Fujikura Ltd TSE:5803
Fujikura : Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Director and Management Structure and Selection of Candidates for Directors at the Annual General Meeting
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Dear All
Company Name: Fujikura Ltd
25-Feb-26
Representative: Naoki Okada, President & CEO
(Code: 5803 Prime market of TSE)
Inquiries: Toru Hamasuna, Executive Officer General Manager of
Corporate Strategy Planning Division (TEL +81-3-5606-1112)
Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Director and Management Structure and Selection of Candidates for Directors at the Annual General Meeting of ShareholdersFujikura Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that the Board of Directors resolved as follows at its meeting
held today.
Notice
Change in Representative Director
Details of the Change
Name
New Position
Current Position
Tatsuya Banno
Director and Executive Officer
Representative Director and CTO
Kazuhito Iijima
Representative Director and CFO
Director and CFO
Effective Date
April 1, 2026
New Representative Director
Name
Kazuhito Iijima
Date of birth
22 February 1966
Career
April 1989 Joined the Company
February 2008 Fujikura Automotive Europe S.A.U Vice President & CFO June 2012 Nistica Inc. Vice President & CFO
April 2016 General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, the company
April 2021 Executive Officer, Head of Unit, Corporate Finance & Accounting Unit, the company
June 2023 The company Director, CFO, Head of Unit, Corporate Management Unit
(current position)
Number of shares
held
8,020 shares
Changes in management structure (as of April 1, 2026)
Under the current Medium-Term Management Plan, the Company has achieved its key targets one year ahead of schedule. Building on these results, the Company is currently formulating its next Medium-Term Management Plan, particularly in
North America, which represents a core growth market for the Company. These changes are intended to strengthen the Company's management and operational framework, thereby achieving further business growth and the sustainable enhancement of corporate value through the effective execution of the next Medium-Term Management Plan.
(Previous position in parentheses)
Representative Director, President and CEO
Naoki Okada
Representative Director, CFO
Kazuhito Iijima
(Director, CFO)
Director, Executive Officer
Tatsuya Banno
(Representative Director, CTO)
Executive Officer, CTO
Noriyuki Kawanishi
(Executive Officer, Head of Telecommunication Systems Business
Unit)
Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Unit
Toru Hamasuna
Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Staff Unit
Yuuki Mori
Executive Officer, Head of Telecommunication
Systems Business Unit
Osato Ken
General Manager, Optical Cable Division
Executive Officer, Head of Electronic &
Automotive Business Unit
Masazumi Takagi
General Manager, Electronic Components
Division
Executive Officer General Manager, Manufacturing
Tetsuya Mangyoku
Production Engineering Unit
Tatsuya Banno will become Chairperson of America Fujikura Ltd. on the same day.
Noriyuki Kawanishi will concurrently serve as General Manager of Research and Development Unit.
Candidates for Directors at the 178 th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
The following candidates for Directors are to be submitted to the 178 th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (Hereinafter referred to as the "General Meeting".) to be held on June 26, 2026.
Candidates for Directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
(Candidates for re-election)
Representative Director, President and CEO Naoki Okada
Representative Director, CFO Kazuhito Iijima
Outside Director Toshikazu Koike
Outside Director Hideki Yanase
(New Candidate)
Executive Officer, CTO Noriyuki Kawanishi
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Yasuhiro Yamada
The candidates for Outside Directors are all candidates for Outside Directors who are independent from the company Management.
The above positions are those at the company as of April 1, 2026.
Yasuhiro Yamada is currently a Director of the company who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member. He will resign at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders and become a new candidate for Director who is not an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.
Candidate for Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (New candidate)
Norika Yuasa
Norika Yuasa is a candidate for Outside Director who has become independent from the Company Management. A brief biography of Yuasa is as described below.
The terms of office of 3 Directors, Koji Naruke, Rumiko Tanabe and Asuka Nakamura, who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members, will expire at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending March 2027.
(Reference) Introduction of new candidates
Name | Noriyuki Kawanishi |
Date of birth | January 26, 1966 |
Career | April 1990 Joined the Company January 2013 General Manager, Precision Products Department, Optical Equipment & Systems Division April 2015 General Manager, Precision Instruments Business Unit, Photonics Business Unit April 2017 General Manager, Precision Instruments Business Unit, the company, Technology Officer, Development Planning Department April 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, Information & Communications Business Unit, the company April 2026 Executive Officer, CTO, General Manager, Research & Development Unit, the company |
Number of shares held | 12,700 shares |
Name | Norika Yuasa |
Date of Birth | August 18, 1974 |
Career | September 2003 Registered as a lawyer August 2011 Registered as a lawyer in the State of New York September 2017 Lecturer of Waseda University Law School January 2019 Partner, Miura Law Firm (current position) June 2019 Outside Director, Kose Corporation (current position) Jun. 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Electron Devices Co., Ltd. (current position) Jun. 2021 Outside Director, St. Care Holding Co., Ltd. (current position) |
Number of Shares Owned | - |