18 Feb 2021 07:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | No. 3398 |
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Changes in Representative Executive Officers,
Executive Officers and Directors, as well as Organization
TOKYO, February 18, 2021 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that, at its general meeting of the Board of Directors held today, resolved the changes of Representative Executive Officers, Executive Officers and Directors as well as their division of duties, and also various organizational reforms effective April 1, 2021.
1. Changes of Executive Officers
(1) Newly Appointed Executive Officers
Executive Officer | So Suzuki | In charge of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment |
Executive Officer | Eiichiro Mitani | In charge of Process & Operation Reform and IT, Chief Operation DX Officer, CIO |
Executive Officer | Shozui Takeno | In charge of Information Security and Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs, CISO |
Executive Officer | Kunihiko Kaga | In charge of Research & Development, CTO |
Executive Officer | Katsuya Furuta | In charge of Domestic Marketing |
Executive Officer | Kuniaki Masuda | In charge of General Affairs and Human Resources |
(2) Retiring Executive Officers
Representative Executive Officer Senior Vice President | Yasuyuki Ito |
Senior Vice President | Hiroshi Onishi |
Executive Officer | Masahiro Fujita |
Executive Officer | Shinji Harada |
Executive Officer | Takakazu Murozono |
2. Changes of Representative Executive Officers
(1) Reason for Changes
Due to resolution of the Board of Directors
(2) Changes of Representative Executive Officer
New | Current | Name |
Representative Executive Officer Senior Vice President | Senior Vice President | Tadashi Matsumoto |
(3) Name and Career Summary of Newly Appointed Representative Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2021)
Tadashi Matsumoto (Date of Birth: December 7, 1958) | March 1981 April 1981 October 2003
April 2005
October 2009 April 2011 April 2013 April 2016
April 2018
April 2020
April 2021
| Graduated from Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Cooperation Deputy Senior General Manager, Planning & Administration Dept. of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group Senior General Manager, Planning & Administration Dept. of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group Deputy Senior General Manager, Nakatsugawa Works Senior General Manager, Nakatsugawa Works Senior General Manager, Shizuoka Works Deputy Senior General Manager, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group and Senior General Manager, Overseas Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems Div. Executive Officer, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group Senior Vice President, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Building Systems Group |
Scheduled Date of Appointment as Representative Executive Officer | April 1, 2021 | |
Number of the Company's Shares Held | 14,000 |
3. Executive Officer Structure and Segregation of Duties (as of April, 2021)
※Information in brackets refers to the segregation of duties or occupations as of February 18, 2021.
Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO | Takeshi Sugiyama | CEO |
(Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO) | ||
Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President | Kei Uruma | In charge of Export Control, Corporate Strategic Planning and Operations of Associated Companies, CSO |
(Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, In charge of Corporate Strategic Planning and Operations of Associated Companies) | ||
Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President | Tadashi Matsumoto | In charge of Building Systems |
(Senior Vice President, In charge of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment) | ||
Senior Vice President | Satoshi Matsushita | In charge of Business Innovation, Chief Business DX Officer |
(Senior Vice President, In charge of Business Innovation) | ||
Senior Vice President | Yoshikazu Miyata | In charge of Factory Automation Systems |
(Senior Vice President, In charge of Factory Automation Systems) | ||
Senior Vice President | Jun Nagasawa | In charge of Auditing, Legal Affairs & Compliance and Corporate Communication (Sustainability, Public Relations and Advertising ), CCO |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Advertising and Domestic Marketing) | ||
Senior Vice President | Koichi Orito | In charge of Information Systems & Network Service |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Information Systems & Network Service) | ||
Executive Officer | Tadashi Kawagoishi | In charge of Accounting and Finance, CFO |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Accounting and Finance) | ||
Executive Officer | Juichi Shikata | In charge of Purchasing |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Purchasing) | ||
Executive Officer | Yoshihisa Hara | In charge of Electronic Systems |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Electronic Systems) | ||
Executive Officer | Atsuhiro Yabu | In charge of Automotive Equipment |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Information Security and Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs) | ||
Executive Officer | Satoshi Kusakabe | In charge of Government & External Relations, Economic Security, Export Control and Intellectual Property |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Government & External Relations, Economic Security, Export Control and Intellectual Property) | ||
Executive Officer | Yoji Saito | In charge of Global Strategic Planning & Marketing |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Global Strategic Planning & Marketing) | ||
Executive Officer | Hideki Fukushima | In charge of Public Utility Systems |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Public Utility Systems) | ||
Executive Officer | Noriyuki Takazawa | In charge of Energy & Industrial Systems |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Energy & Industrial Systems) | ||
Executive Officer | Yuzuru Saito | In charge of Semiconductor & Device |
(Executive Officer, In charge of Semiconductor & Device) | ||
Executive Officer | So Suzuki | In charge of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment |
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group and Senior General Manager, Engineering Dept. of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group) | ||
Executive Officer | Eiichiro Mitani | In charge of Process & Operation Reform and IT, Chief Operation DX Officer, CIO |
(Executive Director, Corporate Strategic Planning Div.) | ||
Executive Officer | Shozui Takeno | In charge of Information Security and Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs, CISO |
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs Group) | ||
Executive Officer | Kunihiko Kaga | In charge of Research & Development, CTO |
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Research and Development Group) | ||
Executive Officer | Katsuya Furuta | In charge of Domestic Marketing |
(Senior General Manager, Kansai Branch Office) | ||
Executive Officer | Kuniaki Masuda | In charge of General Affairs and Human Resources |
(Senior General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Div.) | ||
※ Messrs. Takeshi Sugiyama, Tadashi Kawagoishi, Kei Uruma and Kuniaki Masuda have been determined as candidates for directors at the meeting of the Nomination Committee held on February 18, 2021.The final election of the directors is planned at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled at the end of June 2021.
4. Career Summary of Newly Appointed Executive Officers (as of February 18, 2021)
So Suzuki (Date of Birth: March 20, 1963) | March 1985
April 1985 April 2012
April 2013
April 2016 April 2018
April 2020
| Graduated from Second Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Cooperation Deputy Senior General Manager, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems Div. Mitsubishi Electric Consumer Products Thailand Co., Ltd. Head Office Senior General Manager, Shizuoka Works Deputy Senior General Manager, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group Deputy Senior General Manager, Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group and Senior General Manager, Engineering Dept.
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Eiichiro Mitani (Date of Birth: May 4, 1961) | March 1985
April 1985 April 2013 April 2015 April 2019
April 2020
January 2021 | Graduated from Industrial Management Dept. of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Deputy Senior General Manager, Kobe Works Senior General Manager, Kobe Works Deputy Senior General Manager, Information Systems & Network Service Group and Senior General Manager, Information Systems & Network Service Div. Deputy Senior General Manager, Information Systems & Network Service Group Executive Director, Corporate Strategic Planning Div.
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Shozui Takeno (Date of Birth: December 5, 1963) | March 1988
April 1988 October 2015
April 2016 April 2019
April 2020 | Completed Master's course in Welding Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Deputy Senior General Manager, Design Systems Engineering Center Senior General Manager, Design Systems Engineering Center Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs Group and Senior General Manager, Design Systems Engineering Center Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Total Productivity Management & Environmental Programs Group
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Kunihiko Kaga (Date of Birth: September 22, 1964) | March 1990
April 1990 April 2017
April 2018
April 2020 | Completed Master's course in Physical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Deputy Senior General Manager, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems Works Senior General Manager, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems Works Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Research and Development Group
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Katsuya Furuta (Date of Birth: May 25, 1960) | March 1983 April 1983 April 2013
April 2014
April 2018 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Saga University Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Deputy Senior General Manager, Energy System Marketing Div. of Energy & Industrial Systems Group Senior General Manager, Nuclear Energy, Advanced Magnetic Systems Marketing Div. Senior General Manager, Kansai Branch Office
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Kuniaki Masuda (Date of Birth: July 21, 1964) | March 1987 April 1987 April 2015
October 2020 | Graduated from Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Senior General Manager, Planning & Administration Div. of Semiconductor & Device Group Senior General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Div.
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5. Organizational Reform (effective April 1, 2021)
(1) Establishment of Process & Operation Reform Group
The Company will establish the Process & Operation Reform Group under the direct control of the President to transform Group operations by leveraging data and digital technology for improved business efficiency and productivity, including by upgrading mainstream business processes at the core of this transformation and overseeing related measures concerning IT systems.
(2) Establishment of Corporate Communication Group
The Company will establish the Corporate Communication Group under the direct control of the President to strengthen Group-wide sustainability, improve brand value and enhance stakeholder engagement by strengthening communication regarding sustainability planning and related promotional, public relations and advertising functions.
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About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. Mitsubishi Electric enriches society with technology in the spirit of its "Changes for the Better." The company recorded a revenue of 4,462.5 billion yen (U.S.$ 40.9 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020. For more information, please visit www.MitsubishiElectric.com
*U.S. dollar amounts are translated from yen at the rate of \109=U.S.$1, the approximate rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2020