JATCO Ltd
(President & CEO Shigeo Ishida, Headquartered in Fuji City, Shizuoka, Japan) announced board member changes expected in June
as well as management structure in FY2011.
These changes aim to further strengthen JATCO’s global management capability,
to enhance its competitiveness in expanding global market and to ensure its business
expansion and sustainable growth.
1. Board Member Changes
(As of the date of the annual meeting
of shareholders to be held at the end of June)
Newly appointed Board Members
Board Member, President & CEO Takashi
Hata
(Currently Country Manager and Board Director, SABIC Japan Ltd.)
Board Member Seiji
Honda
(Currently Vice President, General Manager, Oppama Plant, Nissan Motor
Co.,Ltd.)
Retiring
Board Members
Board Member, President & CEO Shigeo
Ishida
(To be appointed as Corporate Adviser, JATCO Ltd)
Board Member Hitoshi
Nagakura
(To remain as Senior Vice President, JATCO Ltd)
l Takashi Hata will be appointed as Adviser as of April 8, and Seiji Honda
will be appointed as Executive Vice President as of April 1.
l Takashi
Hata will be appointed as President, Board Member at the annual meeting of
shareholders and following board meeting, and Seiji Honda will be appointed as Board
Member at the annual meeting of shareholders at the end of June.
2.
Management Structure
(1) Corporate Officers (As of April 1)
|
President
|
Shigeo Ishida
|
General
management of
Quality
Audit Office,
The Jatco Way Promotion Office,
Administration
Division,
Sales
& Marketing Division,
Product
Planning Division and
Purchasing
Division,
Responsible
for Internal Auditors Office
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
Yo
Usuba
|
General
management of
Quality
Assurance & Service Division and
R & D Division
|
|
（newly
appointed）
|
Seiji Honda
|
General
management of
Production
Division,
Overseas
Manufacturing Affiliates,
Quality Control
Department and
Production
Administration Department,
Responsible for Production
Control Department
|
|
Senior Vice
President
|
Akira Hasenaka
|
Chief
Financial Officer,
Responsible
for Cost Planning Department,
Delegated
General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department
|
|
Toru Akiba
|
Responsible for Purchasing
Division,
Delegated General Manager of Purchasing Project Center
|
|
Minoru
Kurosawa
|
Responsible for
Unit Process
Engineering Department,
Parts Process
Engineering Department and
Prototype
Manufacturing,
Delegated
General Manager of Manufacturing Strategy Planning Department
|
|
Hitoshi
Nagakura
|
Responsible for
Overseas
Business Department,
ASEAN Project
Office and
Management
Information Systems Department,
Delegated
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
|
|
Akira Ishii
|
Responsible for
Sales &
Marketing Division and
External Affairs
of General Administration Department
|
|
Corporate
Vice
President
|
Tatsuya
Hirokawa
|
Responsible for Quality
Assurance & Service Division
|
|
Kitajo
Takeshi
|
Responsible for
General
Administration Department,
Legal Department
and
Safety
& Health Administration Department,
Delegated
General Manager of Human Resources Development Department
|
|
Kazutoshi
Noma
|
Responsible for
Project
Promotion Section,
Control System
Development Department and
Experiment
Department
|
|
Shigeru Suzuki
|
Responsible for Manufacturing
Plant
|
|
Tomoyoshi Sato
|
Responsible for
Quality Audit Office,
JATCO Mexico
S.A. de C.V. and
JATCO (Guangzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd.,
Delegated General Manager of The Jatco Way Promotion Office
|
|
Toshihiro
Ninomiya
|
Responsible for
Advanced
Technology Development Department,
Hardware System
Development Department,
Engineering Analysis Technology Development Center and
Technical Cost
Reduction Promotion Department
|
|
Shinji Morihiro
|
Responsible for
Product Planning
Department and
Engineering
Administration Department
|
(2) VPs (As of April 1)
|
VP
|
Takashi Kamijukkoku
|
Responsible for
Jatco Excellent
Production System Promotion Department and
Technician
Development Department
|
|
Takayuki
Kikukawa
|
Delegated
President of JATCO Mexico S.A de C.V.
|
|
（newly
appointed）
|
Harumi Okazaki
|
Delegated President of JATCO (Guangzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd.
|
(3) Feｌｌow (As of April 1)
|
Fellow
|
Takashi
Shibayama
|
Responsible for
Building
Monozukuri / technology policy
|
(4) Newly appointed Corporate Officer
As of the date of the annual
meeting of shareholders at the end of June
President Takashi
Hata
(5) Retiring Corporate Officers
As of March 31
Senior Vice President Toshihiko Okumura
(To be appointed as Senior
Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation)
As
of the date of the annual meeting of shareholders at the end of June
President Shigeo Ishida
(To be appointed as Corporate Adviser, JATCO Ltd)
