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Release Announcement regarding the new executive management team

Feb 16, 2021

SATO Holdings Corporation, following a resolution at its Board of Directors meeting held today, announced changes to its Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members due for proposal at the General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 18, 2021, and to its executive officers and group company leadership effective April 1, 2021.

1. Candidates for Director

Reappointments

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Name Current position
Ryutaro Kotaki Representative Director, President and CEO
Yoichi Abe Representative Director, Vice President, CFO and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
Hiroyuki Konuma Director, Vice President
President, SATO Corporation
Overseas global business
Tatsuo Narumi Director, Chair of the Board
Yuko Tanaka External Director
Ryoji Itoh External Director
Hideo Yamada External Director
Sadayoshi Fujishige External Director

New appointments

Name: Yoshiko Nonogaki
Position: External Director

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Date of birth Background
July 31, 1957
  • April 1980: Joined Sony Corporation
  • September 1992: President and Representative Director, Sony Poland sp. z o.o.
  • July 1994: General Manager, Sales and Marketing Department, Recording Media and Energy Company, Sony Corporation
  • April 1999: General Manager, Planning and Marketing Department, Personal IT Network Company, Sony Corporation
  • April 2006: General Manager, Business Planning Department, Business and Professional Solutions Group, Sony Corporation
  • April 2009: Senior General Manager, Planning and Marketing Division, Business and Professional Solutions Group, Sony Corporation
  • April 2013: Director, Global Diversity, Sony Corporation
  • June 2019: External Director, Nifco Inc. (to present)
  • June 2020: External Director, GS Yuasa Corporation (to present)

2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board

New appointments

Name: Naoki Kubo
Position: External Audit & Supervisory Board member

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Date of birth Background
July 7, 1956
  • October 1980: Joined Chuo Audit Corporation (later Misuzu Audit Corporation)
  • March 1984: Certified public accountant
  • April 1999: Certified partner of Chuo Audit Corporation
  • May 2004: Certified representative partner of Chuo Audit Corporation
  • September 2005: Licensed tax attorney
  • July 2007: Left Misuzu Audit Corporation
  • August 2007: Joined, and certified partner of, KPMG AZSA & Co. (now KPMG AZSA LLC)
  • June 2016: Vice Chairman, Tokyo Chapter of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • June 2019: Left KPMG AZSA LLC
  • June 2019: Executive, Tokyo Chapter of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (to present)
  • July 2019: Established Kubo Accounting Office (to present)
  • December 2019: External Director, Beauty Sharing Technologies Co., Ltd.

3. Candidate for Substitute Auditor

Reappointments

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Name Current position
Shikou Yun Substitute Auditor

Reference: Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2021)

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Name Executive title Responsibilities
Ryutaro Kotaki Representative Director President and CEO
Yoichi Abe Representative Director
Vice President
Oversees global business and corporate planning
Hiroyuki Konuma Director
Vice President
Oversees Japan business
President, SATO Corporation
Yoshinori Sasahara Vice President Chief Wellness Officer (CWO)
Director and Vice President, SATO Corporation
General Manager of Production
Kenji Ushiki Executive Officer Director, SATO Corporation
General Manager of Value Creation (R&D)
Maria Olcese Executive Officer Head of South America
General Manager, Achernar S.A.
Hironori Onishi Executive Officer Director, SATO Corporation
Head of Japan sales
Noriyasu Yamada Executive Officer Chief Alliance Officer (CAO)
Director, SATO Corporation
General Manager of RFID
Goro Yumiba Executive Officer Global Operations Officer
Regional Operations Officer for Oceania and Argox
Fusaaki Matsumoto Executive Officer CFO and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

Management of Group Companies (Effective April 1, 2021)

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Name New position
Hideyuki Hashimoto President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd.

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