President and CEO,
OMRON PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Makoto Ota Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON RELAY & DEVICES Corporation Tsutomu Igaki Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Global Investor Relations & Corporate Communications HQJian Xu Executive Officer,
China Manufacturing Innovation Executive, Global Manufacturing Innovation HQ,
and President and CEO,
SHANGHAI OMRON CONTROL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.Junta Tsujinaga Executive Officer, Senior General Manager,
Product Business Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company
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OMRON Corporation
Tel: +81-75-344-7175