Press Releases

2019

February 28, 2019

Announcement of Changes in Directors and Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on February 28, 2019 resolved to make the following changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board. These changes will take effect on April 1, 2019.
Also, the appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board will take effect on June 27. The appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board that will take effect on June 27 is expected to be formalized at the 83rd annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2019.

  • (1)Changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

Promotion of director (To take effect on April 1, 2019)

Name New position Current position
Hirohiko Ejiri Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Engineering Division
Director
Executive General Manager of Engineering Division
  • (2)Changes in directors/responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2019)
Name New position Current position
Toshitaka Kodama Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Solution Business Division and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Sales Division II and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation
Yoshio Yamada Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Japan Sales Business Division and Chief Business Officer for Chemical Operation
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Sales Division I and Chief Business Officer for Chemical Operation
Takahito Namura Director
Deputy Executive General Manager of Solution Business Division
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Solution Business Division
Toshimi Kobayashi Director
Senior General Manager of Administration Group, Japan Sales Business Division
Director
Senior General Manager of East Japan Sales Group, Sales Division I
Yukihiko Mutou Director
Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning and Control Division
Director
Executive General Manager of Group Administrative Division
  • (3)Candidates for director (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2019)
Name New position Current position
Keiko Tanaka Director (Part-Time) -
  • Note:Ms. Keiko Tanaka is a candidate for an external director and will be registered as an independent officer.
  • See the Supplementary Material for Ms. Keiko Tanaka's career summary
  • (4)Retirement of director (Scheduled date of retirement: June 27, 2019)
Name New position Current position
Takahito Namura - Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Solution Business Division
Yukihiko Mutou Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board Director
Executive General Manager of Group Administrative Division
  • (5)Candidate for a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2019)
Name New position Current position
Yukihiko Mutou Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board Director
Executive General Manager of Group Administrative Division
  • Note:See the Supplementary Material for Mr. Yukihiko Mutou's career summary
  • (6)Retirement of a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of retirement: June 27, 2019)
Name New position Current position
Shiro Hayashi - Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board
  • (7)Executive officers (Scheduled date of appointment: April 1, 2019)
Name Position
Shuji Shirode Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning and Control Division
Tatsushi Kuramae Executive General Manager of Research and Development Division and President of Kurita R&D Asia Pte. Ltd.
Hiroaki Mori Executive General Manager of Next Generation Business Division
Kunihiro Kuse Senior General Manager of Engineering Group, Engineering Division
Matsuhiro Omaki Senior General Manager of Operation Group, Global Business Division
Masaya Kawai Senior General Manager of East Japan Sales Group, Japan Sales Business Division
Tatsuhiro Oosuga Senior General Manager of West Japan Sales Group, Japan Sales Business Division
Hirohisa Kamata Senior General Manager of Energy & Infrastructure Industries Group, Japan Sales Business Division

<Supplementary Material>

Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors

Name/
Date of Birth
Career Summary Number of shares held
Keiko Tanaka
May 24, 1960
  • Apr. 1984
    Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Apr. 2011
    Temporarily transferred from Nissan Motor Corporation to JATCO Ltd.
  • Apr. 2013
    VP of JATCO Ltd.
  • Sep. 2014
    Left Nissan Motor Co., Ltd and JATCO Ltd.
  • Oct. 2014
    Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Uruguay
  • Apr. 2018
    Vice President of Nissan Financial Services Co., Ltd. (current post)
  • June 2019
    Director (Part-Time) of Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. (scheduled)
0

Career Summary of Candidate for Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board

Name/
Date of Birth
Career Summary Number of shares held
Yukihiko Mutou
June 19, 1959
  • Oct. 1991
    Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd
  • Jun. 2005
    General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
  • Apr. 2012
    General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations Department, Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
  • Apr. 2016
    Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General Manager of General Affairs Department, Administrative Division
  • Apr. 2017
    Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General Manager of General Affairs Department, Group Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
  • Apr. 2018
    Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Executive General Manager of Group Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
  • Jun. 2018
    Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Executive General Manager of Group Administrative Division, Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. (current post)
  • Jun. 2019
    Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board, Kurita Water Industries Ltd (scheduled)
4,300
  • *The number of shares held by each is current as of January 31, 2019. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for the purchase of the Company shares.