Feb 23, 2018
SATO Holdings announced changes to its executive team and a new organizational structure to further strengthen Group synergy and streamline corporate management. The new executive team was decided at a Board Meeting held today and goes into effect from April 1, 2018.
The board agreed to implement changes to both the team itself and its structure, notably position titles, in order to clarify roles and streamline the executive management hierarchy. The new structure with uniform positions and defined responsibilities aims to accelerate speed of decision-making and implementation of actions.
New appointments and promotions
New appointments
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| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hayato Shindo | Executive Officer |
Promotions
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| Name | New position |
|---|---|
| Yoichi Abe*1 | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
New executive titles
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| Name | New position name |
|---|---|
| Yoshinori Sasahara | Vice President |
| Akihiro Kushida | Vice President |
| Kenji Ushiki | Vice President |
| Keisuke Yamada | Executive Officer |
| Daphne Tay | Executive Officer |
Executive resignations (effective March 31, 2018)
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| Name | Current position |
|---|---|
| Kazuo Matsuyama | President and CEO |
| Nobuo Watanabe | Executive Officer |
| Chinami Kotaki | Executive Officer |
| Tomoyuki Kumabayashi | Executive Officer |
| Kozo Senda | Executive Officer |
| Yasuhiro Tanabe | Executive Officer |
Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2018)
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| Executive title | Name | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| President | Ryutaro Kotaki | CEO; President of SATO Corporation |
| Vice President | Yoichi Abe*1 | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
| Vice President | Yoshinori Sasahara | Director and Vice President of SATO Corporation |
| Vice President | Akihiro Kushida | Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Production |
| Vice President | Kenji Ushiki | Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of R&D |
| Executive Officer | Keisuke Yamada | Chairman and President of Argox Information Co., Ltd.; Managing Director of SATO Auto-ID India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Daphne Tay | Chief Communications Officer (CCO); Managing Director of SATO Global Business Services Pte. Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Maria Olcese | Head of South America; General Manager of Achernar S.A. |
| Executive Officer | Hiroyuki Konuma | Chief Wellness Officer (CWO); Head of PJM business; President of SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Hironori Onishi | Director of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Sales |
| Executive Officer | Shigeki Egami | Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO); Head of Kitakami Operations |
| Executive Officer | Noriyasu Yamada | Chief Product Planning Officer (CPO) |
| Executive Officer | Goro Yumiba | Head of North America; Chairman and President of SATO America, LLC.; Chairman and President of SATO Global Solutions, Inc. |
| Executive Officer | Hayato Shindo | President of SATO International Co., Ltd.; Head of Europe |
*1Yoichi Abe was named candidate for Director to be proposed at the General Meeting of Shareholders on June 25, 2018.
