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Konica Minolta Announces Director Candidates and Executive Changes
March 2, 2021
Candidates for Directors
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced director candidates to be proposed at its Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2021.
| Chairman of the Board | Masatoshi Matsuzaki |
|---|---|
| Director | Shoei Yamana (President and CEO, Representative Executive Officer) |
| Outside Director | Taketsugu Fujiwara (Special Advisor of Asahi Kasei Corporation) |
| Outside Director | Chikatomo Kenneth Hodo (Senior Corporate Advisor of Accenture Japan Ltd.) |
| Outside Director | Sakie T. Fukushima (President & Representative Director of G&S Global Advisors Inc.) |
| Outside Director | Soichiro Sakuma (Senior Advisor of Nippon Steel Corporation) |
| Outside Director * | Akira Ichikawa (Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.) |
| Director | Toyotsugu Itoh |
| Director | Hiroyuki Suzuki |
| Director | Toshimitsu Taiko (Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer) |
| Director | Seiji Hatano (Executive Vice President and Executive Officer) |
[Retiring Director]Takashi Hatchoji (currently Outside Director) and Masafumi Uchida will retire as directors at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2021.
Executive Officers
Konica Minolta announced the following executive changes effective as of April 1, 2021
| President and CEO, Representative Executive Officer | Shoei Yamana |
|---|---|
| Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Kiyotaka Fujii |
| Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Toshimitsu Taiko |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Seiji Hatano |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Noriyasu Kuzuhara |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Yuji Ichimura |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Masafumi Uchida |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Hajime Takei |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Toshiya Eguchi |
| Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | Shinichiro Oka |
[Note]Masafumi Uchida (Executive Vice President and Executive Officer) will retire as executive officer on the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2021.
Resignation
| Executive Officer | Atsuo Takemoto |
|---|---|
| Executive Officer | Richard K. Taylor |
| Executive Officer | Kazumi Atago |
| Executive Officer | Jean-Claude Cornillet |