May 11, 2026
For Immediate Release
Company Name: YAMAHA CORPORATION
President and Representative Executive Officer: Atsushi Yamaura Code Number: 7951 (TSE Prime Market)
Notice of Management ChangesYamaha Corporation announces that it has decided at the Nominating Committee meeting on the candidates for Directors to be submitted to the 202nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 29, 2026.
Details are as follows.
-
Changes in Directors
New Director scheduled
to be appointed
Kerrie Waring
(Currently Director General, Chartered Governance
Institute Global)
Director scheduled to resign
Paul Candland
(Currently Outside Director,
Managing Director of PMC Partners Co., Ltd.)
- New lineup of Directors
Directors (To be submitted to the 202nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 29, 2026)
Director Takuya Nakata (Currently Director)
Director Atsushi Yamaura (Currently Director) Outside Director Hiromichi Shinohara (Currently Outside Director) Outside Director Naoko Yoshizawa (Currently Outside Director,
Director of knowledge piece Inc.) Outside Director Naho Ebata (Currently Outside Director, Attorney) Outside Director Shuji Ito (Currently Outside Director)
Outside Director Saimon Nogami (Currently Outside Director)
Outside Director Kerrie Waring (Currently Director General, Chartered Governance
Institute Global)
Members of Committees (To be submitted to the Board of Directors to be held after the said General Shareholders' Meeting)
Nominating Committee | ||
Chairperson | Hiromichi Shinohara | (Outside Director) |
Member | Takuya Nakata | |
Member | Shuji Ito | (Outside Director) |
Member | Kerrie Waring | (Outside Director) |
Chairperson | Saimon Nogami | (Outside Director) |
Member | Naoko Yoshizawa | (Outside Director) |
Member | Naho Ebata | (Outside Director) |
Chairperson | Shuji Ito | (Outside Director) |
Member | Hiromichi Shinohara | (Outside Director) |
Member | Kerrie Waring | (Outside Director) |
For further information, please contact:
Yamaha Corporation
Corporate Communications Division, Media Relations Group
Contact form: https://inquiry.yamaha.com/contact/?act=55&lcl=en_WW
(For reference)
Biography for a New Outside Director Candidate
Name Kerrie Waring
Biography August 1997: Coordinator for International Relations (Hiroshima)
July 2000: Institute of Directors (UK): International Professional Development Manager January 2005: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : Corporate
Governance Manager
February 2008: International Corporate Governance Network : Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary
January 2014: Chief Executive Officer of the same organization (until June 2024) January 2017: Member of the Financial Services Agency Expert Panel (until April 2024) December 2024: Director General, Chartered Governance Institute Global (current)
*Please note that Ms. Kerrie Waring's legal name is Kerrie Louise Stevenson.