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Kobe Steel selects new representative directors
March 5, 2014
TOKYO, March 5, 2014 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that at its board of directors' meeting held today, it decided to make the following changes in its representative directors.
Changes in Representative Directors
Effective from April 1
Appointment of New Representative Director
Kazuhide Naraki
Current title | Senior Managing Director |
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New title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
Area of responsibility | Head of the Machinery Business (unchanged) |
Retiring Representative Directors
Ikuhiro Yamaguchi
Current title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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New title | Executive Vice President |
Area of responsibility | Assistant to the President (Advisor, Shinsho Corporation) |
Following the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders at Shinsho Corporation to be held in late June, Ikuhiro Yamaguchi will be appointed President and CEO of Shinsho Corporation
Hiroaki Fujiwara
Current title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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New title | Executive Vice President |
Area of responsibility | Assistant to the president |
Following the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June, Hiroaki Fujiwara will become an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kobe Steel.
Tetsu Takahashi
Current title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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New title | Executive Vice President |
Area of responsibility | Assistant to the president |
Following the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June, Tetsu Takahashi will become an Adviser at Kobe Steel.
Continuing Representative Directors
The following executives will continue as representative directors.
Hiroshi Sato
Title | Chairman and Representative Director |
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Hiroya Kawasaki
Title | President, CEO and Representative Director |
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Jun Tanaka
Title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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Area of responsibility | Head of the Engineering Business (unchanged) |
Changes in Representative Directors
Effective from Late June
The representative directors after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June are the five candidates below. They will be formally appointed after resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and at the board of directors meeting to be held afterward.
Hiroshi Sato
Title | Chairman and Representative Director |
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Hiroya Kawasaki
Title | President, CEO and Representative Director |
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Jun Tanaka
Title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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Area of responsibility | Head of the Engineering Business (unchanged) |
Kazuhide Naraki
Title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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Area of responsibility | Head of the Machinery Business (unchanged) |
Yoshinori Onoe
Title | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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Area of responsibility | Head of the Iron & Steel Business |
Yoshinori Onoe, currently Executive Officer, will be appointed Executive Vice President and Head of the Iron & Steel Business from April 1. He is also a candidate for Executive Vice President and Representative Director subject to approval after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June.