SMC : Notice on Change of Director and Executive Officers（195KB）

May 14, 2024

Notice on Change of Director and Executive Officers

Company name:	SMC Corporation
Stock exchange listing:	Tokyo Stock Exchange, Prime Market
Security code:	6273
URL:	https://www.smcworld.com/ir/en/
Representative:	Yoshiki Takada, President
Contact person:	Akinori Kato, General Manager of Corporate Communications Office
	[e-mail]

SMC Corporation hereby announces that it resolved at the Board of Directors' Meeting held on May 14, 2024, to change some of its Directors and Executive Officers.

1) Change of Director (Scheduled on June 27, 2024, after the AGM)

New position	Name	Current position
Director and Executive Officer		Executive Officer
/ Senior General Manager of	Hidemi Houjyou	/ Senior General Manager of
Production Headquarters		Production Headquarters

• This change is premised on the approval of the proposal for election of Directors that will be applied at the 65th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled on June 27, 2024.

1. Change of an Executive Officer (Retirement)

(Scheduled on June 27, 2024, after the AGM)

New position	Name	Current position
		Executive Officer
		/ General Manager of Production
(retire)	Susumu Takada	Headquarters
		/ General Manager of Eco-Factory
		Promotion Office

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【Reference】Management Structure after the AGM

1. Directors (11 persons will be reappointed, 1 person will be Newly appointed) (Of the 12, 2 are female, 2 are non-Japanese nationals)

	Title			Name			Position, Assignment of work,
					or Significant concurrent positions
									Senior General Manager of Sales Headquarters
					Yoshiki Takada	/ Member of the Nomination and Compensation
	President			Committee
								/ Member of the Sustainability Committee
								/ Chairman, SMC US
	Director		Yoshitada Doi		Senior General Manager of Engineering
	/ Senior Executive
			Headquarters
	Officer
	Director /		Toshio Isoe		General Manager of Administration Division
	Executive Officer
	Director /		Masahiro Ota		General Manager of Finance and Accounting
	Executive Officer			Division
	Director /		Samuel Neff		In charge of Supply Chain Management
	Executive Officer
	Director /		Koji Ogura		Vice Senior General Manager of Sales
	Executive Officer			Headquarters
	Director /		Kelley Stacy		President, SMC US
	Executive Officer
	Newly appointed			Hidemi Houjyou		Senior General Manager of Production
	Director /
						Headquarters
	Executive Officer
									Lead Independent Outside Director
					Independent
	Outside Director				/ Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation
		Masanobu Kaizu
						Committee
								Member of the Nomination and Compensation
	Outside Director		Independent
		Toshiharu Kagawa	Committee
									Member of the Sustainability Committee
	Outside Director		Independent			/ Director and Chairperson, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd.
		Yoshiko Iwata
									/ Outside Director, Lasertec Corporation
									Chairman of the Sustainability Committee
	Outside Director		Independent			/ Representative Director, Zen Asset Management
		Kyoichi Miyazaki
									Co., Ltd.

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2) Corporate Auditors (No Changes)

	Title		Name	Significant concurrent positions
	Full-time		Takemasa Chiba
	Corporate Auditor
					Certified Public Accountant
					/ Representative, CPA Toyoshi Arata Office
	Outside Corporate		Independent
			/ Outside Director (Member of the Audit and
	Auditor		Arata Toyoshi
		Supervisory Committee), Nihon Chouzai Co.,
					Ltd.
	Outside Corporate		Independent	Lawyer
	Auditor		Haruya Uchikawa	/ Partner, Midosuji Legal Profession Corporation

3) Executive Officers (10 persons will be reappointed) (Of the 10, 1 is female)

	Title		Name		Position, Assignment of work
	Executive Officer		Motonaga Hasegawa		General Manager of Japan Domestic Business
			Division
	Executive Officer		Hiroaki Ito		General Manager of Production Engineering
			QS Office
				Vice Senior General Manager of Engineering
	Executive Officer		Shinichi Yoshimura	Headquarters
		/ General Manager of Product Development
					Division -1
	Executive Officer		Osamu Takashita		General Manager of HR Division
	Executive Officer		Toshihiko Iino		General Manager of International Business
			Division
	Executive Officer		Kenji Shinozaki		General Manager of Product Development
			Division -4
	Executive Officer		Mitsuhiro Watanabe		General Manager of Product Development
			Division -6
	Executive Officer		Nozomi Tomobe	General Manager of Marketing Division
	Executive Officer		Hiroyuki Oguma		Senior General Manager of Product
				Engineering Headquarters
					General Manager of Global Promotion
	Executive Officer		Shoichi Tomita		Division
					/ General Manager of North America Business
					Support Division
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