Epson Announces Changes of Representative Director and Executive Personnel
- TOKYO, Japan, February 20, 2026 -
Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") today announced that its board of directors has approved executive officer changes effective April 1, 2026, and provisionally approved changes to its board of directors that are subject to final approval at the company's annual general meeting scheduled for June 25, 2026.
1. Reasons for changes
These changes are intended to strengthen functional collaboration and optimize the organizational structure from a global company-wide perspective in order to achieve the next long-term vision and medium-term management plan, thereby realizing a "One Team" that can demonstrate high effectiveness in quickly resolving management issues.
2. Executive officer changes as of March 31
| Name | Current position | |
|---|---|---|
| Retirement | Satoru Hosono | Executive Officer Deputy General Administrative Manager, Technology Development Division |
| Keijiro Naito | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Corporate Strategy Division |
3. Changes of executive personnel as of April 1
| Name | New position | Current position (retiring as) |
Continuing as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change of position | Yasunori Yoshino | Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Robotics Solutions Operations Division |
Chief Operating Officer, Manufacturing Solutions Operations Division |
Director, Executive Officer General Administrative Manager, Corporate Strategy Division |
| Keith Kratzberg | Deputy General Administrative Manager, Sales & Marketing Division | Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer, Epson America, Inc. |
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| Isamu Otsuka | Head of Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Process Technology Center Head of Advanced AI, Analytics, & Simulation Technology Center President, Epson Atmix Corporation |
Chief Technology Officer, General Administrative Manager, Technology Development Division General Administrative Manager, Global Environmental Strategy Promotion Office Chairman, Epson Atmix Corporation |
Executive Officer | |
| Akifumi Takei | General Administrative Manager, Production Management Division | General Administrative Manager, Production Planning Division |
Executive Officer | |
| Masaharu Mizukami | Vice President, Epson Sales Japan Corporation | General Administrative Manager, Business Management Division | Executive Officer | |
| Susumu Maruyama | Deputy General Administrative Manager, Business Management & DX Division | General Administrative Manager, DX Division | Executive Officer | |
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | Deputy General Administrative Manager, Business Management & DX Division | Chief Operating Officer, P System Solutions Operations Division | Executive Officer | |
| Shunya Fukuda | Head of Advanced MEMS & Device Technology Center | Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer, IJS Operations Division |
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| Osamu Shigemura | General Administrative Manager, Business Management & DX Division | Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P Office & Home Solutions Operations Division Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P Commercial & Industrial Solutions Operations Division Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P System Solutions Operations Division Deputy General Administrative Manager, Business Management Division |
Executive Officer | |
| Emiko Nemura | Executive Officer | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Human Capital & Well-Being Management Division | General Administrative Manager, Sustainability & Corporate Communications Promotion Office General Manager, Diversity & Organizational Culture Design Depertment | |
| Appoint-ment | Takahiro Kamijo | Executive Officer Deputy General Administrative Manager, Production Management Division Deputy Head of Advanced MEMS & Device Technology Center |
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, IJS Operations Division |
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| Kyosuke Ishibashi | Executive Officer | President, Epson (China) Co., Ltd. |
| Name | New position | Current position (retiring as) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change of position | Tomoo Takaso | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Corporate Strategy Division | Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer, Visual Products Operations Division |
| Toshiaki Miyasaka | Professional Officer In charge of specific projects in the Production Management Division |
Executive Officer Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P Office & Home Solutions Operations Division Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P Commercial & Industrial Solutions Operations Division Deputy Chief Operating Officer, P System Solutions Operations Division |
4. Changes as of June 25
| Name | New position | Current position (retiring as) | Continuing as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointment | Reiko Fuchigami | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
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| Retirement | Susumu Murakoshi | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
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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