This is to notify that Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto) resolved at a meeting of its board of directors held on February 28, 2022 the following changes in audit & supervisory board members, executive officers, and management personnel.
1. Candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member (as of late June 2022)
Name | Current Assignment |
Yushi Nishimura |
General Manager of Corporate Global Audit Division * Scheduled to resign from General Manager of Corporate Global Audit Division as of March 31, 2022, to become Riji as of April 1, 2022, and a Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June 2022. |
2. Resignation of Audit & Supervisory Board Member (as of late June 2022)
Name | Current Assignment |
Itsuki Harada |
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member * Scheduled to resign at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June 2022. |
3. New Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2022)
Name | <New> Title [<New> Assignment] |
[Current Assignment] |
Koichi Nagasaki | <Executive Officer> [General Manager of the Corporate Automotive Components Group] |
[General Manager of Corporate Automotive Components Group] |
Shiro Sakushima | <Executive Officer> [<General Manager of Corporate Electronic Components Group>] |
[General Manager of Electronic Components Development Division 2, Corporate Electronic Components Group] |
Masafumi Ikeuchi | <Executive Officer> [General Manager of Corporate Display Group] |
[General Manager of Corporate Display Group] |
Katsuhiko Suzuki | <Executive Officer> [Deputy General Manager of Corporate Display Group] |
[Deputy General Manager of Corporate Display Group] |
Hiroaki Chida | <Executive Officer> [General Manager of Corporate Management Control Group] |
[General Manager of Corporate Management Control Group] |
Katsuyuki Waki | <Executive Officer> [General Manager of Corporate Development Group] |
[General Manager of Corporate Development Group] |
Akira Iino | <Executive Officer> [<General Manager of Corporate Communication Equipment Group>] |
[Deputy General Manager of Corporate Communication Equipment Group] |
Kazunori Shibata | <Executive Officer> [<General Manager of Corporate Legal and Intellectual Property Group>] |
[General Manager of Global Compliance Division, Corporate Legal and Intellectual Property Group] |
Nick Huntalas | <Executive Officer> [President and Director of KYOCERA International, Inc. (U.S.A.) ] |
[President and Director of KYOCERA International, Inc. (U.S.A.) ] |
4. Change in Assignment of Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2022)
Name | [<New> Assignment] |
Current Title [Current Assignment] |
John Sarvis | Managing Executive Officer [Executive General Manager of Electronic Components Business, Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer of KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation (U.S.A.)] |
Managing Executive Officer [Executive General Manager of Electronic Components Business, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation (U.S.A.)] |
* Jeff Schmersal, Chief Operating Officer of KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation (KAVX), is to be assigned as President and Director of KAVX as of April 1, 2022.
5. Resignation of Executive Officers (as of March 31, 2022)
Name | Current Title [Current Assignment] |
Yoji Date | Managing Executive Officer [General Manager of Corporate Electronic Components Group] * Scheduled to resign from General Manager of Corporate Electronic Components Group as of March 31, 2022 and become Riji as of April 1, 2022. |
Keiji Itsukushima | Managing Executive Officer [General Manager of Corporate Communication Equipment Group] * Scheduled to resign from General Manager of Corporate Communication Equipment Group as of March 31, 2022 and become Riji as of April 1, 2022. |
Junichi Jinno | Managing Executive Officer [General Manager of Corporate Legal and Intellectual Property Group] * Scheduled to resign from General Manager of Corporate Legal and Intellectual Property Group as of March 31, 2022 and become Riji as of April 1, 2022. |
Robert Whisler | Managing Executive Officer [Vice Chairman of the Board and Director of Kyocera International, Inc.(U.S.A.)] * Current assignment remains unchanged |
Hisamitsu Sakai | Executive Officer [General Manager of Corporate Printing Device Group] * Scheduled to resign from General Manager of Corporate Printing Device Group as of March 31, 2022 and become Riji as of April 1, 2022. |
6. Change in Management Personnel (as of April 1, 2022)
Name | <New> Assignment | Current Assignment |
Tetsuya Kawakami | <General Manager of Corporate Printing Device Group> | General Manager of Printing Device Division 2, Corporate Printing Device Group |