Akebono Brake Industry : Personnel Changes Effective April 1, 2023

News Release

March 24, 2023

Akebono Brake Personnel Changes

TOKYO - Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced the following personnel changes to take effect on April 1, 2023.

Personnel changes at the level of General Manager and above are as follows:

Personnel changes at the level of Executive Officer effective April 1, 2023
Name	New responsibilities	Former responsibilities	Continuing responsibilities
Yasuhiro Miyaji		Responsible for North American Operations	Representative Director & Member of the Board
			President
			CEO
			Chairman, Akebono Brake Corporation
Keiichi Oka	Head of the Purchasing Division		Executive Officer
			CPO
			Head of the Manufacturing Division
Masaaki Ando	In charge, Aftermarket Division		Executive Officer
	In charge, Infrastructure & Mobility Systems (AIMS)		CMO
	Division		Head of the Automotive Sales Division
			Responsible for China Operations
			Chairman, Akebono Corporation (Guangzhou)
			Chairman, Akebono Corporation (Suzhou)
Takefumi Usami	Head of the Corporate Planning & Controlling Division	Head of the Finance & Controlling Division	Executive Officer
			CFO
Kiyoshi Tanaka		Head of the Purchasing Division	Executive Officer
			In charge, Quality Assurance
Takao Watanabe	Head of the Administration Division	Head of the Sustainability Implementation Division	Executive Officer
			In charge, Internal Audit
Katsuhisa Yuda	Responsible for North American Operations	Deputy Responsible for North American Operations	Executive Officer
			President & CEO, Akebono Brake Corporation
			Chairman, Akebono Brake Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Personnel changes at the level of General Manager and above effective April 1, 2023
Name	New responsibilities	Former responsibilities	Continuing responsibilities
Minoru Watanabe	General Manager, General Affairs Department,	General Manager, General Affairs Department,
	Administration Division	Sustainability Implementation Division
Toshifusa Akagi	General Manager, Legal & Intellectual Property	General Manager, Legal & Intellectual Property
	Department, Administration Division	Department, Sustainability Implementation Division
Akihiro Hikichi	General Manager, Environment Office, Administration	General Manager, Environment Office, Sustainability
	Division	Implementation Division
Keiichi Yoshida	Vice Head of the Corporate Planning & Controlling Division	In-charge, Corporate Planning	Executive Leader

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Name	New responsibilities	Former responsibilities	Continuing responsibilities
Yoshiyuki Mori	Vice Head of the Corporate Planning & Controlling Division	General Manager, Program Management Department,	Executive Leader
	General Manager, Program Management Department,	Finance & Controlling Division
	Corporate Planning & Controlling Division
Tetsumaru Arakawa	General Manager, Sustainability Implementation Office,	General Manager, Sustainability Implementation Office,
	Corporate Planning & Controlling Division	Sustainability Implementation Division
	Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Department,
	Corporate Planning & Controlling Division
Kazuhiro Nakajima	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department
	Corporate Planning & Controlling Division
Masafumi Onozaki	General Manager, Finance Department, Corporate	General Manager, Controlling Department, Finance &
	Planning & Controlling Division	Controlling Division
Tetsuro Hosono	General Manager, Finance Department, Corporate	General Manager, Finance Department, Finance &
	Planning & Controlling Division	Controlling Division
Takayuki Watanabe	General Manager, Strategy Implementation Department,	General Manager, Strategy Implementation Department,
	Aftermarket Division	Aftermarket Division
Koji Kanetani	General Manager, Sales Department No.1, Automotive	Acting General Manager, Sales Department No.1,
	Sales Division	Automotive Sales Division
Takashi Yamaguchi	General Manager, Testing & Analysis Department,	Acting General Manager, Testing & Analysis Department,
	Research & Development Division	Research & Development Division
Akihiro Nakata	Vice Head of the Manufacturing Division	President & Representative Director, Akebono Brake
		Iwatsuki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Yoshinori Toi	President & Representative Director, Akebono Brake	Acting General Manager, HP Manufacturing Department,
	Iwatsuki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	Akebono Brake Iwatsuki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
		Section Manager, Manufacturing Section, HP
		Manufacturing Department, Akebono Brake Iwatsuki
		Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
		Section Manager, Control Section, HP Manufacturing
		Department, Akebono Brake Iwatsuki Manufacturing Co.,
		Ltd.
Takashi Suzuki	Acting General Manager, HP Manufacturing Department,	Section Manager, Technical Section No.1, Quality
	Akebono Brake Iwatsuki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	Technical Department, Akebono Brake Iwatsuki
		Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Nan Lv	Deputy Responsible for China Operations

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