March 24, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Publicity Department
Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Changes in Oriental Land Company Executives
URAYASU, CHIBA—Oriental Land Co, Ltd. announced the following changes in the company’s representative directors as well as incoming and departing executive directors and executive officers, in accordance with a resolution passed at the Board of Directors meeting held on March 24, 2009. (Note: Changes in incoming and departing executive directors will be finalized upon approval by the 49th Stockholders’ Meeting scheduled to be held at the end of June.) 1.
Changes in Representative Directors (Effective April 1, 2009)
Name
New Position
Current Position
Kyoichiro Uenishi
Representative Director and President, President Officer, COO
Executive Director, Officer
Kiichi Sunayama
Representative Director, Executive Vice President Officer
Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer
Yojiro Shiba
Representative Director, Executive Vice President Officer
Executive Director, Senior Executive Officer
Yoshiro Fukushima Executive Director
Representative Director and President, COO
Akio Nagaoka
Executive Director
Representative Director, Executive Vice
President
Note: Akio Nagaoka will continue as Representative Director and President of Retail Networks Co., Ltd., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Reasons for the changes:
These executive changes are made to revitalize the Company’s management, thereby further enhancing the strength of the OLC Group.
Biography of the newly appointed Representative Directors:
Please see Attachment 1.
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2.
Incoming and Departing Executive Directors (Effective end of June 2009 upon approval at the Stockholders’ Meeting)
Incoming Executive Directors
Yasushi Tamaru (Current: Executive Officer) Yoritoshi Kikuchi (Current: Officer) Hirofumi Konobe (Current: Officer) Akiyoshi Yokota (Current: Officer)
Departing Executive Directors
Yoshiro Fukushima (Scheduled to continue in the position of Adviser.) Akio Nagaoka Makoto Takakuwa Makoto Owada Junichiro Tanaka (Current: Executive Director (External)/Senior Executive Advisor of Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.)
3.
Incoming and Departing Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2009)
Incoming Executive Officers
Wataru Takahashi (Current: Representative Director and President of IKSPIARI Co., Ltd.)
Masufumi Sumimoto (Current: Representative Director and President of Green and Arts Co., Ltd.)
Departing Executive Officers
Yoshiro Fukushima
Akio Nagaoka
Takeshi Okamura
Makoto Takakuwa
Makoto Owada
4.
Newly promoted Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2009)
Name
New Position
Current Position
Kyoichiro Uenishi
President Officer
Officer
Kiichi Sunayama
Executive Vice President Officer
Senior Executive Officer
Yojiro Shiba
Executive Vice President Officer
Senior Executive Officer
Norio Irie
Senior Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Shigeru Suzuki
Executive Officer
Officer
Yumiko Takano
Executive Officer
Officer
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5. Changes in the Responsibilities of the Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2009)
Representative Director, Executive Vice President Officer
Yojiro Shiba
Deputy General Manager of Theme Park Business Supervision, Director of Marketing Division, CS Enhancement Department, Casting Department, Cast Development Department (Current: Executive Director, Senior Executive Officer, Director of Marketing Division)
Executive Director, Senior Executive Officer
Norio Irie
Human Resources Department, IT Promotion Department, Food Safery Control Department (Current: Executive Director, Executive Officer, Director of Merchandise Division)
Executive Director, Executive Officer
Shigeru Suzuki
General Affairs Department, Publicity Department, Internal Auditing Department (Current: Executive Director, Officer, General Affairs Department, Human Resources)
Executive Director, Executive Officer
Yumiko Takano
Representative Director and President, Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. (Current: Executive Director, Officer
Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Milial
Resort Hotels Co., Ltd.
※ )
Executive Officer
Yasushi Tamaru
Director of Affiliates Business Unit, Theatrical Business Division (Current: Executive Officer, Director of Affiliates Business Unit)
Officer
Yoritoshi Kikuchi
Director of Engineering Division (Current: Officer, Deputy Director of Engineering Division)
Officer
Katsuhisa Udagawa
Director of Operations Division (Current: Officer,
Representative Director and President of E Production Co., Ltd.
※
Officer
Hirofumi Konobe
Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Division (Current: Officer, Executive Managing Director of Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd.
※ )
Officer
Akiyoshi Yokota
Finance/Accounting Department, Director of Finance/Ac counting Department (Current: Officer, Director of Finance/Accounting Department)
Officer
Masufumi Sumimoto
Director of Merchandise Department (Current: Representative Director and President of Green and Arts Co., Ltd.
※ )
Note: Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd., E Production Co., Ltd., and Green and Arts Co., Ltd. are
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Furthermore, E Production Co., Ltd. will be
absorbed into its parent company, Oriental Land Co., Ltd., as of April 1, 2009.
Please see Attachment 2 for a list of executive officers effective April 1, 2009.
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Biography of Newly Appointed Representative Directors
Name
Kyoichiro Uenishi
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Education
Chuo University, Faculty of Letters (graduated March 1980)
Date of Birth
January 15, 1958 April 1980 Joined Oriental Land Co., Ltd. May 2003 Appointed Director of General Affairs Department, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. June 2003 Appointed Executive Director and Director of General Affairs Department, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. May 2005 Appointed Executive Director, Officer and Director of General Affairs Department, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. April 2006 Appointed Executive Director and Officer, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. April 2008 Appointed Executive Director, Officer and Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Division (Current Responsibility)
Biography
In charge of Publicity Department
Name
Yojiro Shiba
Place of Birth
Kanagawa, Japan
Education
Hokkaido University, School of Economics and Business Administration (graduated March 1974)
Date of Birth
August 7, 1950
Biography
April 1974 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd (Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.,
as it is known today)
June 1999 Appointed General Manager of Corporate Banking Department
(Media&Telecommunication), Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April 2002 Appointed Executive Officer & General Manager of Corporate Banking
Division NO.10, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
March 2003 Appointed Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. April 2005 Joined Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
May 2005 Executive Officer and Director of Marketing Division, Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
April 2007 Senior Executive Officer and Director of Marketing Division, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. June 2007 Executive Director, Senior Executive Officer and Director of Marketing Division (Current Responsibility)
Attachment 1
List of Executive Officers Effective April 1, 2009
Name Board of Directors Corporate Officers Responsibilities
Toshio Kagami
Representative Director −
Representative Director Chairman of Milial Resort
Chairman & CEO
Hotels Co., Ltd.
Kyoichiro Uenishi Representative Director, President Officer
President & COO
Kiichi Sunayama Representative Director Executive Vice
General Manager of Theme Park Business
President Officer Supervision
Theme Park Business Supervision
Department
Resort Creation Department
Yojiro Shiba
Representative Director Executive Vice
Deputy General Manager of Theme Park
President Officer Business Supervision & Director of Marketing
Division
CS Enhancement Department
Casting Department
Cast Development Department
Norio Irie
Executive Director Senior Executive Officer Human Resources Department
IT Promotion Department
Food Safety Control Department
Yasushi Tamaru −
Executive officer
Director of Affiliates Business Unit
Theatrical Business Division
Shigeru Suzuki
Executive Director
Executive officer
General Affairs Department
Publicity Department
Internal Auditing Department
Yumiko Takano Executive Director
Executive officer
Representative Director and President of Milial
Resort Hotels Co., Ltd.
Yoshiro Fukushima Executive Director
−
Akio Nagaoka
Executive Director
−
Representative Director and President of Retail
Networks Co., Ltd.
Makoto Takakuwa Executive Director
−
Makoto Owada
Executive Director
−
Yoritoshi Kikuchi −
Officer
Director of Engineering Division
Katsuhisa Udagawa −
Officer
Director of Operations Division
Kenjiro Mizushima −
Officer
Director of Food Division
Hirofumi Konobe −
Officer
Director of Corporate Strategy Planning
Attachment 2