Epson Announces Changes of Representative Director and Executive Personnel
- TOKYO, Japan, February 22, 2024 -
Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") today announced that a meeting of its board of directors had approved executive officer changes effective April 1, 2024, and provisionally approved changes to its board of directors that are subject to final approval at the company's annual general meeting scheduled to be held on June 25, 2024.
1. Reasons for changes
As we seek to achieve our Epson 25 Renewed Corporate Vision, we have implemented these changes with the aims of further strengthening our corporate governance, and of accelerating our efforts to create a strong organization capable of generating ongoing improvements in corporate value and growth.
2. Executive officer changes as of March 31
| Name | Current position | |
|---|---|---|
| Retirement | Nobuyuki Shimotome | Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer, |
| Hitoshi Igarashi | Executive Officer Deputy Chief Operating Officer, |
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| Yoshiro Nagafusa | Executive Officer President, |
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| Fuminori Suzumura | Executive Officer President, |
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| Sunao Murata | Professional Officer Chief Information Systems Officer in charge of specific projects in the DX Division |
3. Changes of representative director and executive personnel as of April 1
| Name | New position | Current position (retiring as) | Continuing as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change of responsibility | Tatsuaki Seki | Director | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer General Administrative Manager, |
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| Change of position | Akihiro Fukaishi | General Administrative Manager, Sales & Marketing Division |
Chairman and President, Epson (China) Co., Ltd. |
Executive Officer |
| Akifumi Takei | Deputy General Administrative Manager, Production Planning Division |
President, Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc. |
Executive Officer Deputy Chief Operating Officer, |
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| Tomoo Takaso | Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division, and Deputy General Administrative Manager, DX Division |
General Administrative Manager, DX Division |
Executive Officer | |
| Yasunori Yoshino | Chief Operating Officer, Manufacturing Solutions Operations Division |
Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division |
Executive Officer General Administrative Manager, Corporate Strategy Division |
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| Masaharu Mizukami | General Administrative Manager, Business Management Division, and General Administrative Manager, Sustainability Promotion Officer |
Deputy General Administrative Manager, Business Management Division, and General Manager, Global Management Transformation Project (Business Operations and IT Systems) |
Executive Officer | |
| Appointment | Tsutomu Norimatsu | Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer, |
Deputy Chief Operating Officer,Microdevices Operations Division | |
| Susumu Maruyama | Executive Officer General Administrative Manager, |
Deputy General Administrative Manager, DX Division |
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| Emile Pattiwael | Executive Officer | President, P.T. Indonesia Epson Industry |
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| Takanori Inaho | Executive Officer President,Epson Europe B.V. |
General Administrative Manager, Sales & Marketing Division |
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| Haruo Kuribayashi | Executive Officer President,Epson Sales Japan Corp. |
Director, Epson Sales Japan Corp., and Head of Sales Marketing Division |
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| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | Executive Officer Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Printing Solutions Division, and Chief Operating Officer, |
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P Commercial & Industrial Operations Division, and General Manager, P Strategic Planning Dept., , P Office & Home Strategic Planning Dept., P Commercial & Industrial Strategic Planning Dept. , and PL Planning & Design Dept. |
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| Masahiro Uchida | Executive Officer | Chairman & President, Epson Engineering (Shenzhen) Ltd. |
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| Shunya Fukuda | Executive Officer | Chief Operating Officer, IJS Operations Division |
| Name | New position | Current position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change | Keijiro Naito | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Corporate Strategy Division |
Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer, |
| Yoshifumi Yoshida | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Production Planning Division |
Executive Officer Deputy Chief Operating Officer, |
4. Changes of representative director and executive personnel as of June 25
| Name | New position | Current position | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointment | Eiichi Abe | Representative Director, Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | General Administrative Manager, Human Capital & Well-Being Management Division |
| Junkichi Yoshida | Director, Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Chief Operating Officer, Printing Solutions Division | |
| Yasunori Yoshino | Director, Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | General Administrative Manager, Corporate Strategy Division, and Chief Operating Officer, Manufacturing Solutions Operations Division (from April 1) |
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| Kahori Miyake | Outside Director | |||
| Akira Marumoto | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
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| Retirement | Minoru Usui | Advisor | Chairman and Director | Retirement due to expiry of term |
| Tatsuaki Seki | - | Director (from April 1) | Retirement due to expiry of term | |
| Mari Matsunaga | - | Outside Director | Retirement due to expiry of term | |
| Yoshio Shirai | - | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Retirement due to expiry of term |
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion.
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