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Contact: Yu Matsuda
yuu_matsuda@denso.co.jp
Contact: Yuri Iwata
yuri_iwata@denso.co.jp
DENSO CORPORATION
Phone: 81-566-25-5594
FAX: 81-566-25-4509
KARIYA (Japan) DENSO Corporation today announced its new management structure and management changes. The new structure will help DENSO advance in areas the automotive industry is quickly progressing in, such as electrification, automated driving, connected vehicles, car sharing and the Internet of Things (IoT).
New Company Management Structure
The following changes will be effective April 1, 2017:
New Executive Position “Executive fellow”
DENSO will introduce a new executive position “Executive fellow“. This position will lead their specialized files with their highly advanced expertise, and provide new values to the society. This position is introduced based on DENSO’s policy that “Human resources having highly advanced expertise are sources of company’s competing power”
“As the industry rapidly changes, DENSO needs to transform our approach to work,” said president and CEO of DENSO Corporation Koji Arima. “This transformation starts with our executive team. We need a structure in place to improve our competitiveness, speed and expertise.”
Executive Changes
The following management changes will be effective April 1, 2017:
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi will be appointed to executive vice president and member of the Board. Currently he is the senior executive director and member of the Board.
Masahiko Miyaki will resign as executive vice president.
The following will be appointed as senior executive directors:
The following will be appointed as executive directors:
Satoshi Iwata will resign as senior executive director.
The following will resign as executive directors:
The following will be appointed as executive fellows:
Responsibility of Member of the Board and Executive Directors
as of April 1st, 2017
Members of the Board *Representative, Changes are underlined
Title |
Name |
Responsibility |
*Chairman |
Nobuaki Katoh |
|
*Vice Chairman |
Koji Kobayashi |
Tokyo Office |
*President & CEO |
Koji Arima |
|
*Executive |
Haruya Maruyama |
Overall Management, Overall Sales and Marketing, Corporate Strategy |
Yasushi Yamanaka |
Overall Management, Overall R&D, Future Creation Technology, NIPPON SOKEN, INC. |
|
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi |
Overall Management, Overall Production, Safety & Environment, Quality Center, ADAS, |
|
Member of the Board |
Masahiko Miyaki |
|
Satoshi Iwata |
||
George Olcott |
Outside board member | |
Takashi Nawa |
Outside board member | |
Member of the Board Senior |
Yoshikazu Makino |
Corporate Center, Audit Dept., Thermal Systems Business Group |
Michio Adachi |
Powertrain Systems Business Group | |
Masahiko Ito |
DENSO SALES JAPAN CORPORATION, |
Senior Executive Directors
Title |
Name |
Responsibility |
Senior |
Toshiyuki Kato |
Toyota Sales Div., Osaka Sales Div. |
Sadahiro Usui |
Head of Europe, |
|
Katsuhisa Shimokawa |
Production Innovation Center |
|
Yukihiko Murakami |
Sales and Marketing Group |
|
Hiroyuki Ina |
Electronic Systems Business Group, |
|
Shoji Tsuzuki |
Purchasing Group, Information Systems Div., EDT Promotion Div. |
|
Shingo Kuwamura |
ASMO CO., LTD. |
|
Yukihiro Kato |
Information & Safety Systems Business Group |
|
Yoshifumi Kato |
Engineering Research & Development Center, Digital Innovation |
Executive Directors
Title |
Name |
Responsibility |
Executive Director |
Kazuaki Fujitani |
Aftermarket Unit, Connected Service Business Promotion Div., Customer Service Div. Chubu Sales Div., Hiroshima Sales Div. |
Yukihiro Shinohara |
Electrification Systems Business Group |
|
Kazumasa Kimura |
Head of China, |
|
Bunichi Kondo |
Tokyo Sales Division |
|
Masanori Tsuruta |
Semiconductor Device Business Unit |
|
Yasuhiro Iida |
Thermal Systems Business Group (Deputy) |
|
Kenichiro Ito |
Head of North America, |
|
Shinsuke Yamaguchi |
DENSO (THAILAND) CO., LTD. |
|
Yoshitaka Kajita |
Head of Asia-Oceania, |
|
Jiro Ebihara |
Electric Components Business Unit |
|
Jack Helmboldt |
DENSO MANUFACTURING TENNESSEE, INC. |
|
Yuji Ishizuka |
Sales and Marketing of Europe, |
|
Yasuhiko Yamazaki |
Production Eng. Research Div., Innovative Production & Factory Promotion Div., Materials Eng. R&D Div., Measurement & Instrumentation Eng. Div., Prototype Mfg. Div., |
|
Hisaaki Sato |
Sales and Marketing of North, Central & South America |
|
Hajime Kumabe |
Advanced Safety Business Unit, Electronic Control Components Div. |
|
Yasushi Matsui |
Corporate Planning Div., Finance & Accounting Div., Global Strategy Dept., Cost Management Dept. |
|
Hirotsugu Takeuchi |
ICT Business Unit, Thermal Systems R&D Function Unit |
|
Keiko Shimokata |
Health Care Promotion Div., Diversity & Inclusion Promotion, DENSO BLOSSOM Co. LTD |
|
Yutaka Yamanouchi |
Strategic Production Planning Div., Production Control Div., Logistics Planning Div., Facility Div., DENSO E&TS TRAINING CENTER CORP. |
|
Hisashi Iida |
ADAS Business & Technology Development Div., Corporate R&D Div.1,2 |
|
Marco Di Rao Marotta |
Thermal Systems Business of Europe, |
|
Sinnosuke Hayashi |
Basis Electronic Technology Unit, Electronics Business Unit, DENSO CREATE INC. |
|
Terutaka Kageyama |
Sales Engineering |
|
Yasushi Mukai |
Human Resources Div., Corporate Communications Div., Legal Div., General Admin. Div., Plant General Administration |
|
Katsuhiko Takeuchi |
Diesel Systems Business Unit, |
|
Tomoyuki Arakawa |
New Business Promotion Div. |
|
Kazuoki Matsugatani |
Engineering of Europe |
|
Katsuhiko Sugito |
Machinery & Tools Div., Parts Eng. Div., |
• Newly-appointed
Changes of Members of the Board and Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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 94th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 2017.:
The following will resign as from members of the Board:
Noriyuki Matsushima will be appointed as member of the Audit & Supervisory Board.
Tsutomu Saito 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, 2017
Board of Directors *Representative, **Outside
Title |
Name |
*Chairman |
Nobuaki Katoh |
*Vice Chairman |
Koji Kobayashi |
*President & CEO |
Koji Arima |
*Executive Vice President |
Haruya Maruyama |
Yasushi Yamanaka |
|
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi |
|
Member of the Board |
Yoshikazu Makino |
George Olcott** |
|
Takashi Nawa** |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members **Outside
Title |
Name |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
Masato Iwase |
Atsuhiko Shimmura |
|
Moritaka Yoshida** |
|
Tsutomu Saito** |
|
Noriyuki Matsushima** |
• Newly-appointed
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, 2016, totaled US$40.2 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 8.8 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/
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