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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.
<https://www.konicaminolta.com/global/newsroom/2022/0224-04-01.html>


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.