- TOKYO, Japan, April 26, 2019 -

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") today announced that a meeting of its board of directors had provisionally approved the following executive personnel changes. The changes are subject to final approval at the company's annual general meeting and board meeting scheduled to be held on June 26, 2019.
The lineup of executive officers from June 26 has also been approved.

Now in the first year of the Epson 25 Phase 2 Mid-Range Business Plan (FY2019-21), Epson has implemented these changes with the aims of further strengthening its corporate governance, and of accelerating its efforts to create a strong organization capable of generating ongoing improvements in corporate value and growth.

Promotion

• Tatsuaki Seki

  Director, managing executive officer (currently director, executive officer; general administrative manager, Management Control Division)

• Yasunori Ogawa

  Director, managing executive officer (currently director, executive officer; general administrative manager, Technology Development Division)

Appointment

• Toshiya Takahata

  Director, executive officer (currently executive officer; general administrative manager, Corporate Planning Division, and general administrative manager, DX Division)

Retirements

• Toshiya Takahata

  Currently executive officer; general administrative manager, Corporate Planning Division, and general administrative manager, DX Division
  * Retirement due to expiry of term. To be appointed director, executive officer from the same date.

• Yasumasa Kitamatsu

  Currently executive officer, Technology Development Division
  * Retirement due to expiry of term.

Appointments

• Andrea Zoeckler

  Executive officer (currently senior vice president, COO and CFO, Epson America, Inc.)

• Yoshiro Nagafusa

  Executive officer (currently senior vice president, Epson Europe B.V.)

• Satoru Hosono

  Executive officer (currently deputy general administrative manager, Technology Development Division, and deputy chief operating officer, Printing Solutions Operations Division)

• Fuminori Suzumura

  Executive officer (currently president, Epson Sales Japan Corp.)

• Akifumi Takei

  Executive officer (currently president, Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc.)

Changes

• Sunao Murata

  Technology officer（currently executive officer; deputy general administrative manager, DX Division)

• Tsuyoshi Kitahara

  Technology officer（currently executive officer; Technology Development Division)

We have established the position of technology officer for executive officers with the responsibility of generating corporate value by developing technologies, products and business models that will support long-term market competitiveness.

June 26, 2019

1. Directors

Minoru Usui	President and Representative Director
Koichi Kubota	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Tatsuaki Seki	Director, Managing Executive Officer (promotion)
Yasunori Ogawa	Director, Managing Executive Officer (promotion)
Masayuki Kawana	Director, Executive Officer
Toshiya Takahata	Director, Executive Officer (new appointment)
Hideaki Omiya	Director (outside director)
Mari Matsunaga	Director (outside director)
Taro Shigemoto	Director, Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Michihiro Nara	Director (outside director), Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Chikami Tsubaki	Director (outside director), Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Yoshio Shirai	Director (outside director), Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Total: 12

2. Executive Officers (excludes executive officers jointly holding directorships)

Motonori Okumura	Managing Executive Officer
Junichi Watanabe	Managing Executive Officer
Hideki Shimada	Managing Executive Officer
Akihiro Fukaishi	Executive Officer
Yoshiyuki Moriyama	Executive Officer
Naoyuki Saeki	Executive Officer
Nobuyuki Shimotome	Executive Officer
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	Executive Officer
Munenori Ando	Executive Officer
Hitoshi Igarashi	Executive Officer
Keith Kratzberg	Executive Officer
Isamu Otsuka	Executive Officer
Eiichi Abe	Executive Officer
Kazuhiro Ichikawa	Executive Officer
Keijiro Naito	Executive Officer
Kazunori Kumakura	Executive Officer
Yoshifumi Yoshida	Executive Officer
Andrea Zoeckler	Executive Officer (new appointment)
Yoshiro Nagafusa	Executive Officer (new appointment)
Satoru Hosono	Executive Officer (new appointment)
Fuminori Suzumura	Executive Officer (new appointment)
Akifumi Takei	Executive Officer (new appointment)
Sunao Murata	Technology Officer (change)
Tsuyoshi Kitahara	Technology Officer (change)

Total: 24

3. Special Audit & Supervisory Officer

Akihiko Toeda

Special Audit & Supervisory Officer

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