OKI Announces Changes in Representative Director and Executive Management
TOKYO, March 12, 2009 -- OKI Electric Industry (TSE: 6703) today announced the following changes in executive management, effective April 1, 2009.
1. Newly appointed representative
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- <Newly appointed title (current title)>
- Hideichi Kawasaki
- Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President
(Managing Director and Senior Vice President)
2. Retiring directors
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- <Title after retirement (current title)>
- Keiichi Fukumura
- Adviser, OKI Electric Industry
(Managing Director and Senior Vice President, OKI Electric Industry) - Masayoshi Matsushita
- Chairman, OKI Software
Chairman, OKI Telecommunication Systems
(Managing Director and Senior Vice President, OKI Electric Industry) - Hironori Kitabayashi
- President, OKI Engineering
(Director, OKI Electric Industry)
(President, OKI Engineering)
3. Brief biography of the newly appointed Representative Director
- Name
- Hideichi Kawasaki
- Date of birth
- January 10, 1947
- Education
- Bachelor of Law, Waseda University (March 1970)
- Professional Career
- Apr.1970 Joined OKI Electric Industry
Nov.1990 Director, Sales 3 Team, Financial Systems Sales Division
Apr.1992 General Manager, Secretarial Office
Apr.1999 General Manager, NTT Sales Division
Apr.2000 Vice President, Network Systems Company
Apr.2001 Executive Officer, OKI Electric Industry
Apr.2004 Senior Vice President, OKI Electric Industry President, Network Solutions Company
Apr.2005 General Manager, Marketing Promotion Division
Jun.2005 Managing Director, OKI Electric Industry (Acting)
Apr.2008 General Manager, Financial Business Division
About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. OKI provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its info-telecom system business and printer business. All businesses function as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies that satisfy a spectrum of customer needs in various markets. Visit OKI's global website at http://www.oki.com/.
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