February 26, 2026
Azbil Corporation to Implement Organizational Restructuring and Personnel Reassignments (Board of Directors, Corporate Executives and Executive Officers)Contents
Organizational Restructuring
Board of Directors
Corporate Executives
Executive Officers
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Organizational Restructuring
Effective April 1, 2026
Corporate departmental reorganizationTo reallocate resources for overseas business growth, and support overseas affiliates and strengthen governance through integrated business and management operation, aiming to strengthen our regional core, the International Business Headquarters and the Building Systems Company International Business Headquarters will be integrated and a Global Business Headquarters will be established. Under it, the International Strategic Planning Department, International Business Management Department, Strategic Planning & Development Office for Southeast Asia, Building Automation International Sales Department, Building Automation International Engineering Department, and Building Automation International Planning Department will be established.
To strengthen our product development capabilities focused on the building systems business and advanced automation business based on customer needs, the Technology Development Headquarters will be abolished and its functions will be transferred to the Advanced Automation Company, Building Systems Company, Production Management Headquarters, Technology Standardization Department, and Communication Department, respectively.
To strengthen production capabilities for valves and actuators and integrate production engineering departments, Actuator Development Headquarters Develop Department 3 will be abolished and its functions will be transferred to the Production Engineering Department within the Production Management Headquarters.
The microelectromechanical system (MEMS) production technology and production functions of the Micro Device Department of the Technology Development Headquarters will be transferred to the Production Management Headquarters, and a Production Department 4 will be established within the Production Management Headquarters to strengthen quality and improve functional efficiency.
A Sustainable Procurement Promotion Department will be established within the Production Management Headquarters to strengthen planning and promotion functions for supply chain activities.
The Production Management Headquarters Production Administration Department will be abolished and reorganized into the Business Management Headquarters Business Administration Department 2.
To build a high-value-added service system and expand the business by strengthening collaboration with each business, the functions of the Service Headquarters will be transferred to each business. The Service Planning Department and Service Safety Department will be placed under the Service Headquarters.
To strengthen the Group's cloud service development capabilities in the systems business, the functions of the Service Headquarters aG Cloud Service Department and the aG Cloud Development Department will be integrated and reorganized to form the Cloud Systems Headquarters as a system for developing a common cloud platform and planning and operating cloud services. The Cloud Systems Development Department and Cloud Services Department will be established under it.
To strengthen comprehensive sustainability management across the entire company, the functions of the Legal and Risk Management Headquarters will be expanded to establish a new sustainability promotion structure. To this end, the Legal and Risk Management Headquarters will be abolished and a Sustainability Management Headquarters will be established, with the Legal and Compliance Department, CSR and Risk Management Department, Corporate Sustainability Promotion Department, and Environment Promotion Department established under it.
To optimize our organization by managing human resources and talent development in an integrated manner, while clarifying responsibilities and promoting the delegation of authority to strengthen each function that meets the business needs. Therefore, the Human Resources Department and Azbil Academy will be abolished and the following new departments will be established: Human Resources Planning and Administration Department, Global Human Resources Department, and Human Resources Development Department.
Aiming to optimize domestic general affairs and business operations, general affairs and business operations will be integrated through efficiency improvements and the promotion of standardization. The General Affairs Department, Business Administration Department, Fujisawa Technology Center Business Section, Environmental Safety Section, and Production Management Headquarters Production Administration Department will be integrated and reorganized to establish the Business Management Headquarters, with the General Affairs Department, Business Administration Department 1, and Business Administration Department 2 placed under it.
Building Systems Company's reorganizationWithin the Development Headquarters, Development Department 1 and Development Department 2 will be abolished and System Development Department 1 and Cloud Development Department 1 will be established. Additionally, Development Department 3 will be renamed to Cloud Development Department 2 and Development Department 4 will be renamed to System Development Department 2.
The Environmental GX Solution Department within the Environmental Solution Headquarters will be renamed to Environmental GX Business Department.
The Service Engineering Department and Building Operation Support System Center will be established within the Facility Management Headquarters.
The International Business Headquarters will be integrated into the Global Business Headquarters.
The Wide Area Service Department, Building Management Service Department, and DC Service Department will be established within the Tokyo Head Office.
New Service Departments will be established within the East Tokyo Head Office, West Tokyo Head Office, Tohoku Branch, Kitakanto Branch, Higashikanto Branch, Yokohama Branch, Chubu Regional Division, Kansai Regional Division, Chushikoku Branch, and Kyushu Branch, respectively.
The Sales Department within the Tohoku Branch will be renamed to Sales Department 1 and a Sales Department 2 will be established.
The Airflow Business Department in the Marketing Headquarters will be renamed to Business and Product Value Creation Department.
Advanced Automation Company's reorganizationTo strengthen business promotion and development capabilities in order to accelerate new automation and global business expansion, the Business Development Group will be renamed to the Sales Headquarters, and a CP Sales Department, IA Sales Department, and Sales Operations Department will be established under it.
To strengthen product and technology development capabilities for business development and growth, a Development Headquarters will be established, with the following departments established under it: Development Management Department, Control Products Development Department, Industrial Automation Products Development Department, Industrial Automation Systems Development Department, DXCV Development Department, and Measurement Technology Development Department.
Strategic Business Development Department 3 will be renamed to the Autonomous Systems Business Development Department.
To create and deliver high-value-added services and respond to changing customer needs, a AAC Service Headquarters will be established, with the following departments established under it: Service Engineering Department, North Japan Service Department, Tokyo Service Department, Chubu Service Department, Kansai Service Department, and West Japan Service Department.
A DX Promotion & Development Department will be established to promote DX across the entire company and promote the digitalization, standardization, and utilization of data in processes.
To build a system that can promote business management and business infrastructure development in an integrated manner and improve the control and execution capabilities of the entire Advanced Automation Business, a Company Business Control Headquarters will be established, with the Company Business Control Department and Company Business Infrastructure Department placed under it.
Board of Directors
*Those listed under (1) New Appointments' and (3) List of Board of Directors' are all candidates
*The current positions are as of February 26, 2026
New Appointments
As of June 24, 2026 at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Name
New Position
Current Position
Junichi Nishizawa
Outside Director
-
Shoichiro Eguchi
Outside Director
-
Retirement
As of June 24, 2026 at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Name
New Position
Current Position
Mitsuhiro Nagahama
-
Outside Director
List of Board of Directors
As of June 24, 2026 at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Title
Name
Type of Change
Director
Kiyohiro Yamamoto
Reappointment
Director
Takayuki Yokota
Reappointment
Director
Hisaya Katsuta
Reappointment
Outside Director
Anne Ka Tse Hung
Reappointment
Outside Director
Shigeaki Yoshikawa
Reappointment
Outside Director
Tomoyasu Miura
Reappointment
Outside Director
Sachiko Ichikawa
Reappointment
Outside Director
Hiroshi Yoshida
Reappointment
Outside Director
Satoko Nakatani
Reappointment
Outside Director
Junichi Nishizawa
New appointment
Outside Director
Shoichiro Eguchi
New appointment
Corporate Executives
*The current positions are as of February 26, 2026
New Appointment
As of April 1, 2026
Name
New Position
Current Position
Takashi Igarashi
Managing Corporate Executive
Managing Executive Officer
Retirement
As of March 31, 2026
Name
New Position
Current Position
Yoshimitsu Hojo
-
Managing Corporate Executive
List of Corporate Executives
As of April 1, 2026
Title | Name | Type of Change |
Representative Corporate Executive President and Group Chief Executive Officer | Kiyohiro Yamamoto | Reappointment |
Representative Corporate Executive Deputy President | Takayuki Yokota | Reappointment |
Managing Corporate Executive | Kazuyasu Hamada | Reappointment |
Managing Corporate Executive | Hideaki Ishii | Reappointment |
Managing Corporate Executive | Takashi Igarashi | New appointment |
