April 30, 2010
TDK Corporation announces the following changes of directors and corporate officers decided by a resolution by the Board of Directors at a meeting held today.
The appointment of directors is subject to election at TDKs 114th ordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 29, 2010. The appointment of corporate officers will be formally approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the June 29 general shareholders meeting.
- Directors (new appointment and resignation)
Director Candidate
Junji Yoneyama Corporate Officer, General Manager of the Human Resources Dept. |
Retiring Director
Seiji Enami Executive Vice President |
- Corporate Officers
Corporate Officer Candidate
Kaoru Matsuoka General Manager of the Technology Group, General Manager of the Corporate Technology Planning Dept., and General Manager of the Devices Development Center |
Changes in Corporate Officer Positions
| |
New Position |
Former Position |
| Raymond Leung |
Executive Vice President |
Senior Vice President |
| Atsuo Kobayashi |
Senior Vice President |
Corporate Officer |
| Hiroyuki Uemura |
Senior Vice President |
Corporate Officer |
Retiring Corporate Officers
| Seiji Enami |
Executive Vice President |
| Shiro Nomi |
Senior Vice President |
| Takeo Suzuki |
Senior Vice President |
New Executive Lineup
As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 29, 2010 will be as follows.
Directors
| Representative Director |
Hajime Sawabe |
| Representative Director |
Takehiro Kamigama |
| Director |
Yasuhiro Hagihara* (Senior Counsel of Squire Sanders Gaikokuhou Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho Adjunct Professor at Keio University, Department of Law) |
| Director |
Kenichi Mori* (Professor at Tokyo University of Science, MOT Graduate School) |
| Director |
Shinichi Araya |
| Director |
Yukio Yanase* (Representative Executive Officer, President and Group Chief Operating Officer of ORIX Corporation) |
| Director |
Junji Yoneyama |
* Outside Directors
Corporate Auditors
| Corporate Auditor |
Noboru Hara |
| Corporate Auditor |
Masaaki Miyoshi |
| Corporate Auditor |
Kaoru Matsumoto* (C.P.A., Representative of Kaoru Matsumoto & Co. Outside Director of Foster Electric Company, Limited) |
| Corporate Auditor |
Ryoichi Ohno* (Director and CFO of Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. Director(Part-time) of The Prudential Life Insurance Company, Ltd.)
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| Corporate Auditor |
Osamu Nakamoto* (Representative of Nakamoto Law Office Outside Company Auditor of Mitsui-Soko Co., Ltd. Outside Company Auditor of Foster Electric Company, Limited) |
*Outside Corporate Auditors
Corporate Officers
| Chairman |
Hajime Sawabe |
| President and CEO |
Takehiro Kamigama |
| Executive Vice President |
Raymond Leung |
| Senior Vice President |
Shinichi Araya |
| Senior Vice President |
Kenichiro Fujihara |
| Senior Vice President |
Atsuo Kobayashi |
| Senior Vice President |
Hiroyuki Uemura |
| Corporate Officer |
Takeshi Nomura |
| Corporate Officer |
Takaya Ishigaki |
| Corporate Officer |
Shinya Yoshihara |
| Corporate Officer |
Junji Yoneyama |
| Corporate Officer |
Robin Zeng |
| Corporate Officer |
Seiji Osaka |
| Corporate Officer |
Masataka Kajiya |
| Corporate Officer |
Kaoru Matsuoka |
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