28.02.2012 12:13:00

Panasonic Announces Proposed Senior Management Changes

Panasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC)(TOKYO:6752)("Panasonic"), today announced the following changes of the members of the Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers, effective April 1, 2012, and proposed changes of the members of the Board of Directors, and the Board of Corporate Auditors effective June 27, 2012. These proposed changes will be submitted for and subject to approval at the company's ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 27, 2012.

 

1. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective April 1)

Title   Name   Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board   Kunio Nakamura    
Vice Chairman of the Board   Masayuki Matsushita    
President   Fumio Ohtsubo    
Executive Vice Presidents   Toshihiro Sakamoto  

In charge of Global Consumer
Marketing Sector

Takahiro Mori In charge of Planning
  Yasuo Katsura   Representative in Tokyo
Senior Managing Directors Ken Morita

 

Ikusaburo Kashima

In charge of Legal Affairs and
Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate Legal Affairs
Division
In charge of Corporate Risk
Management, Corporate Information
Security, Corporate Business Ethics,
and Corporate International Affairs

Yoshihiko Yamada

In charge of Industrial Devices
Business

Kazuhiro Tsuga

 

Yoshiiku Miyata

Director, Global Consumer Marketing
Sector
In charge of Design

  Kazunori Takami**   President, Appliances Company
Managing Directors Makoto Uenoyama In charge of Accounting and Finance
Masatoshi Harada Representative in Kansai
Takashi Toyama

President, Systems & Communications
Company
President, Panasonic System Networks
Co., Ltd.

Yoshiyuki Miyabe

In charge of Technology, New Business
Strategy Office, and Panasonic Start-up
Fund

  Yoshiaki Nakagawa  

In charge of Human Resources,
General Affairs, and Social Relations
In charge of e-Work Promotion Office
and Facility Management

Directors Ikuo Uno  
  Masayuki Oku    

Honorary Chairman of the
Board and Executive Advisor,
Member of the Board

  Masaharu Matsushita    
Notes:   The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally represent the company.
Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.
 

2. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective April 1)

Title   Name   Responsibilities
Senior Corporate Auditors   Masahiro Seyama  

 

  Yoshihiro Furuta  

Chairman, Panasonic Group Auditors
Meeting

Corporate Auditors Yasuo Yoshino  
Ikuo Hata  
  Hiroyuki Takahashi    
Note:   Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.
 

3. Executive Officers (Effective April 1)

Title   Name   Responsibilities

Senior Managing Executive
Officers

 

Shusaku Nagae

 

In charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions Company

Seiichiro Sano In charge of Special Task
  Takumi Kajisha**  

In charge of Corporate Communications,
Advertising, Corporate Citizenship, and
CSR Office

Managing Executive Officers Yutaka Takehana

Director, Corporate Division for
Government & Public Affairs

Toshiaki Kobayashi

President
Director, Electronic Components and
Materials Business Group
Industrial Devices Company

Yoshihisa Fukushima

In charge of Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate Intellectual Property
Division

President, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company

Hideaki Kawai

General Manager, Corporate Planning
Group

Laurent Abadie

Regional Head for Europe & CIS
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic Europe
Ltd.
Managing Director, Panasonic Marketing
Europe GmbH

 

Yorihisa Shiokawa

Regional Head for Asia, the Middle East
& Africa

Managing Director, Panasonic Asia
Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Jun Ishii**

In charge of Sales Company and
Channel Strategy for Japan, Global
Consumer Marketing Sector
President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Co., Ltd.

Mamoru Yoshida**

President
Director, Display Network Products
Business Group
AVC Networks Company

  Tsuyoshi Nomura**  

In charge of Manufacturing Innovation
Director, Corporate Manufacturing
Innovation Division
In charge of Advanced Production
Systems Development Company, Quality
Administration, FF Customer Support &
Management, Environmental Affairs,
Procurement, Logistics, and Motor
Business Administration Office

Executive Officers Joseph Taylor

Regional Head for North America
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Corporation of North America

Toshiro Kisaka

In charge of Groupwide Cost Busters
Project
Project Manager, Groupwide Cost
Busters Project
Director, Corporate Procurement
Division
Director, Corporate Global Logistics
Division

Masato Tomita

Vice President
In charge of Overseas Operations
Eco Solutions Company

Takeshi Uenoyama

In charge of Device Technology
General Manager, Device Strategy Office
In charge of Advanced Technology
Research Laboratories
Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory

Shiro Nishiguchi

Director, AVC Marketing Division, Global
Consumer Marketing Sector

 

Yoshiro Takemoto*

President, Manufacturing Solutions
Company
President, Panasonic Factory Solutions
Co., Ltd.

Kenji Yamane*

President, Healthcare Company
President, Panasonic Healthcare Co.,
Ltd.

Yoshio Ito

Senior Vice President
Director, Display Devices Business
Group
AVC Networks Company

Hidetoshi Osawa

Regional Head for China & Northeast
Asia
Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of
China

Yukio Nakashima

Director, Appliances Marketing Division,
Global Consumer Marketing Sector

Kuniaki Matsukage

Vice President
Director, Lighting Business Group
Eco Solutions Company

Masato Ito

President, Energy Company
President, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

Yasutomo Fukui In charge of Information Systems
Katsuhiko Fujiwara

Senior Vice President
Director, Air Conditioning and Cold Chain
Business Group
Appliances Company

Masahisa Shibata

President, Automotive Systems
Company

Toshiyuki Takagi

Senior Vice President
Director, Business Solutions Business
Group
AVC Networks Company

Shiro Kitajima

President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Company of North America,
Panasonic Corporation of North America

 

Machiko Miyai

Director, Corporate Environmental
Affairs Division
Director, Corporate Electricity Saving
Division

Masahiro Ido*

Vice President
In charge of Planning
Director, Customer Communication
Center
Eco Solutions Company

Satoshi Takeyasu*

Vice President
Director, Comprehensive Solutions
Division
Eco Solutions Company

  Takeo Endo*  

Managing Director, Panasonic
Consumer Marketing China, Panasonic
Corporation of China

 

4.

Resignation and Appointments of the Members of the Board of Directors and Senior Corporate Auditor (Effective June 27)

Resignation:

Title   Name   Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board   Kunio Nakamura   To be appointed Executive Advisor
Executive Vice Presidents   Toshihiro Sakamoto   To be appointed Corporate Advisor
  Takahiro Mori   To be appointed Corporate Advisor
Senior Managing Directors   Ken Morita   To be appointed Corporate Advisor

Senior Managing Executive
Officer

  Seiichiro Sano    
Managing Directors Makoto Uenoyama

Retaining his position as Managing
Executive Officer

  Masatoshi Harada  

Retaining his position as Managing
Executive Officer

Senior Corporate Auditor   Masahiro Seyama    

Honorary Chairman of the
Board and Executive Advisor,
Member of the Board

  Masaharu Matsushita   Honorary Chairman
 

Assignments:

Title   Name   Responsibilities (as of April 1)
Chairman of the Board   Fumio Ohtsubo**    
President   Kazuhiro Tsuga**    
Executive Vice President   Shusaku Nagae  

Former: Senior Managing Executive
Officer
Current: In charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions Company

Managing Directors   Hideaki Kawai  

Former: General Manager, Corporate
Planning Group
Current: Managing Executive Officer

  Mamoru Yoshida  

Current: Managing Executive Officer
President, and Director, Display
Network Products Business Group, AVC
Networks Company

Senior Corporate Auditor   Seiichiro Sano  

Former: Senior Managing Executive
Officer
In charge of Special Task

 

5. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective June 27)

Title   Name   Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board   Fumio Ohtsubo**    
Vice Chairman of the Board   Masayuki Matsushita    
President   Kazuhiro Tsuga**    
Executive Vice Presidents   Yasuo Katsura   Representative in Tokyo
 

Shusaku Nagae* **

 

In charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of Corporate Division for
Promoting Energy Solution Business

Senior Managing Directors Ikusaburo Kashima

In charge of Legal Affairs and
Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate Legal Affairs
Division
In charge of Corporate Risk
Management, Corporate Information
Security, Corporate Business Ethics,
and Corporate International Affairs

Yoshihiko Yamada In charge of Industrial Devices Business
Yoshiiku Miyata

Director, Global Consumer Marketing
Sector
In charge of Design

  Kazunori Takami   President, Appliances Company
Managing Directors Takashi Toyama

In charge of Planning
General Manager, Corporate Planning
Group
In charge of Information Systems

Hideaki Kawai* In charge of Accounting and Finance
Yoshiyuki Miyabe

In charge of Technology, New Business
Strategy Office, and Panasonic Start-up
Fund

Yoshiaki Nakagawa

In charge of Human Resources, General
Affairs, and Social Relations
In charge of e-Work Promotion Office
and Facility Management

  Mamoru Yoshida*  

President
Director, Display Network Products
Business Group
AVC Networks Company

Directors Ikuo Uno  
  Masayuki Oku  

 

Notes:   The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally represent the company.
Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.
 

6. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective June 27)

Title   Name   Responsibilities
Senior Corporate Auditors   Seiichiro Sano*  

 

  Yoshihiro Furuta  

Chairman, Panasonic Group Auditors
Meeting

Corporate Auditors Yasuo Yoshino  
Ikuo Hata***  
  Hiroyuki Takahashi    
Note:   Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.
* newly appointed
** promoted
*** reappointed
 

7. Executive Officers (Effective June 27)

Title   Name   Responsibilities

Senior Managing Executive
Officers

  Takumi Kajisha  

In charge of Corporate Communications,
Advertising, Corporate Citizenship, and
CSR Office

Managing Executive Officers   Yutaka Takehana  

Director, Corporate Division for
Government & Public Affairs

Makoto Uenoyama

Senior Vice President
In charge of Administration
Eco Solutions Company

Toshiaki Kobayashi

President
Director, Electronic Components and
Materials Business Group
Industrial Devices Company

Masatoshi Harada Representative in Kansai
Yoshihisa Fukushima

In charge of Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate Intellectual Property
Division
President, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company

Laurent Abadie

Regional Head for Europe & CIS
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic Europe
Ltd.
Managing Director, Panasonic Marketing
Europe GmbH

Yorihisa Shiokawa

Regional Head for Asia, the Middle East
& Africa
Managing Director, Panasonic Asia
Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Jun Ishii

In charge of Sales Company and
Channel Strategy for Japan, Global
Consumer Marketing Sector
President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Co., Ltd.

  Tsuyoshi Nomura  

In charge of Manufacturing Innovation
Director, Corporate Manufacturing
Innovation Division
In charge of Advanced Production
Systems Development Company, Quality
Administration, FF Customer Support &
Management, Environmental Affairs,
Procurement, Logistics, and Motor
Business Administration Office

Executive Officers

Joseph Taylor

Regional Head for North America
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Corporation of North America

Toshiro Kisaka

In charge of Groupwide Cost Busters
Project
Project Manager, Groupwide Cost
Busters Project
Director, Corporate Procurement
Division
Director, Corporate Global Logistics
Division

Masato Tomita

Vice President
In charge of Overseas Operations
Eco Solutions Company

Takeshi Uenoyama

In charge of Device Technology
General Manager, Device Strategy Office
In charge of Advanced Technology
Research Laboratories
Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory

Shiro Nishiguchi

Director, AVC Marketing Division, Global
Consumer Marketing Sector

Yoshiro Takemoto

President, Manufacturing Solutions
Company
President, Panasonic Factory Solutions
Co., Ltd.

Kenji Yamane

President, Healthcare Company
President, Panasonic Healthcare Co.,
Ltd.

Yoshio Ito

Senior Vice President
Director, Display Devices Business
Group
AVC Networks Company

Hidetoshi Osawa

Regional Head for China & Northeast Asia
Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of
China

Yukio Nakashima

Director, Appliances Marketing Division,
Global Consumer Marketing Sector

Kuniaki Matsukage

Vice President
Director, Lighting Business Group
Eco Solutions Company

Masato Ito

President, Energy Company
President, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

 

Yasutomo Fukui In charge of Information Systems
Katsuhiko Fujiwara

Senior Vice President
Director, Air Conditioning and Cold Chain
Business Group
Appliances Company

Masahisa Shibata

President, Automotive Systems
Company

Toshiyuki Takagi

President, Systems & Communications
Company
President, Panasonic System Networks
Co., Ltd.

Shiro Kitajima

President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Company of North America,
Panasonic Corporation of North America

Machiko Miyai

Director, Corporate Environmental
Affairs Division
Director, Corporate Electricity Saving
Division

Masahiro Ido

Vice President
In charge of Planning
Director, Customer Communication
Center
Eco Solutions Company

Satoshi Takeyasu

Vice President
Director, Comprehensive Solutions
Division
Eco Solutions Company

  Takeo Endo  

Managing Director, Panasonic
Consumer Marketing China, Panasonic
Corporation of China

 

About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 8.69 trillion yen (US$105 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE:PC) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net/

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