2018
February 27, 2018
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 February 27, 2018 resolved to make the following changes in representative directors and other directors. These changes will take effect on April 1, 2018. An informal decision was also made to appoint new directors, which will take effect on June 28.
The appointment of the new directors that will take effect on June 28 is expected to be formalized at the 82nd annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 28, 2018, and the subsequent Board meeting.
1. Reason of Changes
Due to the changes of the new positions and responsibilities scheduled as of April 1, 2018
2. Changes in representative directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
(1) Changes in representative directors
Name | New position | Current position |
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Kiyoshi Itou |
Executive Senior Managing Director General Manager of Corporate Planning Division |
Managing Director General Manager of Group Administrative Division |
Koichi Iioka |
Chairman and Director and in charge of the global business |
Executive Senior Managing Director General Manager of Global Business Division and in charge of the chemicals business |
(2) Career summary of incoming representative director
See the Supplementary Material.
3. Changes involving other directors
- (1) Promotion of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
Name | New position | Current position |
---|---|---|
Yoshio Yamada |
Managing Director General Manager of Sales Division I and in charge of the chemicals business |
Director General Manager of Sales Division I |
- (2) Changes in responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
Name | New position | Current position |
---|---|---|
Takahito Namura |
Managing Director General Manager of Solution Business Division |
Managing Director General Manager of Research and Development Division |
Hirohiko Ejiri |
Director General Manager of Group Engineering Division |
Director General Manager of Corporate Planning Division |
Ikuo Ishimaru |
Director (President and Representative Director of Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd.) |
Director General Manager of Group Engineering Division |
- (3) Candidates for directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 28, 2018)
Name | New position | Current position |
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Toshimi Kobayashi | Director General Manager of East Japan Sales Group, Sales Division I |
Executive Officer General Manager of Sales Group I, Sales Division I |
Yasuo Suzuki | Director General Manager of Global Business Division |
Executive Officer General Manager of Operation Group, Global Business Division |
Yukihiko Mutou | Director General Manager of Group Administrative Division |
Executive Officer General Manager of General Affairs Department, Group Administrative Division |
- *See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of candidates for directors.
- (4) Retirement of directors (Scheduled date of retirement: June 28, 2018)
Name | New position | Current position |
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Ikuo Ishimaru | Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd. President and Representative Director |
Director General Manager of Group Engineering Division |
- (5) Executive officers (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
Name | Position |
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Shuji Shirode | Assistant General Manager of Corporate Planning Division |
Yukihiko Mutou | General Manager of Group Administrative Division |
Tatsushi Kuramae | General Manager of Research and Development Division and President of Kurita R&D Asia Pte.Ltd. |
Hiroaki Mori | General Manager of Next Generation Business Division |
Kunihiro Kuse | General Manager of Engineering Group, Group Engineering Division |
Yasuo Suzuki | General Manager of Global Business Division |
Matsuhiro Omaki | General Manager of Operation Group, Global Business Division |
Akira Iwami | General Manager of Business Management Group, Sales Division I |
Toshimi Kobayashi | General Manager of East Japan Sales Group, Sales Division I |
Tatsuhiro Oosuga | General Manager of West Japan Sales Group, Sales Division I |
Hirohisa Kamata | General Manager of Energy & Infrastructure Industries Group, Sales Division II |
Supplementary Material
Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director
Name/Date of Birth | Career Summary | Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares) |
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Kiyoshi Itou March 8, 1956 |
|
292 |
Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/Date of Birth | Career Summary | Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares) |
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Toshimi Kobayashi July 12, 1958 |
|
34 |
Yasuo Suzuki August 16, 1959 |
|
18 |
Yukihiko Mutou June 19, 1959 |
|
27 |
- The number of shares held by each is current as of January 31, 2018. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for the purchase of the Company shares.