As of March 1, Kazuo Kakehi, currently vice president and senior officer responsible for diversified products, industrial products, civil engineering and building materials and equipments, will become vice president and senior officer responsible for diversified products, industrial products and construction materials division. A number of other changes will take affect on March 27. These are as follows:
New Members of the Board of Directors
– Kazuhisa Nishigai; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer responsible for production technology, tire production technology development
– Masaaki Tsuya; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer, chief risk management officer, human resources, general affairs, legal affairs and corporate communications; chief compliance officer, office of group CEO, concurrently director, internal auditing office, human resources division
New Members of Corporate Auditors
– Yukimitsu Ushio; new position and responsibilities: executive member, board of corporate auditors
Changing Position and Responsibilities of Members of the Board of Directors:
– Toru Tsuda; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer responsible for products development, tire products development
Retiring Members of the Board of Directors
– Tatsuya Okajima; new position and responsibilities: advisor. Okajima currently serves as senior vice president and advisor to the president.
– Masaharu Oku; new position and responsibilities: advisor, chairman of Bridgestone Cycle Co., Ltd.
– Shoji Mizuochi; new position and responsibilities: advisor. Mizuochi is currently seconded to Bridgestone Americas Holding, where he holds the position of vice chairman and CFO.
Retiring Corporate Auditors
– Yukio Kanai; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer responsible for diversified products, sports and cycle business administration. Kanai will also assume the role of corporate officer.
New Members of Corporate Officers
– Yukio Kania
– Yoshiyuki Morimoto; new position and responsibilities: vice president and officer tire research and material development
Changing Positions and Responsibilities of Corporate Officers
– Takashi Urano; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer seconded to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, chairman, CEO and president of Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
– Yasumi Kawasaki; new position and responsibilities: vice vresident and senior officer production and distribution, mold technology and manufacturing concurrently director, tire production and distribution administration division
Retiring Corporate Officers
– Kaoru Fujioka; new position and responsibilities: advisor
Changing Positions and Responsibilities of Corporate Officers – Effective as of April 1, 2008
– Yasumi Kawasaki; new position and responsibilities: vice president and senior officer production and distribution, mold technology and manufacturing
– Satoshi Tagomori; new position and responsibilities: vice president and officer chemical and industrial products production and technology, chemical and industrial products production technology development. (Tyres & Accessories/Staffordshire, U.K.)
