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Konica Minolta Announces New Structure for Executive Officers and Corporate Vice Presidents

February 28, 2023

Tokyo (February 28, 2023) – Konica Minolta, Inc. announced the following new structure for its Executive Officers and Corporate Vice Presidents, effective April 1, 2023.

【Konica Minolta, Inc.】

<Executive Officers> 

Newly Appointed Executive Officers(Effective April 1, 2023)
New Position Current Position Name
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Industrial Business Development, Sensing Business, Optical Component Business, IJ Component Business and Performance Materials Business
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Sensing Business Headquarters and General Manager, LD&CA Business Unit, Sensing Business Headquarters
Hitoshi Kamezawa
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Risk Management
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Finance Division and Responsible for Corporate Accounting
Yoshihiro Hirai
Changes for Executive Officers(Effective April 1, 2023)
New & Continuing Position Current Position Name
Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Strategic Project
Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Assistant to the CEO
Lead officer for Accounting, Finance and Risk Management
Seiji Hatano
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Planning
Lead Officer for Material & Component Business
Noriyasu Kuzuhara
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs, Corporate Secretary, Crisis Management and Diversity
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Responsible for Human Resources and Diversity Enhancement
Shinichiro Oka
Retiring Executive Officer(Effective June 20, 2023)
Current Position Name
Executive Chairman and Executive Officer Shoei Yamana

Note: Shoei Yamana is to become Senior Advisor, effective June 20, 2023.

<Corporate Vice Presidents>

Newly Appointed Corporate Vice Presidents(Effective April 1, 2023)
New Position Current Position Name
Corporate Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc.
Corporate Vice President
President, Healthcare Company, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc.
Keisuke Ichijo
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Communications Division and Responsible for IR
Corporate Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Communications and Responsible for Investor Relations
Miwa Okamura
Corporate Senior Vice President
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH
Geschäftsführer (President)
  Kiyotaka Suhara
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Legal Division, Responsible for Intellectual Property, Corporate IT Planning and Compliance
Corporate Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Headquarters
and Responsible for Marketing Services, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc.
Akira Tamai
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Board of Directors Office, Responsible for Corporate Audit
Corporate Vice President
General Manager, Board of Directors Office, Responsible for Corporate Audit
Akiko Murayama
Corporate Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Division
General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Division Kunihiko Onishi
Corporate Vice President
Division Vice President of Office Business Headquarters
Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters Yoshiki Ohmichi
Corporate Vice President
Responsible for Design Center, Deputy Responsible for Corporate IT Planning
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd. General Manager, Corporate Headquarters Hanako Kato
Corporate Vice President
Division President of Sensing Business Headquarters, General Manager, Advanced Sensing Business Unit
General Manager, Advanced Sensing Business Unit Kentaro Mikami
Changes for Corporate Vice Presidents(Effective April 1, 2023)
New & Continuing Position Current Position Name
Corporate Senior Vice President
Responsible for Strategic Project
Corporate Senior Vice President
Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc.
Ken Osuga
Corporate Senior Vice President
Responsible for Chemical Products Business
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Manufacturing and Procurement Headquarters and Responsible for SCM
Takaji Ito
Corporate Senior Vice President
Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters, General Manager, IIM Business Unit, Deputy Responsible for Imaging-IoT Solution Business
Corporate Senior Vice President
Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters and Responsible for BT Business Management and Sales Company Management
Atsutoshi Banno
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, FORXAI Business Operations, Responsible for QOL Solution Business
Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Business Management Division
Yusuke Yoshimura
Corporate Vice President
Responsible for IIM Business EU and Imaging-IoT Solution Business EU
Corporate Vice President
Responsible for ICW EU, DW-DX Business Headquarters
Norihisa Takayama
Corporate Vice President
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Austria GmbH President and Managing Director
Corporate Vice President
Responsible for ICW EU, President and Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH / Konica Minolta Business Solutions Austria GmbH
Joerg Hartmann
Corporate Vice President
Deputy General Manager, Technology Development Headquarters and FORXAI Business Operations
Corporate Vice President
Responsible for Corporate IT Planning and FORXAI Business Development
Keiichi Kishi
Reference: List of Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2023)
President & CEO,
Representative Executive Officer
Toshimitsu Taiko  
Executive Chairman and
Executive Officer
Shoei Yamana  
Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Kiyotaka Fujii Responsible for Precision Medicine Business and Chairman of REALM IDx, Inc.
Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Seiji Hatano Responsible for Strategic Project
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Noriyasu Kuzuhara General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Toshiya Eguchi Responsible for Technologies, IoT Service Platform Development, Imaging-IoT Solution Business and Visual Solutions Business
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Shinichiro Oka Responsible for Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs, Corporate Secretary, Crisis Management and Diversity
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Hitoshi Kamezawa Responsible for Industrial Business Development, Sensing Business, Optical Component Business, IJ Component Business and Performance Materials Business
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer Yoshihiro Hirai Responsible for Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Risk Management
Reference: List of Corporate Vice Presidents (as of April 1, 2023)
Title Name Responsibilities
Corporate Senior Vice President Ken Osuga Responsible for Strategic Project
Corporate Senior Vice President Hajime Takei Division President of Office Business Headquarters, President, Konica Minolta Publitech, Inc.
Corporate Senior Vice President Takaji Ito Responsible for Chemical Products Business
Corporate Senior Vice President Koji Sugie General Manager, Quality Management Headquarters
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 Division President of DW-DX Business Headquarters, General Manager, IIM Business Unit, Deputy Responsible for Imaging-IoT Solution Business
Corporate Senior Vice President Yusuke Yoshimura General Manager, FORXAI Business Operations, Responsible for QOL Solution Business
Corporate Senior Vice President Keisuke Ichijo Representative Director and President, Konica Minolta Japan, Inc.
Corporate Senior Vice President Miwa Okamura General Manager, Corporate Communications Division and Responsible for IR
Corporate Senior Vice President Kiyotaka Suhara Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Geschäftsführer (President)
Corporate Senior Vice President Akira Tamai General Manager, Legal Division, Responsible for Intellectual Property, Corporate IT Planning and Compliance
Corporate Senior Vice President Akiko Murayama General Manager, Board of Directors Office, Responsible for Corporate Audit
Corporate Vice President Norihisa Takayama Responsible for IIM Business EU and Imaging-IoT Solution Business EU
Corporate Vice President Yoshiyuki Nomura General Manager, Optical Component Business Unit
Corporate Vice President Salvatore Errigo Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. President and CEO
Corporate Vice President Joerg Hartmann Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Austria GmbH President and Managing Director
Corporate Vice President Kenichi Ohkubo General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit
Corporate Vice President Keiichi Kishi Deputy General Manager, Technology Development Headquarters and FORXAI Business Operations
Corporate Vice President Ryutaro Mori General Manager, Innovation Development Office
Corporate Vice President Kunihiko Onishi General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Division
Corporate Vice President Yoshiki Ohmichi Division Vice President of Office Business Headquarters
Corporate Vice President Hanako Kato Responsible for Design Center, Deputy Responsible for Corporate IT Planning
Corporate Vice President Kentaro Mikami Division President of Sensing Business Headquarters, General Manager, Advanced Sensing Business Unit

Notes: The above list is in the order of appointment and the Japanese syllabary among the same rank.