REG - Mitsubishi Elect. - Statement re (Director Candidates)

Mitsubishi ElectricAnnouncement

28/04/2020 07:00

RNS Number : 1231L
  
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  
28 April 2020
  
 

 
 



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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Director Candidates
 
TOKYO, April 28, 2020 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announces the candidates for Directors elected at the meeting of the Nomination Committee held on April 28, 2020.
 
The final election of Directors is planned at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 26, 2020.
 
1. Director Candidates (current positions)
Masaki Sakuyama (Chairman)
Takeshi Sugiyama (Director, President & CEO)
Masahiko Sagawa (Director)
Shinji Harada (Director, Executive Officer, General Affairs, Human Resources and Public Relations)
Tadashi Kawagoishi (Director, Executive Officer, Accounting and Finance)
Takashi Sakamoto (Senior Advisor) [new candidate]
Kei Uruma (Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning and Operations of Associated Companies) [new candidate]
Mitoji Yabunaka (Director)
Hiroshi Obayashi (Director (Attorney-at-law, Obayashi Law Office))
Kazunori Watanabe (Director (Certified Public Account, Tax Accountant, Kazunori Watanabe Certified Public Accountant & Tax Accountant Office))
Hiroko Koide (Director) 
Takashi Oyamada (Director (Senior Advisor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.))
 
Notes:
1) Titles in parentheses are current positions and assignments at Mitsubishi Electric and important concurrent positions at other companies as of April 28, 2020
2) Messrs. Yabunaka, Obayashi, Watanabe, and Oyamada and Ms. Koide are Outside Director candidates.
3) Changes in Executive Officers were disclosed on February 20, 2020.
 
2. Retiring Directors
Nobuyuki Okuma (Director)
Akihiro Matsuyama (Director)




 
3. New Candidates
Takashi Sakamoto (born March 9, 1958)
March 1981  Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 1981    Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
April 2012    Senior General Manager, Electronic Systems Group, Planning & Administration Dept.
April 2013    Executive Officer (In charge of Purchasing)
April 2017    Senior Vice President (In charge of Purchasing)
April 2019    Senior Advisor (current position)
 
 
Kei Uruma (born July 27, 1959)
March 1982  Graduated from Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University
April 1982    Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
April 2015    Executive Officer, Factory Automation Systems
April 2017    Executive Officer, Public Utility Systems
April 2018    Senior Vice President, Public Utility Systems
April 2020    Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning and Operations of Associated Companies (current position)
 
 
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About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With nearly 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. Embracing the spirit of its corporate statement, Changes for the Better, and its environmental statement, Eco Changes, Mitsubishi Electric endeavors to be a global, leading green company, enriching society with technology. The company recorded a revenue of 4,519.9 billion yen (US$ 40.7 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. For more information visit:
www.MitsubishiElectric.com
*At an exchange rate of 111 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2019
 


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