Directors
Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers(As of June 28, 2018) (Based on information contained in the Company’s Annual Securities Report)
Laurence W. BatesDirector
Hirokazu UmedaDirector
Yasuyuki HiguchiRepresentative Director
Mototsugu SatoRepresentative Director
Kazuhiro TsugaRepresentative Director, President
Shusaku NagaeDirector, Chairman of the Board
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Masayuki MatsushitaDirector, Vice Chairman of the Board
Yoshio ItoRepresentative Director
Masayuki OkuOutside Director
Yoshinobu TsutsuiOutside Director
Kazuhiko ToyamaOutside Director
Hiroko OtaOutside Director
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Shusaku Nagae
Director, Chairman of the Board
Masayuki Matsushita
Director, Vice Chairman of the Board
Kazuhiro TsugaPresident / CEO
Representative Director, President
Representative Directors
Yoshio ItoExecutive Vice President / CEO, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
Representative Director
Mototsugu SatoSenior Managing Executive Officer / CSO / CHRO
Outside Directors
Masayuki Oku(Independent director)
Yoshinobu Tsutsui(Independent director)
Hiroko Ota(Independent director)
Kazuhiko Toyama(Independent director)
Yasuyuki HiguchiSenior Managing Executive Officer / CEO, Connected Solutions Company
Directors
Hirokazu UmedaManaging Executive Officer / CFO
Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers(As of June 28, 2018) (Based on information contained in the Company’s Annual Securities Report)
Apr. 1979Apr. 2008Apr. 2011
Oct. 2013
June 2014Apr. 2015Apr. 2016
Mar. 2017
June 2017
Joined Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (MEW)Executive Officer, MEWSenior Executive Officer, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (former MEW)Executive Officer of the Company / In charge of PlanningDirector of the CompanyManaging Director of the CompanySenior Managing Director of the Company / In charge of Human ResourcesCEO, Panasonic Holding (Netherlands) B.V. (current position)Representative Director of the Company (current position) / Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company (current position) / Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) (current position) / Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) (current position)
May 2003
May 2005
Mar. 2007
Apr. 2008
July 2015
Apr. 2017
June 2017
President and Representative Director, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.President and Representative Director, The Daiei, Inc.Representative Executive Officer and COO, Microsoft Kabushiki Kaisha (now Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.)Representative Executive Officer and President, Microsoft Kabushiki Kaisha (now Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.)Representative Executive Officer and Chairman, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company / President (now CEO), Connected Solutions Company (current position)Representative Director of the Company (current position) / Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company (current position)
Apr. 1979June 2001June 2004
Apr. 2008
Apr. 2011
June 2011June 2012June 2017
Joined the CompanyDirector, Multimedia Development CenterExecutive Officer of the Company / In charge of Digital Network & Software TechnologyManaging Executive Officer of the Company / President, Panasonic Automotive Systems CompanySenior Managing Executive Officer of the Company / President, AVC Networks CompanySenior Managing Director of the CompanyPresident of the CompanyRepresentative Director, President of the Company (current position) / President of the Company (current position) / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (current position)
Apr. 1984Oct. 2012
Apr. 2017
June 2017
Apr. 2018
Joined the CompanyGeneral Manager, Corporate Management Support Group, Corporate Strategy DivisionExecutive Officer of the Company / In charge of Accounting and FinanceDirector of the Company (current position) / Executive Officer of the Company / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (current position)Managing Executive Officer of the Company (current position)President, Panasonic Equity Management Japan Co., Ltd. (current position)
Laurence W. BatesExecutive Officer / GC / CRO / CCO
Mar. 1987
Sep. 1998
Apr. 2014
Apr. 2018
June 2018
Admitted to New York State Bar (current position)General Counsel-Japan, General Electric Company, TokyoSenior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, LIXIL Group Corporation, TokyoExecutive Officer of the Company (current position) / General Counsel (GC) (current position) / Chief Risk Management Officer (CRO) (current position) / Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) (current position)Director of the Company (current position)
Apr. 1973Apr. 2006
Apr. 2009
Jan. 2013
Apr. 2013Apr. 2014
June 2014Apr. 2017June 2017
Joined the CompanyVice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company / Director, System Business GroupExecutive Officer of the Company / President, Lighting CompanyPresident, Industrial Devices Company / President, Energy CompanyManaging Executive Officer of the CompanySenior Managing Executive Officer of the Company / President (now CEO), Automotive & Industrial Systems Company (current position)Senior Managing Director of the CompanyExecutive Vice President of the CompanyRepresentative Director of the Company (current position) / Executive Vice President of the Company (current position)
Apr. 1972Dec. 2004June 2007June 2010
Apr. 2011
Jan. 2012
June 2012
June 2013
Joined Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (MEW)Managing Executive Officer, MEWManaging Director, MEWPresident, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (former MEW)Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company / In charge of Lighting Company and Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.In charge of Solution Business / President, Eco Solutions CompanyExecutive Vice President of the Company / In charge of Corporate Division for Promoting Energy Solution BusinessChairman of the Board of Directors (current position)
Apr. 1968Oct. 1981Feb. 1986June 1990June 1992July 1995June 1996June 2000
Joined the CompanyDirector, Washing Machine DivisionDirector of the CompanyManaging Director of the CompanySenior Managing Director of the CompanyIn charge of Overseas OperationsExecutive Vice President of the CompanyVice Chairman of the Board of Directors (current position)
June 2005
June 2008
June 2017
President, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation / Chairman, Board of Directors of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.Director of the Company (current position)Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (current position)
Apr. 2011
June 2015
Apr. 2018
President, Nippon Life Insurance CompanyDirector of the Company (current position)Chairman, Nippon Life Insurance Company (current position)
Sep. 2006
Aug. 2008
June 2013
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal PolicyProfessor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (current position)Director of the Company (current position)
Apr. 2003
Apr. 2007
June 2016
Senior Representative Director (COO), Industrial Revitalization Corporation of JapanRepresentative Director (CEO), Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (current position)Director of the Company (current position)
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Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Hirofumi Yasuhara
Mamoru Yoshida
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Yoshio Sato(Independent Audit & Supervisory Board member)
Mitsuko Miyagawa(Independent Audit & Supervisory Board member)
Toshio Kinoshita(Independent Audit & Supervisory Board member)
Apr. 1979June 2008June 2012
June 2014
June 2015
Joined the CompanyDirector, PanaHome CorporationRepresentative Director, PanaHome CorporationSenior Audit & Supervisory Officer (non-statutory, full-time), Automotive & Industrial Systems Company of Panasonic CorporationSenior Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Apr. 1979Apr. 2008
Apr. 2009
Apr. 2012
June 2012Apr. 2013
Apr. 2015June 2015June 2016
Joined the CompanyVice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company / Director, Network Business GroupExecutive Officer of the Company / Senior Vice President, AVC Networks CompanyManaging Executive Officer of the Company / President, AVC Networks CompanyManaging Director of the CompanyIn charge of Technology, Intellectual Property and Information SystemsSenior Vice President, Appliances CompanyManaging Executive Officer of the CompanySenior Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
July 2007
July 2011
Apr. 2014
June 2014
July 2015
President and Director, Chief Executive Officer (Representative Director) of Sumitomo Life Insurance CompanyPresident and Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer of Sumitomo Life Insurance CompanyChairman and Representative Director of Sumitomo Life Insurance CompanyAudit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)Chairman of the Board of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (current position)
July 1983
June 1994July 1998
July 2007
July 2013
June 2014
Registered as Certified Public Accountant (Japan) (current position)Senior Partner of Chuo Audit Corporation Managing Partner for Japanese Business Network of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP National OfficeChief Executive of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public AccountantsCouncil Member of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public AccountantsAudit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Apr. 1986
Apr. 1995June 2016
Registered as Attorney at Law (Japan) (current position)Partner, TMI Associates (current position)Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Hirofumi Yasuhara
Yoshio Sato
Mitsuko Miyagawa
Toshio Kinoshita
Mamoru Yoshida
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Executive Officers
Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers(As of June 28, 2018) (Based on information contained in the Company’s Annual Securities Report)
Kazuhiro TsugaChief Executive Officer (CEO)
President
Yoshio ItoCEO, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
Executive Vice President
Yoshiyuki MiyabeChief Technology Officer (CTO)Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO)Chief Quality Officer (CQO)Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Mototsugu SatoChief Strategy Officer (CSO)Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)In charge of Business Development, General Affairs, Social Relations, and Business Creation ProjectCEO, Panasonic Holding (Netherlands) B.V.
Tetsuro HommaCEO, Appliances CompanyIn charge of Consumer Business and FF Customer Support & Management
Masahisa ShibataSenior Vice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
In charge of Automotive Business
Makoto KitanoCEO, Eco Solutions CompanyIn charge of Construction Safety Regulations Administration Department
Yasuyuki HiguchiCEO, Connected Solutions Company
Senior Managing Executive Officers
Takashi ToyamaRepresentative in TokyoIn charge of Government and External RelationsDirector, Government and External Relations DivisionIn charge of Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Business Promotion
Laurent AbadieCOO, Panasonic Holding (Netherlands) B.V.Regional Head for Europe & CISChairman & CEO, Panasonic Europe Ltd.Managing Director, Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Yukio NakashimaIn charge of Customer SatisfactionSenior Vice President, Appliances Company
In charge of Consumer MarketingDirector, Consumer Marketing Sector for Japan Region
Daizo ItoRegional Head for India, South Asia, Middle East and Africa Chairman, Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd.Senior Vice President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of Global Marketing
Toshiyuki TakagiSenior Vice President, Appliances Company
President, Air-Conditioner Company
Shinji SakamotoSenior Vice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
In charge of Industrial Business
Tatsuo KatakuraSenior Vice President, Connected Solutions Company
In charge of Global Solution BusinessPresident, Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.
Kenji TamuraSenior Vice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
In charge of Energy Business
Hirokazu UmedaChief Financial Officer (CFO)In charge of Groupwide Cost Busters Project and BPR ProjectPresident, Panasonic Equity Management Japan Co., Ltd.
Managing Executive Officers
Management
Technology
Manufacturing Innovation
Quality
Procurement
Information Systems
Risk Management
Compliance
Corporate Communications, Advertising, and Citizenship
Planning
Accounting and Finance
Human Resources
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
CMO (Chief Manufacturing Officer)
CQO (Chief Quality Officer)
CPO (Chief Procurement Officer)
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
CRO (Chief Risk Management Officer)
CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)
CBCO (Chief Brand Communications Officer)
CSO (Chief Strategy Officer)
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer)
Target Functions TitlesThe Company has adopted “CXO” titles indicating the chief officers of each function in order to provide a clearer understanding of the positions to global stakeholders. Each “CXO” has the function as shown at right.
Adoption of CXO titles
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Masahiro IdoIn charge of Solution SalesDirector, Business Solutions DivisionIn charge of MICE Business PromotionDirector, MICE Business Promotion DivisionDirector, Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Enterprise Division
Satoshi TakeyasuChief Brand Communications Officer (CBCO)Director, Groupwide Brand Communications DivisionIn charge of Facility Management and Corporate Sports Promotion
Junichiro KitagawaVice President, Appliances Company
In charge of Overseas Marketing Director, Consumer Marketing Division
Yuki KusumiVice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
Director, Automotive Energy Business Division, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Yoshiyuki IwaiVice President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of Legal Affairs, Intellectual Property, and Intelligence & Liaison
Makoto IshiiIn charge of Information Systems and LogisticsVice President, Appliances Company
In charge of Information Systems and Logistics
Hiroyuki AotaVice President, Connected Solutions Company
Director, Process Automation Business Division President, Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions Co., Ltd.
Masashi YamadaVice President, Eco Solutions Company
Director, Housing Systems Business Division
Michiko OgawaIn charge of Technics BrandVice President, Appliances Company
In charge of Technology Director, Corporate Engineering DivisionGeneral Manager, Technics Business Promotion
Hirotoshi UeharaVice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
Director, Automotive Infotainment Systems Business Division
Eiichi KatayamaIn charge of Strategic BusinessVice President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of AGE-FREE BusinessPresident, Panasonic Cycle Technology Co., Ltd.
Mitsuki WadaIn charge of ProcurementPresident, Global Procurement Company
Thomas GebhardtRegional Head for North AmericaChairman & CEO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
Akira KonoVice President, Appliances Company
Director, Consumer Marketing Division (Japan), Consumer Marketing Sector for Japan Region
Masashi NagayasuVice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
Director, Automotive Marketing & Sales Division
Ryuji MatsushitaVice President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of Construction BusinessPresident, Panasonic Homes Co., Ltd.
Manish SharmaPresident, Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd. Vice President, Appliances Company
Eiji FujiiVice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
In charge of Technology Director, Engineering Division
Hiroyuki TagishiVice President, Appliances Company
Managing Director, Panasonic Appliances Asia Pacific
Kiyoshi OtakiVice President, Appliances Company
In charge of Home Appliances Business
Sadaaki YokooRegional Head for China & Northeast Asia Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of China
Masahiro ShinadaVice President, Eco Solutions Company
Director, Energy Systems Business DivisionDirector, Solar Systems Business Unit
Laurence W. BatesGeneral Counsel (GC)Chief Risk Management Officer (CRO)Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)Director, Risk & Governance Management Division
Hideshi FuchiueVice President, Appliances Company
In charge of AVC Business
Masaharu MichiuraVice President, Eco Solutions Company
In charge of Marketing for Japan RegionDirector, Marketing Division
Toshinori KishiVice President, Connected Solutions Company
Director, Media Entertainment Business Division
Shigeo OkudaVice President, Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
In charge of Automotive TechnologyDirector, Automotive Electronics Systems Business Division
Tatsuo OgawaIn charge of Manufacturing InnovationDirector, Manufacturing Technology and Engineering DivisionIn charge of Quality Administration and Environmental Affairs
Executive Officers
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