SATO Holdings Corporation announced the following organization and leadership changes effective April 1, 2024.
1. Organization
- Set up an Internal Audit Department
- Established a new “Our 100th” Project Office, looking ahead to the company's 100th anniversary
- Assigned the responsibility of business process reform to executive officer
- Established a new position managing corporate communications
- Reorganized general affairs functions
2. Leadership
| Name | New position | Former position |
|---|---|---|
| Fusaaki Matsumoto | Executive Officer CFO | Executive Officer CFO and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) |
| Yoshimi Abe | Executive Officer Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Oversees business process reform | Senior Expert, Audit Dept. (Japan) |
| Miki Takei | Executive Officer Corporate Communications Officer | Executive Officer Global Marketing Officer |
| Hayato Shindo | Vice President Oversees global business, SATO Corporation | Vice President Oversees global business Regional Operations Officer for Europe and Oceania |
| Yuji Shimizu | Executive Officer Oversees global business management, SATO Corporation | Executive Officer Global Operations Officer overseeing business management |
| Hironori Onishi | Executive Officer Oversees global sales, SATO Corporation | Executive Officer Regional Operations Officer for Asia |
| Tomoyuki Kumabayashi | Executive Officer Oversees global sales companies and alliance strategies, SATO Corporation | Oversees business innovation labs |
| Hideyuki Hashimoto | Executive Officer Oversees Argox, PJM and primary labels businesses, SATO Corporation | Executive Officer Regional Operations Officer for Argox, PJM and global primary labels businesses |
| Satoshi Sakurada | Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Mechatronics, SATO Corporation | Senior Manager, Global Business Processes Reform Task Force |
| Hirotaka Wada | Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Labels, SATO Corporation | Executive Officer General Manager of Production and RFID Business, SATO Corporation |
| Jun Kono | Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. | Senior Expert, Corporate Planning Dept. |
| Yoshifumi Kiyohara | Senior Manager, Internal Audit Dept. | Senior Manager, Audit Dept. (Japan) |
| Maiko Tsuge | Senior Manager, “Our 100th” Project Office | Senior Manager, Public Relations Dept. |
| Takuya Yokota | Senior Manager, Human Resources Dept. | Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. |
| Asako Takahashi | Senior Manager, Global Human Resources Dept. | Manager, HR Operations Group |
| Shinichi Takagi | Senior Manager, IR Dept. | Senior Manager, Sustainability Promotion Dept. |
| Kazushige Yamamoto | Senior Manager, Public Relations Dept. | Manager, Sales Planning Group, SATO Corporation |
| Takashi Matsuda | Senior Manager, General Affairs Dept. | Oversees Sales Operations, SATO Corporation |
| Tetsuya Takashima | Senior Manager, Sustainability Promotion Dept. | Senior Expert, Sustainability Promotion Dept. |