Nidec Appoints New President and Chief Operating Officer
2018年2月15日 - 3:39PM
Nidec Corporation (TSE:6594) (OTC US:NJDCY) (the “Company”) today
announced the following personnel changes based on the resolution
at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 15, 2018.
1. Reason for the changesFurther strengthen the
Company’s management system in order to achieve its mid-term
strategic goal, Vision 2020.
2. Appointment of a new representative
director
(1) DetailsMr. Hiroyuki YoshimotoCurrent
position: Director and Executive Vice PresidentNew position:
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer
(2) Effective date: April 1, 2018
3. Appointment of new President
(1) DetailsMr. Shigenobu NagamoriCurrent
position: Representative Director, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive OfficerNew position: Representative Director, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hiroyuki YoshimotoPrevious position:
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer New position: Representative Director, President
and Chief Operating Officer
(2) Effective date: June 20,
2018 This personnel change will take effect
on June 20, 2018 upon shareholder approval at the Regular General
Meeting of Shareholders and a subsequent meeting of the Board of
Directors to be held on the same day.
Brief personal history of Mr. Hiroyuki
Yoshimoto, the newly appointed President and Chief Operating
Officer is as follows.
Name: |
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Hiroyuki Yoshimoto |
Birthdate: |
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October 28, 1967 (age 50) |
Birthplace: |
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Kyoto
Prefecture |
Education and career
summary:
March
1991: |
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Bachelor's degree, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University |
May
2002: |
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MBA,
Carnegie Mellon University |
April
1991: |
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Nissho Iwai Corporation (currently Sojitz Corporation) |
February 2008: |
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Calsonic Kansei Corporation |
April
2010: |
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Executive Vice President |
April
2012: |
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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
January 2014: |
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Representative Director and President, Nissan Motor Thailand Co.,
Ltd. |
March
2015: |
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Executive Consultant, Nidec Corporation |
May
2015: |
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Representative Director and President, Nidec Tosok Corporation |
November 2016: |
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Executive Vice President |
January
2017: |
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Representative Director and Chairman, Nidec Tosok Corporation
(current position) |
June
2017: |
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Director
and Executive Vice President (current position)
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Number of the Company’s shares in possession:
821 (as of January 26, 2018)
Contact: |
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Masahiro Nagayasu |
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General Manager |
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Investor Relations |
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+81-75-935-6140 |
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ir@nidec.com |