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Mar 09, 2020
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Announcement regarding the new executive management team

SATO Holdings Corporation, following a resolution at its Board of Directors meeting held today, announced changes to the executive team to take effect on April 1, 2020, and candidates for Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Board to be nominated for resolution at the General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 19, 2020.

1. Candidates for Director

Reappointments

NameCurrent position
Ryutaro KotakiPresident and CEO
Yoichi AbeDirector, Vice President and CFO
Tatsuo NarumiDirector, Chair of the Board
Yuko TanakaExternal Director
Ryoji ItohExternal Director
Hideo YamadaExternal Director

New

NameCurrent position
Hiroyuki KonumaDirector and Vice President; President of SATO Corporation, overseeing global business

(Background)

  • Jul. 2000: Joined SATO Corporation
  • Apr. 2010: General Manager, Medical Department, Tokyo Sales Headquarters
  • Apr. 2013: President, Healthcare Company, SATO Corporation
  • Apr. 2014: President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd.
  • Jul. 2015: Executive Officer, Chief Wellness Officer
  • Apr. 2019: Vice President; President of SATO Corporation, overseeing RFID business
Sadayoshi FujishigeExternal Director

(Background)

  • Mar. 2004: Representative Director, President and CEO, Lion Corporation
  • Jan. 2012: Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, Lion Corporation
  • Apr. 2012–current: External Director, Showa Nishikawa Co., Ltd.
  • Jun. 2014–current: Chairman, Japan Table Tennis Association
  • Mar. 2016–current: Advisor, Lion Corporation
  • Jun. 2016–current: Chairman, Advertising Council Japan
  • May 2019–current: Chairman, Japan Marketing Association

Resignations

NameCurrent position
Mitsuaki ShimaguchiExternal Director
Chieko MatsudaExternal Director

2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board

NameCurrent position
Nobuhiro Yokoi-
Junichi Nagakura-
Takao Yamaguchi-
Noriko Yao*1External Audit & Supervisory Board member

Reference: Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2020)

NameExecutive titleResponsibilities
Ryutaro KotakiPresidentCEO
Yoichi AbeDirector
Vice President		Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Hiroyuki Konuma*2Vice PresidentPresident, SATO Corporation
Oversees global business
Yoshinori SasaharaVice PresidentChief Wellness Officer (CWO)
Director and Vice President, SATO Corporation
General Manager of Production (Product Creation)*3
Oversees Japan business
Kenji UshikiExecutive OfficerDirector; SATO Corporation
General Manager of R&D (Value Creation)*3
Maria OlceseExecutive OfficerHead of South America
General Manager, Achernar S.A.
Hironori OnishiExecutive OfficerDirector, SATO Corporation
Head of Japan sales
Noriyasu YamadaExecutive OfficerChief Alliance Officer (CAO)
Oversees Product Planning, R&D and RFID business in SATO Corporation
Goro YumibaExecutive OfficerHead of North & Central Americas
Chairperson and CEO, SATO America, LLC
Hayato ShindoExecutive OfficerHead of global sales, SATO Corporation