OKI Announces Executive Personnel Changes
TOKYO, May 9, 2019 – OKI (TOKYO: 6703) today announced that the Board of Directors made its recommendation for executive appointments and retirements at its meeting today, which will be effective June 21, 2019.
1. Candidate of new directors (To be submitted for approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 21, 2019)
Name |
Newly appointed title (current title) |
Masashi Tsuboi |
Director
(Senior Vice President, Head of ICT Business Group) |
Masashi Fuse |
Director
(Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Group and Legal Affairs & Intellectual Property Division ) |
Makoto Kigawa |
Director*
(Outside Director of Komatsu Ltd., Outside Director of Seven Bank, Ltd., and Director of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.) |

2. Candidate of new Audit & Supervisory Board Member (To be submitted for approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 21, 2019)
Name |
Newly appointed title (current title) |
Toshiya Hatakeyama |
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Adviser) |

3. Retiring director (Effective June 21, 2019)
Name |
Newly appointed title (current title) |
Minoru Morio |
(Director*) |

4. Ritiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Effective June 21, 2019)
Name |
Newly appointed title (current title) |
Hisao Suzuki |
(Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member) |

5. Brief biography of candidate of new directors
Masashi Tsuboi
- Date and place of birth
- May 16, 1960 (58 years old), Tokyo, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Keio University (March 1983)
- Business career
-
- April 2017
- Senior Vice President, Head of ICT Business Group (current)
- April 2016
- Executive Officer, Deputy Head of ICT Business Group and Head of Enterprise Solutions Division
- April 2015
- Executive Officer, Head of Information Systems Division, IT Solution & Services Business Division
- April 2014
- Head of Information Systems Division, IT Solution & Services Business Division
- April 2011
- Head of Enterprise Network System Division, Telecom Systems Business Division
- April 2009
- Director of OKI Networks Co., Ltd.
- April 2002
- President of Multimedia Messaging Company
- April 1983
- Joined Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Masashi Fuse
- Date and place of birth
- February 23, 1961 (58 years old), Hokkaido, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from School of Business Administration, Meiji University (March 1984)
- Business career
-
- April 2019
- Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Group and Legal Affairs & Intellectual Property Division (current)
- April 2018
- Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Group
- April 2017
- Head of Accounting & Control Division and Finance Division, Corporate Planning Group
- April 2016
- Executive Officer, Head of Accounting & Control Division, Corporate Management Group
- June 2015
- Outside Director of SAXA Holdings, Inc. (current)
- April 2015
- Head of Accounting & Control Division
- October 2012
- Head of Accounting & Control Division of OKI Data Corporation
- June 1994
- Posted to Oki America Inc.
- April 1991
- Management Promotion Division
- April 1984
- Joined Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Makoto Kigawa
- Date and place of birth
- December 31, 1949 (69 years old), Hiroshima, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University (March 1973)
- Business career
-
- April 2019
- Director of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
- June 2018
- Outside Director of Seven Bank, Ltd. (current)
- April 2018
- Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- April 2016
- Outside Director of Komatsu Ltd., (current)
- April 2015
- Representative Director and Chairperson of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- April 2011
- Representative Director, President and Executive Officer of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- March 2007
- Representative Director and Executive Officer of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
Officer of Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
- June 2006
- Representative Director and Senior Executive Officer of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- April 2006
- Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- November 2005
- Representative Managing Director of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
- June 2005
- Managing Director and Head of Group Management Strategy Division, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
- April 2005
- Head of Group Management Strategy Division, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
- March 2005
- Retiring Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- April 2004
- Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer / Head of Risk Management Group, and Chief Human Resources Officer / Head of Human Resources Group, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- June 2002
- Managing Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer / Head of Risk Management Group, and Chief Human Resources Officer / Head of Human Resources Group, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- April 2002
- Managing Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer / Head of Human Resources Group, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- June 2001
- Executive Officer and Manager of Human Resource Division
- May 1998
- Manager of Human Resource Division
- November 1996
- Deputy Manager of General Planning Division
- April 1973
- Joined the Fuji Bank, Ltd.
6. Brief biography of candidate of new Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiya Hatakeyama
- Date and place of birth
- July 6, 1957 (61 years old), Tokyo, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from School of Education, Waseda University (March 1980)
- Business career
-
- April 2019
- Adviser of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (current)
- March 2019
- Retired Oki Wintech Co., Ltd.
- April 2017
- President, Representative Director of Oki Wintech Co., Ltd.
- April 2016
- Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of Corporate Management Group
- July 2015
- Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, Chief Financial Officer
- June 2015
- Senior Vice President and Member of the Board
- April 2015
- Senior Vice President
- January 2013
- Executive Officer and Head of Affiliates Administration Division
- June 2009
- Outside Director of SAXA Holdings, Inc.
- April 2008
- Executive Officer
- October 2007
- Head of Accounting & Control Division
- April 2002
- Executive Staff of General Planning Group Division
- April 1980
- Joined Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, OKI Electric Industry is Japan's leading telecommunications manufacturer. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, OKI provides top-quality products, technologies, and solutions to customers through its info-telecom systems and printer operations. Its various business divisions function synergistically to bring to market exciting new products and technologies that meet a wide range of customer needs in various sectors. Visit OKI's global website at https://www.oki.com/.
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