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Feb 23, 2018
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SATO Strengthens Executive Management Team

Changes aimed to accelerate decision-making and action

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

NamePosition
Hayato ShindoExecutive Officer

Promotions

NameNew position
Yoichi Abe*1Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

New executive titles

 

NameNew position name
Yoshinori SasaharaVice President
Akihiro KushidaVice President
Kenji UshikiVice President
Keisuke YamadaExecutive Officer
Daphne TayExecutive Officer

 

Executive resignations (effective March 31, 2018)

NameCurrent position
Kazuo MatsuyamaPresident and CEO
Nobuo WatanabeExecutive Officer
Chinami KotakiExecutive Officer
Tomoyuki KumabayashiExecutive Officer
Kozo SendaExecutive Officer
Yasuhiro TanabeExecutive Officer

Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2018)

Executive titleNameResponsibilities
PresidentRyutaro KotakiCEO; President of SATO Corporation
Vice PresidentYoichi Abe*1Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Vice PresidentYoshinori SasaharaDirector and Vice President of SATO Corporation
Vice PresidentAkihiro KushidaDirector of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Production
Vice PresidentKenji UshikiDirector of SATO Corporation and General Manager of R&D
Executive OfficerKeisuke YamadaChairman and President of Argox Information Co., Ltd.; Managing Director of SATO Auto-ID India Pvt. Ltd.
Executive OfficerDaphne TayChief Communications Officer (CCO); Managing Director of SATO Global Business Services Pte. Ltd.
Executive OfficerMaria OlceseHead of South America; General Manager of Achernar S.A.
Executive OfficerHiroyuki KonumaChief Wellness Officer (CWO); Head of PJM business; President of SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Executive OfficerHironori OnishiDirector of SATO Corporation and General Manager of Sales
Executive OfficerShigeki EgamiChief Human Resources Officer (CHRO); Head of Kitakami Operations
Executive OfficerNoriyasu YamadaChief Product Planning Officer (CPO)
Executive OfficerGoro YumibaHead of North America; Chairman and President of SATO America, LLC.; Chairman and President of SATO Global Solutions, Inc.
Executive OfficerHayato ShindoPresident of SATO International Co., Ltd.; Head of Europe