Notice regarding Changes in the Representative Director and Other Directors（245KB）

May 14, 2026

SMC Corporation (SMC) hereby announces that, at a Board Meeting held today, we have tentatively decided on the following changes to our Representative Director and other Directors.

Furthermore, subject to the approval of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation at the 67th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 26, 2026, SMC plans to transition to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee.

1. Change in Representative Director (Scheduled for June 26, 2026)

   1. Newly appointed Representative Director

      New Title	Name	Current Title
      Representative Director Executive Vice President Head of the Engineering HQ	Yoshitada Doi	Director and Senior Executive Officer Head of the Engineering HQ

   2. Reason for Change

      To establish a system capable of taking over decision-making functions and to strengthen business continuity.

   3. Biography of the Newly appointed Representative Director

   Name	Yoshitada Doi
   Date of Birth	February 21, 1962
   Business Bio	April 1984	Joined SMC
   	July 2018	Executive Officer / General Manager of Product Development Division 8
   	April 2020	Vice Senior General Manager of Engineering HQ
   	June 2021	Director and Executive Officer / Senior General Manager of Engineering HQ
   	May 2023	Managing Executive Officer
   Holding SMC's Share	0 shares

2. Changes in Other Directors (Scheduled for June 26, 2026）

   1. Directors scheduled to step down

      Current Title	Name	Title after stepping down
      Director and Executive Officer	Masahiro Ota	-
      	Koji Ogura	Senior Managing Executive Officer
      Independent Director	Masanobu Kaizu	-
      	Toshiharu Kagawa	-

   2. Corporate Auditors scheduled to step down

      Current Title	Name	Title after stepping down
      Full-time Corporate Auditor	Takemasa Chiba	-
      Independent Corporate Auditor	Arata Toyoshi	-
      	Haruya Uchikawa	-

   3. Newly appointed Directors (excluding Members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)

      New Title	Name	Current Title / Major Concurrent Jobs
      Director and Executive Officer	Shoichi Tomita	Executive Officer / General Manager of Sales Division, Global Sale Promotion Division, North America Support Division
      Independent Director	Wataru Otani	Full-time Corporate Auditor of YKK AP
      	Toshimasa Iue	Independent Director (Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee) of Enplas Co. Independent Director of Kameda Seika Co. Independent Director of Takara & Company Independent Director of Torishima Pump Mfg
      	Tomohiro Murata	President of Buhin-Daisuki Co. Independent Director of Hakuto Co.

   4. Newly appointed Directors (Members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)

      New Title	Name	Current Title / Major Concurrent Jobs
      Independent Director (Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)	Keiichi Karatsu	Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Tokai University
      	Kiyoko Totoki	Lawyer (Tokyo Hatchobori Law Office)
      	Kenji Ito	Certified Public Accountant (Representative, Ito CPA Office)

   5. Changes in Title of Directors

   New Title	Name	Current Title
   Director and Executive Vice President	Kelley Stacy	Director and Executive Officer
   Director and Executive Officer	Kyoichi Miyazaki	Independent Director

3. Management Structure following the AGM (scheduled for June 26, 2026)

1. Directors (excluding Members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)

   Name	Title	Responsibilities
   Yoshiki Takada	Representative Director /President	Senior General Manager of Sales HQ Member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee Member of the Sustainability Committee
   Yoshitada Doi	Representative Director /Executive Vice President	Senior General Manager of Engineering HQ
   Kelley Stacy	Director /Executive Vice President	In charge of GHR and GIT
   Samuel Neff	Director and Executive Officer	In charge of Supply Chain Management /General Manager of Integrated SCM Division
   Hidemi Hojo		Senior General Manager of Production HQ
   Kyoichi Miyazaki		Senior General Manager of Administration HQ
   Shoichi Tomita		Vice Senior General Manager of Sales HQ
   Yoshiko Iwata	Independent Director	Member of the Sustainability Committee
   Wataru Otani		Chairman of the Nomination & Compensation Committee
   Toshimasa Iue		Chairman of the Sustainability Committee
   Tomohiro Murata		Member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee

2. Directors (Members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)

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