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Konica Minolta Announces New Management Team Effective April 1, 2022
March 2, 2022
Tokyo (March 2, 2022) – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced the new structure for its Corporate Vice Presidents, effective April 1, 2022.
Konica Minolta’s new structure for its Executive Officers, effective April 1, 2022, was disclosed on February 24. Combining with the new structure for its Corporate Vice Presidents, the company will work on quick recovery in the financial results, completion of the business portfolio transformation until FY2025 and lay out a path toward evolution to a company clearly committed to solving social issues in 2030 and beyond. In further strengthening execution capabilities, the company focuses on the diversity in thought and leadership, including the management talents with technology, global and other backgrounds, that its new management team brings to the organization. Under the leadership of the new President and CEO, the management members will maximize their capabilities as a team in overcoming the challenges the company faces.
At Konica Minolta, the backgrounds, experiences and capabilities that make the company unique are also a source of innovative ideas that bring about new value that contributes to society. The company will keep enhancing the diversity for the betterment and acceleration of innovations.
Newly Appointed Corporate Vice Presidents Effective April 1, 2022
| New Position | Current Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Corporate Business Management Division and Responsible for BIC (Business Innovation Center) | General Manager, Corporate Business Planning Division and General Manager, President Office | Yusuke Yoshimura |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Innovation Development Office | Entrepreneur in Residence (Strategy of New Business) | Ryutaro Mori |
| Corporate Vice President Responsible for IT Planning and FORXAI Business Development | General Manager, IoT Service Platform Development Operations | Keiichi Kishi |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit | Deputy General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit, Material & Component Business Headquarters | Kenichi Ookubo |
Changes for Corporate Vice Presidents Effective April 1, 2022
| New & Continuing Position | Current Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of Office Business Headquarters | Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Division President of Digital Workplace Business Headquarters | Hajime Takei | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters and Responsible for SCM | Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters | Takaji Ito | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Quality Management Headquarters and Responsible for Customer Support | Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Quality Management Headquarters | Koji Sugie | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of Professional Print Business Headquarters and General Manager, Industrial Print Business Unit, Professional Print Business Headquarters and Responsible for Marketing Service Business | Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of Professional Print Business Headquarters and General Manager, Industrial Print Business Unit, Professional Print Business Headquarters | Toshitaka Uemura | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of Healthcare Business Headquarters | Corporate Senior Vice President Division Vice President of Healthcare Business Headquarters and General Manager, Healthcare Business Unit | Kazuhiro Kobayashi | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters and General Manager, ICW (Intelligent Connected Workplace) Business Unit and Responsible for BT Business Management and Sales Company Management | Corporate Senior Vice President CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. | Atsutoshi Banno | |
| Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Corporate Finance Division and Responsible for Corporate Accounting | Corporate Senior Vice President General Manager, Corporate Finance Division | Yoshihiro Hirai | |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Corporate Business Planning | Corporate Vice President Corporate Finance Division | Shingo Tsujimoto | |
| Corporate Vice President CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. | Corporate Vice President Responsible for ICW Business Americas, Digital Workplace Business Headquarters | Salvatore Errigo | |
| Corporate Vice President General Manager, Corporate Communications and Responsible for Investor Relations | Corporate Vice President Responsible for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations | Miwa Okamura | |
Retiring Corporate Vice Presidents Effective March 31, 2022
| Current Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President Division Vice President of Digital Workplace Business Headquarters | Keiji Okamoto |
| Corporate Vice President Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters and Responsible for SCM and Konica Minolta Business Technologies(WUXI) Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board and Konica Minolta Business Technologies(DONGGUAN) Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board | Kozo Atsumi |
| Corporate Vice President Division Vice President of Digital Workplace Business Headquarters | Hiroshi Okazaki |
Reference: List of Corporate Vice Presidents (as of April 1, 2022)
| Title | Name | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Ken Osuga | Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Hajime Takei | Division President of Office Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Takaji Ito | General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters and Responsible for SCM |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Koji Sugie | General Manager, Quality Management Headquarters and Responsible for Customer Support |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Tetsuya Matsueda | Responsible for Legal, General Affairs, Intellectual Property, Compliance and Crisis Management |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Hitoshi Kamezawa | General Manager, Sensing Business Headquarters and General Manager, LD&CA Business Unit, Sensing Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Yoshihiko Hirota | General Manager, R&D Headquarters, Business Technologies |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Toshitaka Uemura | Division President of Professional Print Business Headquarters, and General Manager, Industrial Print Business Unit, Professional Print Business Headquarters and Responsible for Marketing Service Business |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Kazuhiro Kobayashi | Division President of Healthcare Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Atsutoshi Banno | Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters and General Manager, ICW Business Unit and Responsible for BT Business Management and Sales Company Management |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Yoshihiro Hirai | General Manager, Corporate Finance Division and Responsible for Corporate Accounting |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Tadahiko Sumitani | President, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Yusuke Yoshimura | General Manager, Corporate Business Management Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Akiko Hiraga | General Manager, Design Center |
| Corporate Vice President | Shingo Tsujimoto | General Manager, Corporate Business Planning Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Naoto Tsuchiyama | General Manager, Business Development Center of Material & Component Business |
| Corporate Vice President | Masanori Miura | General Manager, QOL Solutions Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Hiroyasu Endou | General Manager, IJ Component Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Takenori Takahashi | General Manager, Corporate Environmental Operations |
| Corporate Vice President | Norihisa Takayama | Responsible for ICW EU, DW-DX Business Headquarters |
| Corporate Vice President | Keisuke Ichijo | President, Healthcare Company, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
| Corporate Vice President | Yoshiyuki Nomura | General Manager, Optical Component Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Jonathan Yeo | Responsible for ICW APAC, DW-DX Business Headquarters and Responsible for Monitoring Business, Imaging-IoT Solution Business Unit of APAC |
| Corporate Vice President | Salvatore Errigo | CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. |
| Corporate Vice President | Akira Tamai | General Manager, Corporate Headquarters and Responsible for Marketing Services, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
| Corporate Vice President | Joerg Hartmann | Responsible for ICW EU, President & Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH / Konica Minolta Business Solutions Austria GmbH |
| Corporate Vice President | Katsuya Matsuno | Responsible for ICW Japan, DW-DX Business Headquarters and Senior Vice President, Sales Unit and Responsible for Digital Workplace Business Unit, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. |
| Corporate Vice President | Akiko Murayama | General Manager, Corporate Audit Division |
| Corporate Vice President | Miwa Okamura | General Manager, Corporate Communications Division and Responsible for Investor Relations |
| Corporate Vice President | Kenichi Ookubo | General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit |
| Corporate Vice President | Keiichi Kishi | Responsible for Corporate IT Planning and FORXAI Business Development |
| Corporate Vice President | Ryutaro Mori | General Manager, Innovation Development Office |
Notes: The above list is in the order of appointment and the Japanese syllabary among the same rank. The new structure for the company’s Executive Officers under the Japanese Companies Act, effective April 1, 2022, was published in the news release dated February 24, 2022.
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Correction: March 4, 2022
The list of “Retiring Corporate Vice Presidents” was incorrectly described as resignation of corporate vice presidents at the time of the publication.