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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

18 February 2021

 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   No. 3398 
 
                         Media Inquiries 
                         Takumi Yurusa 
                         Public Relations Division 
                         Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                         Tel: +81-3-3218-6758 
                         prd.gnews@nk.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp 
                         www.MitsubishiElectric.com/news/ 
 

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Changes in Representative Executive Officers,

Executive Officers and Directors, as well as Organization

TOKYO, February 18, 2021 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that, at its general meeting of the Board of Directors held today, resolved the changes of Representative Executive Officers, Executive Officers and Directors as well as their division of duties, and also various organizational reforms effective April 1, 2021.

1. Changes of Executive Officers

(1) Newly Appointed Executive Officers

 
 Executive Officer   So Suzuki         In charge of Living Environment 
                                        & Digital Media Equipment 
 Executive Officer   Eiichiro Mitani   In charge of Process & Operation 
                                        Reform and IT , Chief Operation 
                                        DX Officer, CIO 
                    ----------------  ------------------------------------- 
 Executive Officer   Shozui Takeno     In charge of Information 
                                        Security and Total Productivity 
                                        Management & Environmental 
                                        Programs, CISO 
                    ----------------  ------------------------------------- 
 Executive Officer   Kunihiko Kaga     In charge of Research & Development, 
                                        CTO 
                    ----------------  ------------------------------------- 
 Executive Officer   Katsuya Furuta    In charge of Domestic Marketing 
                    ----------------  ------------------------------------- 
 Executive Officer   Kuniaki Masuda    In charge of General Affairs 
                                        and Human Resources 
                    ----------------  ------------------------------------- 
 

(2) Retiring Executive Officers

 
 Representative Executive   Yasuyuki Ito 
  Officer 
  Senior Vice President 
 Senior Vice President      Hiroshi Onishi 
                           ------------------ 
 Executive Officer          Masahiro Fujita 
                           ------------------ 
 Executive Officer          Shinji Harada 
                           ------------------ 
 Executive Officer          Takakazu Murozono 
                           ------------------ 
 

2. Changes of Representative Executive Officers

(1) Reason for Changes

Due to resolution of the Board of Directors

(2) Changes of Representative Executive Officer

 
           New                     Current                Name 
 Representative Executive   Senior Vice President   Tadashi Matsumoto 
  Officer 
  Senior Vice President 
                           ----------------------  ------------------ 
 

(3) Name and Career Summary of Newly Appointed Representative Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2021)

 
 Tadashi Matsumoto                 March 1981      Graduated from Faculty of Law, 
  (Date of Birth:                   April 1981      Hitotsubashi University 
  December 7, 1958)                 October 2003    Joined Mitsubishi Electric Cooperation 
                                                    Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                                    Planning & Administration Dept. 
                                    April 2005      of Living Environment & Digital 
                                                    Media Equipment Group 
                                    October 2009    Senior General Manager, Planning 
                                    April 2011      & Administration Dept. of Living 
                                    April 2013      Environment & Digital Media Equipment 
                                    April 2016      Group 
                                                    Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                                    Nakatsugawa Works 
                                    April 2018      Senior General Manager, Nakatsugawa 
                                                    Works 
                                    April 2020      Senior General Manager, Shizuoka 
                                                    Works 
                                    April 2021      Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                                    Living Environment & Digital Media 
                                                    Equipment Group and Senior General 
                                                    Manager, Overseas Air-Conditioning 
                                                    & Refrigeration Systems Div. 
                                                    Executive Officer, Living Environment 
                                                    & Digital Media Equipment Group 
                                                    Senior Vice President, Living Environment 
                                                    & Digital Media Equipment Group 
                                                    Representative Executive Officer, 
                                                    Senior Vice President, Building 
                                                    Systems Group 
--------------------------------  --------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 Scheduled Date of                 April 1, 
  Appointment as Representative     2021 
  Executive Officer 
--------------------------------  --------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 Number of the Company's 
  Shares Held                      14,000 
                                  --------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 

3. Executive Officer Structure and Segregation of Duties (as of April, 2021)

Information in brackets refers to the segregation of duties or occupations as of February 18, 2021.

 
Representative Executive  Takeshi Sugiyama       CEO 
 Officer, President 
 & CEO 
(Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO) 
Representative Executive  Kei Uruma              In charge of Export Control, Corporate 
 Officer, Senior Vice                             Strategic Planning and Operations 
 President                                        of Associated Companies, CSO 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, In 
 charge of Corporate Strategic Planning and Operations of Associated 
 Companies) 
Representative Executive  Tadashi Matsumoto      In charge of Building Systems 
 Officer, Senior Vice 
 President 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Senior Vice President, In charge of Living Environment & Digital 
 Media Equipment) 
Senior Vice President     Satoshi Matsushita     In charge of Business Innovation, 
                                                  Chief Business DX Officer 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Senior Vice President, In charge of Business Innovation ) 
Senior Vice President     Yoshikazu Miyata       In charge of Factory Automation 
                                                  Systems 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
( Senior Vice President, In charge of Factory Automation Systems 
 ) 
Senior Vice President     Jun Nagasawa           In charge of Auditing, Legal Affairs 
                                                  & Compliance and Corporate Communication 
                                                  (Sustainability, Public Relations 
                                                  and Advertising ), CCO 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Advertising and Domestic Marketing) 
Senior Vice President     Koichi Orito           In charge of Information Systems 
                                                  & Network Service 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Information Systems & Network 
 Service ) 
Executive Officer         Tadashi Kawagoishi     In charge of Accounting and Finance, 
                                                  CFO 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
( Executive Officer, In charge of Accounting and Finance) 
Executive Officer         Juichi Shikata         In charge of Purchasing 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Purchasing ) 
Executive Officer         Yoshihisa Hara         In charge of Electronic Systems 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
( Executive Officer, In charge of Electronic Systems ) 
Executive Officer         Atsuhiro Yabu          In charge of Automotive Equipment 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Information Security and Total 
 Productivity Management & Environmental Programs ) 
Executive Officer         Satoshi Kusakabe       In charge of Government & External 
                                                  Relations, Economic Security, 
                                                  Export Control and Intellectual 
                                                  Property 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Government & External Relations, 
 Economic Security, Export Control and Intellectual Property) 
Executive Officer         Yoji Saito             In charge of Global Strategic 
                                                  Planning & Marketing 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Global Strategic Planning 
 & Marketing) 
Executive Officer         Hideki Fukushima       In charge of Public Utility Systems 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Public Utility Systems) 
Executive Officer         Noriyuki Takazawa      In charge of Energy & Industrial 
                                                  Systems 
                          ------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Energy & Industrial Systems) 
 
 
Executive Officer  Yuzuru Saito        In charge of Semiconductor & Device 
(Executive Officer, In charge of Semiconductor & Device) 
Executive Officer  So Suzuki           In charge of Living Environment 
                                        & Digital Media Equipment 
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Living Environment & Digital 
 Media Equipment Group and Senior General Manager, Engineering 
 Dept. of Living Environment & Digital Media Equipment Group) 
Executive Officer  Eiichiro Mitani     In charge of Process & Operation 
                                        Reform and IT, Chief Operation 
                                        DX Officer, CIO 
(Executive Director, Corporate Strategic Planning Div.) 
Executive Officer  Shozui Takeno       In charge of Information Security 
                                        and Total Productivity Management 
                                        & Environmental Programs, CISO 
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Total Productivity 
 Management & Environmental Programs Group) 
Executive Officer  Kunihiko Kaga       In charge of Research & Development, 
                                        CTO 
                                    --------------------------------------- 
(Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Research and Development 
 Group) 
Executive Officer  Katsuya Furuta      In charge of Domestic Marketing 
                                    --------------------------------------- 
(Senior General Manager, Kansai Branch Office) 
Executive Officer  Kuniaki Masuda      In charge of General Affairs and 
                                        Human Resources 
                                    --------------------------------------- 
(Senior General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Div.) 
 

Messrs. Takeshi Sugiyama, Tadashi Kawagoishi, Kei Uruma and Kuniaki Masuda have been determined as candidates for directors at the meeting of the Nomination Committee held on February 18, 2021.

The final election of the directors is planned at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled at the end of June 2021.

4. Career Summary of Newly Appointed Executive Officers (as of February 18, 2021)

 
 So Suzuki              March 1985      Graduated from Second Dept. of 
  (Date of Birth:                        Mechanical Engineering, School 
  March 20, 1963)        April 1985      of Engineering, Tohoku University 
                         April 2012      Joined Mitsubishi Electric Cooperation 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2013      Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration 
                                         Systems Div. 
                         April 2016      Mitsubishi Electric Consumer Products 
                         April 2018      Thailand Co., Ltd. Head Office 
                                         Senior General Manager, Shizuoka 
                         April 2020      Works 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                         Living Environment & Digital Media 
                                         Equipment Group 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                         Living Environment & Digital Media 
                                         Equipment Group and Senior General 
                                         Manager, Engineering Dept. 
 Eiichiro Mitani        March 1985      Graduated from Industrial Management 
  (Date of Birth:                        Dept. of Faculty of Science and 
  May 4, 1961)           April 1985      Engineering, Waseda University 
                         April 2013      Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                         April 2015      Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2019      Kobe Works 
                                         Senior General Manager, Kobe Works 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2020      Information Systems & Network Service 
                                         Group and Senior General Manager, 
                         January 2021    Information Systems & Network Service 
                                         Div. 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                         Information Systems & Network Service 
                                         Group 
                                         Executive Director, Corporate Strategic 
                                         Planning Div. 
                       --------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 Shozui Takeno          March 1988      Completed Master's course in Welding 
  (Date of Birth:                        Engineering, Graduate School of 
  December 5, 1963)      April 1988      Engineering, Osaka University 
                         October 2015    Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2016      Design Systems Engineering Center 
                         April 2019      Senior General Manager, Design 
                                         Systems Engineering Center 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2020      Corporate Total Productivity Management 
                                         & Environmental Programs Group 
                                         and Senior General Manager, Design 
                                         Systems Engineering Center 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                         Corporate Total Productivity Management 
                                         & Environmental Programs Group 
                       --------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 Kunihiko Kaga          March 1990      Completed Master's course in Physical 
  (Date of Birth:                        Engineering, Graduate School of 
  September 22, 1964)    April 1990      Engineering, Kyoto University 
                         April 2017      Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2018      Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration 
                                         Systems Works 
                         April 2020      Senior General Manager, Air-Conditioning 
                                         & Refrigeration Systems Works 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                                         Corporate Research and Development 
                                         Group 
                       --------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 Katsuya Furuta         March 1983      Graduated from Faculty of Economics, 
  (Date of Birth:        April 1983      Saga University 
  May 25, 1960)          April 2013      Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                                         Deputy Senior General Manager, 
                         April 2014      Energy System Marketing Div. of 
                                         Energy & Industrial Systems Group 
                         April 2018      Senior General Manager, Nuclear 
                                         Energy, Advanced Magnetic Systems 
                                         Marketing Div. 
                                         Senior General Manager, Kansai 
                                         Branch Office 
                       --------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 Kuniaki Masuda         March 1987      Graduated from Faculty of Law, 
  (Date of Birth:        April 1987      The University of Tokyo 
  July 21, 1964)         April 2015      Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 
                                         Senior General Manager, Planning 
                         October 2020    & Administration Div. of Semiconductor 
                                         & Device Group 
                                         Senior General Manager, Corporate 
                                         Human Resources Div. 
                       --------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 

5. Organizational Reform (effective April 1, 2021)

(1) Establishment of Process & Operation Reform Group

The Company will establish the Process & Operation Reform Group under the direct control of the President to transform Group operations by leveraging data and digital technology for improved business efficiency and productivity, including by upgrading mainstream business processes at the core of this transformation and overseeing related measures concerning IT systems.

(2) Establishment of Corporate Communication Group

The Company will establish the Corporate Communication Group under the direct control of the President to strengthen Group-wide sustainability, improve brand value and enhance stakeholder engagement by strengthening communication regarding sustainability planning and related promotional, public relations and advertising functions.

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About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

With 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. Mitsubishi Electric enriches society with technology in the spirit of its "Changes for the Better." The company recorded a revenue of 4,462.5 billion yen (U.S.$ 40.9 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020. For more information, please visit www.MitsubishiElectric.com

*U.S. dollar amounts are translated from yen at the rate of 109=U.S.$1, the approximate rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2020

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