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Konica Minolta Announces New Organizational Structure and Leadership Team
February 28, 2024
Tokyo (February 28, 2024) - Konica Minolta, Inc. announced a new organizational structure and its leadership team, effective April 1, 2024. With these changes, the Company will strengthen its system to accelerate the strategic implementation in each of the Strengthening Business, Maintaining Profit Business and Direction-changing Business defined in the Medium-term Business Plan.
1.Purpose of Changes
The new structure will clarify the authority and responsibilities of Senior Vice President & Executive Officer and Corporate Vice President. The businesses will be reorganized into three segments: Business Technologies Business, Industrial Business and Imaging Solution Business. A Senior Vice President & Executive Officer will be assigned responsibility for each segment.
| Business Technologies Business | Digital Workplace (DW-DX is integrated into Office), Professional Print and Chemical Products |
| Industrial Business | Sensing, Optical Components, IJ Components and Performance Materials |
| Imaging Solution Business | Healthcare (Medical Imaging), FORXAI, Imaging-IoT Solutions, QOL Solutions and Visual Solutions |
2.New Leadership Team
Newly Appointed Senior Vice Presidents & Executive Officers
Effective April 1, 2024
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
Corporate Senior Vice President Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
Keisuke Ichijo |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Corporate Quality Management |
Deputy General Manager, Quality Management Headquarters | Hiroyuki Uemura |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Business Development for Business Technologies |
Corporate Senior Vice President Responsible for Strategic Project |
Ken Osuga |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Corporate Communications and IR |
Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Corporate Communications Division and Responsible for IR |
Miwa Okamura |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Business Technologies Business |
Corporate Vice President Responsible for IIM Business EU and Imaging-IoT Solution Business EU |
Norihisa Takayama |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Board of Directors Office and Corporate Audit |
Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Board of Directors Office, Responsible for Corporate Audit |
Akiko Murayama |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer Imaging Solution Business |
Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, FORXAI Business Operations, Responsible for QOL Solution Business |
Yusuke Yoshimura |
Changes for Executive Vice Presidents & Executive Officers
Effective April 1, 2024
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Industrial Business |
Executive Vice President & Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters |
Noriyasu Kuzuhara |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Technology |
Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Responsible for Technologies, IoT Service Platform Development, Imaging-IoT Solution Business and Visual Solutions Business |
Toshiya Eguchi |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs, Corporate Secretarial, Precision Medicine and Crisis Management |
Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Responsible for Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs, Corporate Secretary, Crisis Management and Diversity |
Shinichiro Oka |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Industrial Business Development, Sensing and Optical Components |
Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Responsible for Industrial Business Development, Sensing Business, Optical Component Business, IJ Component Business and Performance Materials Business |
Hitoshi Kamezawa |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance, Corporate Legal, Risk Management and Compliance |
Executive Vice President & Executive Officer Responsible for Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Risk Management |
Yoshihiro Hirai |
Retiring Senior Executive Vice Presidents & Executive Officers
Effective March 31, 2024
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Senior Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Kiyotaka Fujii |
| Senior Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Seiji Hatano |
Newly Appointed Corporate Vice Presidents
Effective April 1, 2024
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Corporate Legal Division |
General Manager, Corporate Legal Division | Mihoko Oshima |
| Corporate Vice President Manufacturing and Procurement for Digital Workplace/Professional Print |
General Manager, Manufacturing Operations, Professional Print Business Headquarters and General Manager, Manufacturing Operations, Office Business Headquarters | Ryuji Kamata |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, IJ Component Business Unit |
General Manager, IJ Component Business Unit | Seiji Nakashima |
Changes for Corporate Vice Presidents
Effective April 1, 2024
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, DX Promotion Office |
Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters, General Manager, IIM Business Unit, Deputy Responsible for Imaging-IoT Solution Business |
Atsutoshi Banno |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Corporate Technology Development Headquarters |
Corporate Vice President Deputy General Manager, Technology Development Headquarters and FORXAI Business Operations |
Keiichi Kishi |
| Corporate Vice President Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, Innovation Development Office |
Corporate Vice President General Manager, Innovation Development Office |
Ryutaro Mori |
| Corporate Vice President R&D, Digital Workplace/Professional Print |
Corporate Vice President Division Vice President of Office Business Headquarters |
Yoshiki Ohmichi |
| Corporate Vice President Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, Corporate IT Planning |
Corporate Vice President Responsible for Design Center, Deputy Responsible for Corporate IT Planning |
Hanako Kato |
Retiring Corporate Vice Presidents
Effective March 31, 2024
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Hajime Takei |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Takaji Itou |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Koji Sugie |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Akira Tamai |
| Corporate Vice President | Joerg Hartmann |
Newly Appointed Technology Fellow
Effective April 1, 2024
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Technology Fellow for Corporate Technology Development Headquarters | Principal Expert, Technology Development Headquarters | Hirohito Okuda |
Retiring Technology Fellow
Effective March 31, 2024
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Technology Fellow | Hiroshi Kita |
Reference: List of Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2024)
| President & CEO, Representative Executive Officer | Toshimitsu Taiko | Corporate Business Planning |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Noriyasu Kuzuhara | Industrial Business |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Toshiya Eguchi | Technology |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Shinichiro Oka | Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs, Corporate Secretarial, Precision Medicine and Crisis Management |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Hitoshi Kamezawa | Industrial Business Development, Sensing and Optical Components |
| Executive Vice President & Executive Officer | Yoshihiro Hirai | Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance, Corporate Legal, Risk Management and Compliance |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Keisuke Ichijo | Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Hiroyuki Uemura | Corporate Quality Management |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Ken Osuga | Business Development for Business Technologies |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Miwa Okamura | Corporate Communications and IR |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Norihisa Takayama | Business Technologies Business |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Akiko Murayama | Board of Directors Office and Corporate Audit |
| Senior Vice President & Executive Officer | Yusuke Yoshimura | Imaging Solution Business |
Reference: List of Corporate Vice Presidents (as of April 1, 2024)
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Toshitaka Uemura | Division President of Professional Print Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Kazuhiro Kobayashi | Division President of Healthcare Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Atsutoshi Banno | Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, DX Promotion Office |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Kiyotaka Suhara | President, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH |
| Corporate Vice President | Yoshiyuki Nomura | General Manager, Optical Component Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Salvatore Errigo | CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. |
| Corporate Vice President | Kennichi Ohkubo | General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Keiichi Kishi | General Manager, Corporate Technology Development Headquarters |
| Corporate Vice President | Ryutaro Mori | Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, Innovation Development Office |
| Corporate Vice President | Kunihiko Oonishi | General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Yoshiki Ohmichi | R&D, Digital Workplace/Professional Print |
| Corporate Vice President | Hanako Kato | Deputy Responsible for Corporate Business Planning and General Manager, Corporate IT Planning Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Kentaro Mikami | General Manager, Sensing Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Mihoko Oshima | General Manager, Corporate Legal Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Ryuji Kamata | Manufacturing and Procurement for Digital Workplace/Professional Print |
| Corporate Vice President | Seiji Nakashima | General Manager, IJ Component Business Unit |
Reference: List of Technology Fellows (as of April 1, 2024)
| Technology Fellow | Takatoshi Tsujimura | Technology Fellow for Corporate Technology Development Headquarters |
| Technology Fellow | Hirohito Okuda | Technology Fellow for Corporate Technology Development Headquarters |
Note: ‘Executive Officers’ are the Officers defined in the Companies Act of Japan.