Showa Denko changes corporate management
Shinji Sakai, currently President of Shoko Co., Ltd., will be elected Representative Director, Executive Vice President, and Corporate Officer of SDK at the next shareholders' meeting in late March 2014 as well as the board meeting subsequent to the shareholders' meeting. He will supervise the Ceramics and Carbons divisions and the Corporate Strategy Department. Through this appointment, SDK aims to further strengthen its management supervision. His biographical information is attached at the end of this news release. Mitsuo Ohashi will resign as Senior Advisor and become Senior Counselor in late March 2014.
Yoshikazu Sakai will resign as Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Officer in charge of Finance & Accounting and Information Systems departments, on January 5, and become Assistant to President on January 6. He will resign as Director at the shareholders' meeting in March and become Standing Statutory Auditor of Shoko Co., Ltd. Hirokazu Iwasaki will resign as Corporate Officer in charge of complex and plants (Oita Complex and Kawasaki, Higashinagahara, Tokuyama, Isesaki, Tatsuno, Yokohama, Shiojiri, Chichibu, Omachi, Oyama and Kitakata plants), on January 5, and become Assistant to President on January 6. He will resign as Director at the shareholders' meeting in March and become Counselor of SDK.
Saburo Muto (Corporate Officer, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department) will be appointed Chief Financial Officer on January 6, and take charge of Finance & Accounting and Information Systems departments. He will be elected Director at the shareholders' meeting in March.
Takashi Miyazaki will resign as Managing Corporate Officer and General Manager of Petrochemicals Division and Olefins Department on January 5, and become Special Counselor of Shoko Co., Ltd., on January 6. He will be elected President of Shoko Co., Ltd., in March. Shunichi Shiraishi will also resign as Managing Corporate Officer in charge of Aluminum Rolled Products, Aluminum Specialty Components, and Aluminum Can divisions on January 5. He will be appointed Standing Statutory Auditor of Showa Aluminum Can Corporation in March.
Two new corporate officers will be appointed on January 6. They are Junichi Inaizumi (General Manager, Aluminum Specialty Components Division) and Yoichi Takeuchi (General Manager, Production Technology Department). Takeuchi will become Oita Complex Representative effective January 6.
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