Announcement on Organization Changes and Personnel Changes
Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) determined and announced, on May 13 2015, the proposed candidates for the corporate directors and Audit & Supervisory Board member regarding the 52nd annual general meeting of shareholders held on June 19 2015. Today, TEL announced that the operating structure concerning corporate directors and the personnel plans of executive officers after June 19 2015 were informally determined as stated below. The official resolutions will be made at the Board of Directors’ meeting held after the 52nd annual general meeting of shareholders.
1. New Operating Structure (as of June 19, 2015)
(1) Chief Operating Officer (COO) shall be newly appointed under the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in order to enhance the operating structure.
(2) The personnel plans of corporate directors and executive officers after June 19 2015
(i) Appointment of Corporate Directors (informally determined)
Chairman of the Board
Tetsuo Tsuneishi
Representative Director and President, Chief Executive Officer(CEO)
Tetsuro Higashi
Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Toshiki Kawai
Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President
Hirofumi Kitayama  Business Ethics, CSR Promotion
Corporate Director Hikaru Ito
Corporate Director Kenji Washino
Corporate Director Tetsuro Hori   Internal Control
Corporate Director Gishi Chung
Corporate Director Masami Akimoto
Corporate Director Sadao Sasaki
Corporate Director Tatsuya Nagakubo
Outside Corporate Director Hiroshi Inoue
Outside Corporate Director Masahiro Sakane
(ii) Appointment of Executive Officers (informally determined)
Tetsuro Higashi | President & CEO |
Toshiki Kawai | Senior Executive Vice President & COO, General Manager, Business Promotion Division, General Manager, Business Unit Division |
Hirofumi Kitayama | Senior Executive Vice President, General Manager, Development & Manufacturing Division, General Manager, Production Division, Quality |
Hikaru Ito | EVP & General Manager, Global Field Division (Asia) |
Kenji Washino | SVP & Deputy General Manager, Global Field Division (US & Europe) |
Tetsuro Hori | SVP & General Manager, Finance & Legal Division, Corporate Strategy, IR,Compliance & Internal Control |
Gishi Chung | SVP & General Manager, SPE Development Division |
Masami Akimoto* | SVP & Deputy General Manager, Development & Manufacturing Division President, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. |
Sadao Sasaki* | SVP & Deputy General Manager, Development & Manufacturing Division Deputy General Manager, SPE Development Division President, Tokyo Electron Tohoku, Ltd. |
Shigetoshi Hosaka | SVP & General Manager, Corporate Development Division |
Hideyuki Tsutsumi* | SVP & General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Business Unit Division (ES/TPS) |
Barry Mayer* | SVP & General Manager, Global Strategy President, Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc. |
David Brough* | SVP & General Manager, Global Strategy, General Manager, Europe Region President, Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd. |
Tatsuya Nagakubo | VP & General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Division, CSR Promotion,Corporate Branding Promotion |
Takeo Sasaki | VP & General Manager, Legal / Export & Logistics Control |
Kazushi Tahara | VP & General Manager, System Development Division, Deputy General Manager, Production Division |
Keisuke Koizumi | VP & General Manager, IT Division |
Seisu (Yoh) Ikeda | VP & General Manager, CTBU |
Yoshinobu Mitano | VP & General Manager, ESBU |
Shingo Tada | VP & General Manager, TPSBU |
Takeshi Okubo | VP & General Manager, SDBU |
Toshihiko Nishigaki* | VP & General Manager, SPSBU |
Yuichi Abe | VP & General Manager, ATSBU |
Kiyoshi Sunohara | VP & General Manager, FSBU |
Tsuguhiko Matsuura | VP & General Manager, FPDBU |
Yoshiaki Horii | VP & General Manager, Planning of Region Strategy |
Shinichi Sasahara | VP & General Manager, PVE |
Yoshifumi Tahara* | VP & General Manager President, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. |
Hiromichi Ito* | VP & General Manager President, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. |
(3) Corporate Senior Staff (CSS) shall be newly established as a deliberative and decision-making body for the corporate global strategy.
(4) Five divisions shall be organized under CEO and COO.
Further, Corporate Strategic Planning Dept., Investor Relations Dept. and Global Audit Center are directly controlled by CEO and COO.
i. Planning of Region Strategy Division, US Region Division, Europe Region Division, Japan Region Division, Korea Region Division, Taiwan Region Division, China Region Division, Southeast Asia Region Division shall be organized under Global Field Division (Hikaru Ito, EVP & General Manager and Kenji Washino, SVP & Deputy General Manager)
ii. SPE Development Division and Business Unit Division shall be organized under Business Promotion Division (Toshiki Kawai, Senior Executive Vice President & COO, General Manager)
iii. Corporate Development Division, System Development Division, IT Division, Production Division shall be organized under Development & Manufacturing Division (Hirofumi Kitayama, Senior Executive Vice President, General Manager and Masami Akimoto, SVP & Deputy General Manager and Sadao Sasaki, SVP & Deputy General Manager).
iv. Accounting Dept., Finance Dept., Intellectual Property Dept., Legal Dept., Export & Logistics Control Dept. shall be organized under Finance & Legal Division (Tetsuro Hori, SVP & General Manager)
v. Human Resources Dept., Human Resources Development Center, General Affairs Dept., CSR Promotion Dept., Corporate Branding Promotion Dept. shall be organized under Human Resources & General Affairs Division (Tatsuya Nagakubo, VP & General Manager)
Name | Continuing Position* | New Position | Current Position |
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Tetsuo Tsuneishi |
- | Chairman of the Board | Vice Chairman of the Board, Assistant to the CEO, Corporate Strategy, IR, Chairman, Tokyo Electron America, Inc. |
Kenji Washino |
Corporate Director | SVP & Deputy General Manager, Global Field Division (US & Europe) Chairman, Tokyo Electron America, Inc. |
VP, Corporate Development Division, ATS/FPD/PVE |
Yasuyuki Kuriki |
- | General Manager, Korea Region Chairman & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. |
Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. |
W.H. Lee | - | Deputy General Manager, Korea Region President & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. |
Chairman & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. |
Hideyuki Tsutsumi |
- | SVP & Deputy General Manager, Business Unit Division (ES/TPS) Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. |
President & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. |
*Some Continuing Positions of Overseas Subsidiary's Board of Directors are abbreviated
Name | Continuing Position* | New Position | Current Position |
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Toshiki Kawai |
Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. |
Representative Director & Senior Executive Vice President, COO, General Manager, Business Promotion Division, General Manager, Business Unit Division Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron TS Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. |
VP & General Manager, SPS BU |
Hikaru Ito |
Corporate Director, EVP Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. |
General Manager, Global Field Division (Asia) |
SPE, Senior General Manager, SPE Sales Division, General Manager, ESBU Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron TS Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. |
Tetsuro Hori |
Corporate Director, VP & General Manager, Corporate Strategic Planning |
SVP & General Manager, Finance & Legal Division, IR, Compliance/Internal Control Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron BP Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Agency Ltd. |
VP & Deputy General Manager, Corporate Administration Division |
Masami Akimoro |
President & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. |
Corporate Director, SVP & Deputy General Manager, Development & Manufacturing Division Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron TS Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. |
- |
Sadao Sasaki |
President & Representative Director, Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. |
Corporate Director, SVP & Deputy General Manager, Development & Manufacturing Division, Deputy General Manager, SPE Development Division Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron TS Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. |
- |
Yoshiteru Harada |
- | Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Corporate Director, VP & General Manager, Corporate Administration Division, Compliance/Internal Control Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron BP Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Agency Ltd. |
Toshihiko Nishigaki |
- | VP & General Manager, SPSBU Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd. Corporate Director, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. |
SVP, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. |
Masaaki Hata |
President, Tokyo Electron Singapore Pte. Ltd. | General Manager, Southeast Asia Region, Deputy General Manager, Taiwan Region Senior Executive Vice President, Tokyo Electron Taiwan Ltd. |
General Manager, Taiwan/Asia Sales |
* Some Continuing Positions of Overseas Subsidiary's Board of Directors are abbreviated.
Name | Continuing Position* | New Position | Current Position |
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Satoru Kawakami |
- | Senior Manager, Technology Development Center |
VP & Deputy General Manager, SPE Marketing & Process Development Division, TEL Technology Center Sendai |
Koki Shirai |
Secondment to Tokyo Electron America,Inc. | Deputy General Manager, US Region | - |
Akihisa Sekiguchi |
Director, SPE Marketing Dept. |
Project Leader, Patterning Solution Project |
Deputy General Manager, SPE Marketing & Process Development Division |
Shigeki Nakatani |
- | Director, Thermal Processing Systems Marketing Dept. (Effective on June 1st) |
Senior Manager, Thermal Processing Systems Marketing Dept. |
Hiroshi Ishida |
- | Secondment to Tokyo Electron Tohoku Ltd. (Effective on June 1st) |
Director, Thermal Processing Systems Marketing Dept. |