(This document has been translated from the Japanese original. If there are any discrepancies between this document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2024
Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Securities code: 6383, TSE Prime)
Representative: Hiroshi Geshiro, President and CEO
Notice of Changes in Management
Daifuku Co., Ltd. hereby announces that its Board of Directors resolved at a meeting held today to make changes in management. Details are as follows.
1. Changes in directors (effective January 1, 2025) Changes are underlined.
Name | Position and duties | |
New | Current | |
Tomoaki Terai* | Representative Director | Director |
Executive Vice President and COO | Managing Officer | |
Cleanroom Global Business Head | Cleanroom Global Business Head | |
Cleanroom Division Manager | ||
* To be promoted | ||
2. Promotion of officers and changes in responsibilities (effective January 1, 2025) | ||
Changes are underlined. | ||
Name | Position and duties | |
New | Current | |
Hideaki Takubo* | Director | Director |
Senior Managing Officer | Managing Officer | |
Chief Human Resources Officer | Chief Human Resources Officer | |
Corporate Functions Head | Corporate Functions Head | |
Takaya Uemoto* | Senior Managing Officer | Managing Officer |
Automotive and Airport Global | Automotive and Airport Global | |
Business Head | Business Head | |
Airport Division Manager |
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Takuya Gondoh* | Senior Managing Officer | Managing Officer |
Chief Technology Officer | Chief Technology Officer | |
Business Innovation Division | Business Innovation Division | |
Manager | Manager | |
Akihiko Nishimura | Managing Officer | Managing Officer |
Deputy Automotive and Airport | Deputy Automotive and Airport | |
Global Business Head | Global Business Head | |
Automotive Division Manager | ||
Norihito Toriya | Managing Officer | Managing Officer |
Intralogistics Global Business Head | Intralogistics Division Manager | |
Intralogistics Division Manager | ||
Atsushi Sonoda* | Managing Officer | Corporate Officer |
Cleanroom Division Manager | Deputy Cleanroom Division | |
General Manager of Komaki Works | Manager | |
General Manager of Sales | ||
Operations, Cleanroom Division | ||
General Manager of Komaki Works | ||
Hiroaki Kita | Corporate Officer | Corporate Officer |
Deputy Airport Division Manager | Deputy General Manager of | |
President of Daifuku Airport | Airport Operations, Airport | |
Technologies Japan Co., Ltd. | Division | |
President of Scarabee Aviation | Chairman of Daifuku Oceania | |
Group - Japan Co., Ltd. | Limited | |
Tsutomu Maeda | Corporate Officer | Corporate Officer |
Automotive Division Manager | General Manager of Sales and | |
Deputy Safety and Health | Service Operations, Automotive | |
Management Division Manager | Division | |
Deputy Safety and Health | ||
Management Division Manager | ||
Masayuki Izutsu | Corporate Officer | Corporate Officer |
Airport Division Manager | General Manager of Airport | |
General Manager of Airport | Operations, Airport Division | |
Operations, Airport Division | ||
Takafumi Tanaka | Corporate Officer | Corporate Officer |
Auto Wash Global Business Head | Auto Wash Global Business Head | |
Auto Wash Division Manager | Auto Wash Division Manager |
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President of Daifuku Plusmore Co., Ltd.
General Manager of Production Operations, Auto Wash Division
President of Daifuku Plusmore Co., Ltd.
- To be promoted
2. Newly appointed officers (effective January 1, 2025) Changes are underlined.
Name | Position and duties | |
New | Current | |
Satoru Otani | Corporate Officer | General Manager of Business |
General Manager of Business | Promotion Operations, Automotive | |
Promotion Operations, | Division | |
Automotive Division |
3. Officers to retire (effective January 1, 2025) Changes are underlined.
Name | Position and duties | ||
New | Current | ||
Hiroshi Nobuta | Director and Advisor | Director | |
Managing Officer | |||
Intralogistics Global Business Head |
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[Reference] Management team effective January 1, 2025
Name | Position | Duties |
Hiroshi Geshiro | Representative Director | |
President and CEO | ||
Tomoaki Terai | Representative Director | Cleanroom Global Business Head |
Executive Vice President and COO | ||
Seiji Sato | Director | President and CEO of Daifuku |
Senior Managing Officer | North America, Inc. | |
Hideaki Takubo | Director | Chief Human Resources Officer |
Senior Managing Officer | Corporate Functions Head | |
Hiroshi Nobuta | Director and Adviser | |
Yoshiaki Ozawa | Outside Director | |
Mineo Sakai | Outside Director | |
Kaku Kato | Outside Director | |
Keiko Kaneko | Outside Director | |
Gideon Franklin | Outside Director | |
Tsukasa Saito | Audit & Supervisory Board | |
Member | ||
Tsukasa Miyajima | Audit & Supervisory Board | |
Member (outside) | ||
Nobuo Wada | Audit & Supervisory Board | |
Member (outside) | ||
Eiko Hakoda | Audit & Supervisory Board | |
Member (outside) | ||
Yasuhisa Mishina | Senior Managing Officer | Chief Production Officer |
Chief Information Officer | ||
General Manager of Shiga Works | ||
Production Innovation Division | ||
Manager | ||
DX Division Manager | ||
Takaya Uemoto | Senior Managing Officer | Automotive and Airport Global |
Business Head | ||
Takuya Gondoh | Senior Managing Officer | Chief Technology Officer |
Business Innovation Division | ||
Manager | ||
Akihiko Nishimura | Managing Officer | Deputy Automotive and Airport |
4
Name | Position | Duties |
Global Business Head | ||
Norihito Toriya | Managing Officer | Intralogistics Global Business Head |
Intralogistics Division Manager | ||
Tetsuya Hibi | Managing Officer | Chief Financial Officer |
Deputy Corporate Functions Head | ||
Finance and Accounting Division | ||
Manager | ||
Atsushi Sonoda | Managing Officer | Cleanroom Division Manager |
General Manager of Komaki Works | ||
Hiroaki Kita | Corporate Officer | Deputy Airport Division Manager |
President of Daifuku Airport | ||
Technologies Japan Co., Ltd. | ||
President of Scarabee Aviation | ||
Group - Japan Co., Ltd. | ||
Seiji Yamamoto | Corporate Officer | General Manager of Installation |
and Service Operations, | ||
Intralogistics Division | ||
Safety and Health Management | ||
Division Manager | ||
Tsutomu Maeda | Corporate Officer | Automotive Division Manager |
Deputy Safety and Health | ||
Management Division Manager | ||
Hirobumi Akiba | Corporate Officer | Corporate Communications |
Division Manager | ||
Masayuki Izutsu | Corporate Officer | Airport Division Manager |
General Manager of Airport | ||
Operations, Airport Division | ||
Takafumi Tanaka | Corporate Officer | Auto Wash Global Business Head |
Auto Wash Division Manager | ||
President of Daifuku Plusmore Co., | ||
Ltd. | ||
Junji Yano | Corporate Officer | General Manager of Production |
Operations, Intralogistics Division | ||
Kazuyoshi | Corporate Officer | Electronics Global Business Head |
Nishiyama | President and CEO of Contec Co., |
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Name | Position | Duties |
Ltd. | ||
Satoru Otani | Corporate Officer | General Manager of Business |
Promotion Operations, Automotive | ||
Division | ||
Toshikatsu | Audit Officer | General Manager of Audit & |
Takahashi | Supervisory Board Office |
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