About Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Directors and Corporate Officers
As of June 23, 2011
President, CEO & Representative DirectorHiroshi Sato
Executive Vice Presidents & Representative Directors
| Tomoyuki Kaya | Oversees the Audit Department, Secretariat & Publicity Department, General Administration Department, Legal Department, Human Resources Department, Marketing Planning Department, and domestic branch offices and sales offices (including Takasago Works). Oversees companywide compliance. |
| Takashi Matsutani | Head of the Natural Resources & Engineering Business |
| Kazuo Shigekawa | Head of the Machinery Business |
| Ikuhiro Yamaguchi | Head of the Iron & Steel Business |
| Hiroaki Fujiwara | Oversees the Corporate Planning Department, Global Business Planning Department, IT Planning Department, Accounting Department, Finance Department, and overseas locations (under the head office). Oversees companywide information systems. |
Senior Managing Directors
| Tetsu Takahashi | Head of the Aluminum & Copper Business |
| Tsuyoshi Kasuya | Head of the Welding Business |
| Yuichi Seki | Oversees companywide technical development. Oversees the Environmental Control & Disaster Prevention Department and the MONODZUKURI (Production System Innovation) Planning & Promotion Department. General Manager of the Technical Development Group. |
Outside Directors
Takao KitabataTakuo Yamauchi
Auditors
Toshinori OkoshiJun Miyazaki
Outside Auditors
Yoshikazu IkedaShigeo Sasaki
Takashi Okimoto
Executive Officers
| Ryosuke Shimomura | Responsible for sales in the Aluminum & Copper Business. Responsible for the aluminum flat rolled products business and the aluminum cast and forged products business in the Aluminum & Copper Business. |
| Jun Tanaka | Vice Head of the Natural Resources & Engineering Business. Responsible for the Planning & Administration Department, SQE System Management Department, Steel Structures & Sabo Department, Urban Systems & Engineering Department, Project Support Center, and Nuclear & CWD Division in the same Business. |
Senior Officers
| Seiji Okita | Responsible for the Marketing Planning Department, domestic branches, and domestic sales offices (excluding the Osaka Branch Office and Takasago Works). Responsible for special assignments from the President. |
| Hiroya Kawasaki | Responsible for the Corporate Planning Department, Global Business Planning Department, MONODZUKURI (Production System Innovation) Planning & Promotion Department, IT Planning Department, and overseas offices (under the head office). Responsible for companywide information systems. |
| Kazuhide Naraki | Vice Head of the Machinery Business. General Manager of the Industrial Machinery Division in the same Business. |
| Yoshinori Onoe | Responsible for production of steel products in the Iron & Steel Business. Responsible for the Steel Powder Division in the same Business. General Manager of the Kakogawa Works in the same Business. |
| Akihiko Tsukamoto | General Manager of the Steel Casting & Forging Division in the Iron & Steel Business |
| Akira Kaneko | Responsible for the Secretariat & Publicity Department, Legal Department and Human Resources Department. Responsible for companywide compliance. |
| Masahiro Hanaoka | Responsible for the General Administration Department, Rugby Administration Office, and Osaka Branch Office. General Manager of the Takasago Works. |
| Naoto Umehara | Responsible for the Planning & Administration Department and Global Operations Department in the Iron & Steel Business. Responsible for the Titanium Division in the same Business. |
| Mitsuo Takamura | Vice Head of the Welding Business. Responsible for the China and ASEAN businesses in the same Business. |
| Shohei Manabe | General Manager of the Coal & Energy Division and the Iron Unit Division in the Natural Resources & Engineering Business. |
| Shinya Miyawaki | Responsible for the Wire Rod & Bar Products Marketing & Technical Services Department and the Plate Products Marketing & Technical Services Department in the Iron & Steel Business. |
Officers
| Takahiko Sato | General Manager of the Moka Plant in the Aluminum & Copper Business. General Manager of the Manufacturing Department in the Moka Plant. |
| Takao Ohama | General Manager of the Compressor Division in the Machinery Business. General Manager of the Development Center in the same Business. |
| Yukimasa Miyashita | Responsible for sales administration tasks in the Planning & Administration Department in the Iron & Steel Business. Responsible for the Wire Rod & Bar Steel Products Sales Department. |
| Michihide Iwasa | Responsible for the Raw Materials Department, Purchasing Department and Civil Construction Technology Department in the Iron & Steel Business. |
| Masahiro Kawase | General Manager of the Kobe Works in the Iron & Steel Business |
| Koji Fujii | Responsible for the Environmental Control & Disaster Prevention Department in the head office and the Research & Development Laboratory and the IPP Division in the Iron & Steel Business. General Manager of the Technology Administration Department in the same Business. |
| Takashi Goto | Responsible for the Plate Products Sales Department and Sheet Products Sales Department in the Iron & Steel Business. |
| Yoriyuki Shibata | Responsible for the aluminum extrusion business and the copper flat rolled products business in the Aluminum & Copper Business. General Manager of the Copper Flat Rolled Products Sales Department in the same Business. |
| Yasuaki Sugizaki | General Manager of the Research & Development Planning Department in the Technical Development Group |
| Mitsugu Yamaguchi | General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department |
| Takafumi Morichi | Responsible for the Accounting Department and the Finance Department. |
| Makoto Mizuguchi | Responsible for the Sheet Products Marketing & Technical Services Department in the Iron & Steel Business. |
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