Press Releases

2013

April 30, 2013

Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on April 30, 2013 determined the following changes in representative director and other directors. These changes are expected to be formalized at the 77th annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2013, and the subsequent board meeting.

1. Changes involving representative directors

  • (1) Personnel changes
  • Name New position Current position
    Tetsuo Saeki Executive Senior Managing Director
    General Manager of Administrative Division
    Managing Director
    General Manager of Facilities Production Division
    Kazufumi Moriuchi Advisor Executive Senior Managing Director
    General Manager of Facilities Division
  • (2) Scheduled date of appointment
  • June 27, 2013

  • (3) Incoming representative director's career summary
  • See the Supplementary Material

2. Changes involving other directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2013)

(1) Candidates for directors

Name New position Current position
Kouichi Iioka Managing Director
General Manager of Chemicals Division
President and Representative Director of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.
Seiji Nakamura*1 Director (part-time)
  • *1Mr. Seiji Nakamura is a candidate for External Director (as set forth under the Japanese Companies Act) and is to be an Independent Officer (as set forth under the Securities Listing Regulations of the TSE and the Regulations on Codes of Corporate Conduct of the OSE)
  • *See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of candidates for directors.

(2) Promotion of directors

Name New position Current position
Kiyoshi Itou Managing Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Director
General Manager of Administrative Division

(3) Changes in responsibilities of directors

Name New position Current position
Kaoru Kajii Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division
Managing Director
General Manager of Research and Development Division
Youichi Kurokawa Director
General Manager of Facilities Production Division
Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division

(4) Retirement of directors

Name Position after retirement Current position
Shigeaki Takeda President and Representative Director of Kuritaz Co., Ltd. Managing Director
General Manager of Chemicals Division
Tetsuo Kai President and Representative Director of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd. Director
General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division
Heiju Maeda President and Representative Director of Land Solution Inc. Director
General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division
Noriyuki Hayata Director (part-time)

Supplementary Materials

Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director

Name/
Date of Birth
Career Summary Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Tetsuo Saeki
March 9, 1951
March 1974
Graduated from Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
April 1974
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd
June 2003
General Manager of Eco-Solution Group, Facility Management Services Division
June 2005
Director
General Manager of Global Business Group, Facility Management Services Division
April 2006
Director
General Manager of Global Business Group, 1st Facilities Division
June 2007
Managing Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
June 2011
Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Production Division (Incumbent)
June 2013
Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Administrative Division (Planned)
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Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors

Name/
Date of Birth
Career Summary Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Kouichi Iioka
March 5, 1953
March1975
Graduated from Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
April 1975
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
January 1998
General Manager of Oil Project Group, Water Treatment Division
June 2005
Executive Officer
General Manager of No.1 Chemicals I Group, Chemicals and Maintenance Services Division
June 2007
Director
General Manager of 1st Group, Chemicals Division
June 2009
Director
General Manager of Facilities for General Industry Group, 1st Facilities Division
June 2011
Retired from Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
President and Representative Director of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd. (Incumbent)
June 2013
Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
General Manager of Chemicals Division (Planned)
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Seiji Nakamura
April 28, 1942
March 1965
Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 1965
Joined Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 1992
General Manager of Finance Division of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 1994
Director and
General Manager of Accounting Division of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 1995
Director and
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 1996
Managing Director of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 1998
Senior Managing Director and Representative Director of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
June 2000
Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
July 2003
President and Representative Director of MOL Ferry Co., Ltd.
April 2007
Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan
April 2012
Retired from Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan
June 2013
Director (part-time) of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Planned)
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