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[Release] New Executive Management Team and Group Company Appointments
2/8/2019
SATO Holdings Corporation, following a resolution at its Board of Directors meeting held today, announced changes to the executive team to take effect on April 1, 2019, and candidates for Directors, the Audit & Supervisory Board and the backup Audit & Supervisory Board who will be nominated for resolution at the General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 21, 2019.
1. Candidates for Director
Reappointments
Name |
Current position |
Ryutaro Kotaki |
President and CEO |
Yoichi Abe |
Director, Vice President and CFO |
Tatsuo Narumi |
Director |
Yuko Tanaka |
Director (External) |
Ryoji Itoh |
Director (External) |
Mitsuaki Shimaguchi |
Director (External) |
Hideo Yamada |
Director (External) |
Chieko Matsuda |
Director (External) |
Executive resignations
Name |
Current position |
Koichi Nishida |
Director |
Ikuo Dobashi |
Director |
Ken Suzuki |
Director (External) |
2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board
Name |
Current position |
Nobuhiro Yokoi** |
Audit & Supervisory Board member |
Junichi Nagakura* |
Audit & Supervisory Board member |
Takao Yamaguchi** |
Audit & Supervisory Board member (External) |
Noriko Yao** |
Audit & Supervisory Board member (External) |
*Reappointments
** Not subject to re-election in fiscal 2019
3. Candidate for backup Audit & Supervisory Board member
Name |
Current position |
Jihwang Yoon* |
Backup Audit & Supervisory Board member |
*Reappointment
4. Promotion and demotion of directors (effective April 1, 2019)
Promotion
Name |
Current |
New |
Hiroyuki Konuma |
Executive Officer
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Vice President
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Demotion
Name
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Current
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New
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Kenji Ushiki
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Vice President
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Executive Officer
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5. Executive Officers and Group company posts (effective April 1, 2019)
Name |
Current |
New |
Ryutaro Kotaki |
President and CEO
President, SATO Corporation |
President and CEO |
Hiroyuki Konuma |
Executive Officer
Chief Wellness Officer (CWO)
Head of PJM business
President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd. |
Vice President
President, SATO Corporation |
Yoshinori Sasahara |
Vice President
Vice President, SATO Corporation |
Vice President
Chief Wellness Officer (CWO)
Vice President, SATO Corporation |
Noriyasu Yamada |
Executive Officer
Chief Product Planning Officer (CPO) |
Executive Officer
Chief Alliance Officer (CAO) |
Goro Yumiba |
Executive Officer
Head of North America
Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC. |
Executive Officer
Head of North and Central America
Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC. |
Satoshi Sakurada |
Deputy Executive General Manager of Sales, SATO Corporation |
President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd. |
Reference: Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2019)
Name |
Executive title |
Responsibilities |
Ryutaro Kotaki |
President |
CEO |
Yoichi Abe |
Director
Vice President |
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
Hiroyuki Konuma |
Vice President |
President, SATO Corporation |
Yoshinori Sasahara |
Vice President |
Chief Wellness Officer (CWO)
Vice President, SATO Corporation |
Akihiro Kushida |
Vice President |
Director; Executive General Manager of Production, SATO Corporation |
Kenji Ushiki |
Executive Officer |
Director; Executive General Manager of R&D, SATO Corporation |
Keisuke Yamada |
Executive Officer |
Chairperson and President, Argox Information Co., Ltd. |
Maria Olcese |
Executive Officer |
Head of South America
General Manager, Achernar S.A. |
Hironori Onishi |
Executive Officer |
Director; Executive General Manager of Sales, SATO Corporation |
Shigeki Egami |
Executive Officer |
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
Head of Kitakami Operations |
Noriyasu Yamada |
Executive Officer |
Chief Alliance Officer (CAO) |
Goro Yumiba |
Executive Officer |
Head of North and Central Americas
Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC. |
Hayato Shindo |
Executive Officer |
President, SATO International Co., Ltd. |
About SATO
SATO (TOKYO:6287) strives to be the most trusted Auto-ID solution provider worldwide, bridging the last inch of the last mile for customers in manufacturing, logistics, retail, food & beverage and healthcare through cutting edge tagging solutions. With a 5,000+ strong global workforce and 78 years of expertise, SATO engineers value-added solutions that boost accuracy, sustainability, labor and resource savings, provide reassurance and enable emotional connections. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, it reported revenues of JPY 113,383 million (USD 1.02 billion*). More information about SATO can be found at www.satoworldwide.com, linkedin and twitter.
*Conversion is based on an average exchange rate of 1 US Dollar = 110.85 Japanese Yen
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Kevin Leidheiser
Public Relations Group
SATO Holdings Corporation
grp-koho@sato-global.com
Tel: +81-3-5745-3412
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