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Panasonic Announces Proposed Senior Management Changes
OSAKA, Japan --(Business Wire)--
Panasonic (News - Alert) Corporation (NYSE:PC)(TOKYO:6752)("Panasonic"), today
announced the following changes of the members of the Board of
Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers, effective April 1,
2012, and proposed changes of the members of the Board of Directors, and
the Board of Corporate Auditors effective June 27, 2012. These proposed
changes will be submitted for and subject to approval at the company's
ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 27, 2012.
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1. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective April 1)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Chairman of the Board
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Kunio Nakamura
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Vice Chairman of the Board
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Masayuki Matsushita
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President
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Fumio Ohtsubo
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Executive Vice Presidents
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Toshihiro Sakamoto
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In charge of Global Consumer
Marketing Sector
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Takahiro Mori
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In charge of Planning
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Yasuo Katsura
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Representative in Tokyo
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Senior Managing Directors
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Ken Morita
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Ikusaburo Kashima
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In charge of Legal Affairs and
Intellectual Property
Director,
Corporate Legal Affairs
Division
In charge of Corporate
Risk
Management, Corporate Information
Security,
Corporate Business Ethics,
and Corporate International Affairs
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Yoshihiko Yamada
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In charge of Industrial Devices
Business
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Kazuhiro Tsuga
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Yoshiiku Miyata
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Director, Global Consumer Marketing
Sector
In charge of
Design
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Kazunori Takami**
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President, Appliances Company
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Managing Directors
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Makoto Uenoyama
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In charge of Accounting and Finance
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Masatoshi Harada
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Representative in Kansai
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Takashi Toyama
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President, Systems & Communications
Company
President,
Panasonic System Networks
Co., Ltd.
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Yoshiyuki Miyabe
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In charge of Technology, New Business
Strategy Office,
and Panasonic Start-up
Fund
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Yoshiaki Nakagawa
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In charge of Human Resources,
General Affairs, and Social
Relations
In charge of e-Work Promotion Office
and
Facility Management
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Directors
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Ikuo Uno
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Masayuki Oku
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Honorary Chairman of the
Board and Executive Advisor,
Member
of the Board
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Masaharu Matsushita
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Notes:
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior
Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally
represent the company.
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Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as
stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.
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2. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective April
1)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Senior Corporate Auditors
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Masahiro Seyama
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Yoshihiro Furuta
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Chairman, Panasonic Group Auditors
Meeting
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Corporate Auditors
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Yasuo Yoshino
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Ikuo Hata
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Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Note:
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Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside
corporate auditors.
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3. Executive Officers (Effective April 1)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Senior Managing Executive
Officers
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Shusaku Nagae
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In charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions
Company
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Seiichiro Sano
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In charge of Special Task
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Takumi Kajisha**
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In charge of Corporate Communications,
Advertising, Corporate
Citizenship, and
CSR (News - Alert) Office
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Managing Executive Officers
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Yutaka Takehana
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Director, Corporate Division for
Government & Public Affairs
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Toshiaki Kobayashi
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President
Director, Electronic Components and
Materials
Business Group
Industrial Devices Company
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Yoshihisa Fukushima
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In charge of Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate
Intellectual Property
Division
President, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company
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Hideaki Kawai
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General Manager, Corporate Planning
Group
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Laurent Abadie
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Regional Head for Europe & CIS
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Europe
Ltd.
Managing Director, Panasonic Marketing
Europe
GmbH
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Yorihisa Shiokawa
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Regional Head for Asia, the Middle East
& Africa
Managing Director, Panasonic Asia
Pacific Pte. Ltd.
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Jun Ishii**
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In charge of Sales Company and
Channel Strategy for Japan,
Global
Consumer Marketing Sector
President, Panasonic
Consumer
Marketing Co., Ltd.
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Mamoru Yoshida**
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President
Director, Display Network Products
Business
Group
AVC Networks Company
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Tsuyoshi Nomura**
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In charge of Manufacturing Innovation
Director, Corporate
Manufacturing
Innovation Division
In charge of Advanced
Production
Systems Development Company, Quality
Administration,
FF Customer Support &
Management, Environmental Affairs,
Procurement,
Logistics, and Motor
Business Administration Office
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Executive Officers
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Joseph Taylor
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Regional Head for North America
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Corporation
of North America
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Toshiro Kisaka
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In charge of Groupwide Cost Busters
Project
Project
Manager, Groupwide Cost
Busters Project
Director,
Corporate Procurement
Division
Director, Corporate
Global Logistics
Division
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Masato Tomita
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Vice President
In charge of Overseas Operations
Eco
Solutions Company
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Takeshi Uenoyama
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In charge of Device Technology
General Manager, Device
Strategy Office
In charge of Advanced Technology
Research
Laboratories
Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory
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Shiro Nishiguchi
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Director, AVC Marketing Division, Global
Consumer Marketing
Sector
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Yoshiro Takemoto*
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President, Manufacturing Solutions
Company
President,
Panasonic Factory Solutions
Co., Ltd.
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Kenji Yamane*
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President, Healthcare Company
President, Panasonic Healthcare
Co.,
Ltd.
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Yoshio Ito
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Senior Vice President
Director, Display Devices Business
Group
AVC
Networks Company
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Hidetoshi Osawa
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Regional Head for China & Northeast
Asia
Chairman,
Panasonic Corporation of
China
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Yukio Nakashima
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Director, Appliances Marketing Division,
Global Consumer
Marketing Sector
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Kuniaki Matsukage
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Vice President
Director, Lighting Business Group
Eco
Solutions Company
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Masato Ito
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President, Energy Company
President, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
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Yasutomo Fukui
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In charge of Information Systems
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Katsuhiko Fujiwara
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Senior Vice President
Director, Air Conditioning and Cold
Chain
Business Group
Appliances Company
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Masahisa Shibata
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President, Automotive Systems
Company
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Toshiyuki Takagi (News - Alert)
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Senior Vice President
Director, Business Solutions Business
Group
AVC
Networks Company
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Shiro Kitajima
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President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Company of North
America,
Panasonic Corporation of North America
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Machiko Miyai
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Director, Corporate Environmental
Affairs Division
Director,
Corporate Electricity Saving
Division
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Masahiro Ido*
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Vice President
In charge of Planning
Director, Customer
Communication
Center
Eco Solutions Company
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Satoshi Takeyasu*
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Vice President
Director, Comprehensive Solutions
Division
Eco
Solutions Company
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Takeo Endo*
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Managing Director, Panasonic
Consumer Marketing China,
Panasonic
Corporation of China
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4.
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Resignation and Appointments of the Members of the Board of
Directors and Senior Corporate Auditor (Effective June 27)
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Resignation:
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Chairman of the Board
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Kunio Nakamura
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To be appointed Executive Advisor
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Executive Vice Presidents
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Toshihiro Sakamoto
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To be appointed Corporate Advisor
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Takahiro Mori
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To be appointed Corporate Advisor
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Senior Managing Directors
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Ken Morita
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To be appointed Corporate Advisor
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Senior Managing Executive
Officer
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Seiichiro Sano
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Managing Directors
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Makoto Uenoyama
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Retaining his position as Managing
Executive Officer
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Masatoshi Harada
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Retaining his position as Managing
Executive Officer
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Senior Corporate Auditor
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Masahiro Seyama
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Honorary Chairman of the
Board and Executive Advisor,
Member
of the Board
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Masaharu Matsushita
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Honorary Chairman
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Assignments:
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities (as of April 1)
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Chairman of the Board
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Fumio Ohtsubo**
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President
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Kazuhiro Tsuga**
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Executive Vice President
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Shusaku Nagae
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Former: Senior Managing Executive
Officer
Current: In
charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions Company
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Managing Directors
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Hideaki Kawai
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Former: General Manager, Corporate
Planning Group
Current:
Managing Executive Officer
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Mamoru Yoshida
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Current: Managing Executive Officer
President, and Director,
Display
Network Products Business Group, AVC
Networks
Company
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Senior Corporate Auditor
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Seiichiro Sano
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Former: Senior Managing Executive
Officer
In charge of
Special Task
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5. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective June 27)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Chairman of the Board
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Fumio Ohtsubo**
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Vice Chairman of the Board
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Masayuki Matsushita
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President
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Kazuhiro Tsuga**
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Executive Vice Presidents
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Yasuo Katsura
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Representative in Tokyo
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Shusaku Nagae* **
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In charge of Solution Business
President, Eco Solutions
Company
In charge of Corporate Division for
Promoting
Energy Solution Business
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Senior Managing Directors
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Ikusaburo Kashima
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In charge of Legal Affairs and
Intellectual Property
Director,
Corporate Legal Affairs
Division
In charge of Corporate
Risk
Management, Corporate Information
Security,
Corporate Business Ethics,
and Corporate International Affairs
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Yoshihiko Yamada
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In charge of Industrial Devices Business
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Yoshiiku Miyata
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Director, Global Consumer Marketing
Sector
In charge of
Design
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Kazunori Takami
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President, Appliances Company
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Managing Directors
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Takashi Toyama
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In charge of Planning
General Manager, Corporate Planning
Group
In
charge of Information Systems
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Hideaki Kawai*
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In charge of Accounting and Finance
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Yoshiyuki Miyabe
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In charge of Technology, New Business
Strategy Office, and
Panasonic Start-up
Fund
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Yoshiaki Nakagawa
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In charge of Human Resources, General
Affairs, and Social
Relations
In charge of e-Work Promotion Office
and
Facility Management
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Mamoru Yoshida*
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President
Director, Display Network Products
Business
Group
AVC Networks Company
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Directors
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Ikuo Uno
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Masayuki Oku
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Notes:
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior
Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally
represent the company.
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Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as
stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.
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6. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective June
27)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Senior Corporate Auditors
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Seiichiro Sano*
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Yoshihiro Furuta
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Chairman, Panasonic Group Auditors
Meeting
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Corporate Auditors
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Yasuo Yoshino
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Ikuo Hata***
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Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Note:
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Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside
corporate auditors.
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* newly appointed
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** promoted
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*** reappointed
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7. Executive Officers (Effective June 27)
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Title
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Name
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Responsibilities
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Senior Managing Executive
Officers
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Takumi Kajisha
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In charge of Corporate Communications,
Advertising, Corporate
Citizenship, and
CSR Office
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Managing Executive Officers
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Yutaka Takehana
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Director, Corporate Division for
Government & Public Affairs
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Makoto Uenoyama
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Senior Vice President
In charge of Administration
Eco
Solutions Company
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Toshiaki Kobayashi
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President
Director, Electronic Components and
Materials
Business Group
Industrial Devices Company
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Masatoshi Harada
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Representative in Kansai
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Yoshihisa Fukushima
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In charge of Intellectual Property
Director, Corporate
Intellectual Property
Division
President, Intellectual
Property Rights
Operations Company
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Laurent Abadie
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Regional Head for Europe & CIS
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Europe
Ltd.
Managing Director, Panasonic Marketing
Europe
GmbH
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Yorihisa Shiokawa
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Regional Head for Asia, the Middle East
& Africa
Managing
Director, Panasonic Asia
Pacific Pte. Ltd.
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Jun Ishii
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In charge of Sales Company and
Channel Strategy for Japan,
Global
Consumer Marketing Sector
President, Panasonic
Consumer
Marketing Co., Ltd.
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Tsuyoshi Nomura
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In charge of Manufacturing Innovation
Director, Corporate
Manufacturing
Innovation Division
In charge of Advanced
Production
Systems Development Company, Quality
Administration,
FF Customer Support &
Management, Environmental Affairs,
Procurement,
Logistics, and Motor
Business Administration Office
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Executive Officers
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Joseph Taylor
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Regional Head for North America
Chairman & CEO, Panasonic
Corporation
of North America
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Toshiro Kisaka
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In charge of Groupwide Cost Busters
Project
Project
Manager, Groupwide Cost
Busters Project
Director,
Corporate Procurement
Division
Director, Corporate
Global Logistics
Division
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Masato Tomita
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Vice President
In charge of Overseas Operations
Eco
Solutions Company
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Takeshi Uenoyama
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In charge of Device Technology
General Manager, Device
Strategy Office
In charge of Advanced Technology
Research
Laboratories
Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory
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Shiro Nishiguchi
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Director, AVC Marketing Division, Global
Consumer Marketing
Sector
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Yoshiro Takemoto
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President, Manufacturing Solutions
Company
President,
Panasonic Factory Solutions
Co., Ltd.
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Kenji Yamane
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President, Healthcare Company
President, Panasonic Healthcare
Co.,
Ltd.
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Yoshio Ito
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Senior Vice President
Director, Display Devices Business
Group
AVC
Networks Company
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Hidetoshi Osawa
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Regional Head for China & Northeast Asia
Chairman,
Panasonic Corporation of
China
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Yukio Nakashima
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Director, Appliances Marketing Division,
Global Consumer
Marketing Sector
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Kuniaki Matsukage
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Vice President
Director, Lighting Business Group
Eco
Solutions Company
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Masato Ito
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President, Energy Company
President, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
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Yasutomo Fukui
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In charge of Information Systems
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Katsuhiko Fujiwara
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Senior Vice President
Director, Air Conditioning and Cold
Chain
Business Group
Appliances Company
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Masahisa Shibata
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President, Automotive Systems
Company
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Toshiyuki Takagi
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President, Systems & Communications
Company
President,
Panasonic System Networks
Co., Ltd.
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Shiro Kitajima
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President, Panasonic Consumer
Marketing Company of North
America,
Panasonic Corporation of North America
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Machiko Miyai
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Director, Corporate Environmental
Affairs Division
Director,
Corporate Electricity Saving
Division
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Masahiro Ido
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Vice President
In charge of Planning
Director, Customer
Communication
Center
Eco Solutions Company
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Satoshi Takeyasu
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Vice President
Director, Comprehensive Solutions
Division
Eco
Solutions Company
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Takeo Endo
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Managing Director, Panasonic
Consumer Marketing China,
Panasonic
Corporation of China
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About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader
in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide
range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka,
Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 8.69 trillion yen
(US$105 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The company's shares
are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE:PC) stock
exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand,
visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net/
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