- Corporate Information and Management
- 2021.10.28
Notice of Changes in Senior Executives, Other Personnel and the Organization
October 28, 2021
Name of company:
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Yuichiro Wakatsuki
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President
Wee Siew Kim
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President
Contact:
Yukiko Yamamoto
General Manager of Public Relations
Email: nphd-kouho@nipponpaint.jp
Notice of Changes in Senior Executives, Other Personnel and the Organization
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; “NPHD”) announces the following changes in senior executives, other personnel, and the organization effective January 1, 2022.
1.Executive Officers (as of January 1, 2022)
Name |
New |
Current |
Yuichiro Wakatsuki |
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President President, Representative Director of the Board of Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions Co., Ltd. |
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President |
Wee Siew Kim |
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President |
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President |
Yuri Inoue |
Managing Executive Officer, GC* 1
Managing Corporate Officer of Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions Co., Ltd., Japan Group GC |
Executive Officer, General Counsel |
*1:General Counsel
2.Corporate Officers and Executive (as of January 1, 2022)
Name |
New |
Current |
Yuko Demoto |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Finance & Accounting |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Finance & Accounting |
Nobuhiko Hanada |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Audit |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Audit |
Yoshio Kojima |
Executive Sustainability |
Executive, General Manager, Safety Environment & Quality Assurance |
3.Organizational Changes (as of January 1, 2022)
With the goal of maintaining the sustainable medium- to long-term growth of the Nippon Paint Group, NPHD will implement organizational changes in order to focus solely on functions as a listed company and as a pure holding company, including M&A and fund procurement activities. Other functions involving the operations of partner companies* 2 in Japan will be transferred to newly established Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions Co., Ltd. (NPCS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPHD. The objectives of this change are to create diverse synergies within the Nippon Paint Group and boost the profitability of partner companies in Japan by giving greater autonomy to partner companies both in Japan and other countries for their operations. NPHD will implement the following organizational changes.
*2:Name of consolidated subsidiary companies of Nippon Paint Holdings
(1)Abolish the Corporate Planning Department and reorganize its functions into the newly established Corporate Governance Department with some functions of the General Affairs Department.
(2)Abolish the Human Resources Department, Information System Department, ICT Strategy Department, Supply Chain Planning Department, Asia Business Department, Safety Environment & Quality Assurance Department and R&D Division and transfer all functions of these Departments to NPCS.
(3)Transfer some functions of the Finance & Accounting Department, Legal Department, Public Relations Department, Audit Department and General Affairs Department to NPCS.
(4)Abolish the ESG promotion Department and transfer some functions dealing with external relations to the newly established Sustainability Department and transfer remaining functions to NPCS.
4.Changes of General Managers (as of January 1, 2022)
Name |
New |
Current |
Ryosuke Tanaka |
General Manager, Investor Relations and Sustainability |
General Manager, Investor Relations |
Yutaka Kagami |
General Manager, Corporate Development |
Manager, Corporate Development |
Hiroshi Kanamori |
General Manager, Corporate Governance |
General Manager, Board of Directors Office |
5.Retirement of Officers (as of December 31, 2021)
Name |
New* 3 |
Current |
Yoshiaki Kuroda |
Executive Vice President, Representative Director of the Board of NPCS |
Managing Executive Officer, CAO* 4
|
Masuo Kida |
President of Nippon Paint |
Managing Executive Officer President of Nippon Paint |
Takeshi Shiotani |
President of Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings President of Nippon Paint Marine Coatings |
Managing Executive Officer President of Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings |
Seiichiro Shirahata |
Advisor |
Managing Executive Officer President of Nippon Paint Marine Coatings |
Kohei Tsushima |
Retired |
Managing Executive Officer Overseas Business (Excluding Asia) |
Satoshi Nishimura |
President of Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals |
Executive Officer President of Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals |
Jiang Hong |
Managing Corporate Officer of NPCS, Japan Group CTO* 5
NIPSEA Group CTO |
Managing Corporate Officer Nippon Paint Japan Group CTO NIPSEA Group CTO |
Hiroyuki Ishino |
Managing Corporate Officer of NPCS, Japan Group CIO* 6
|
Managing Corporate Officer CIO |
Takeshi Ohnishi |
Retired |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning |
Yukiko Endo |
Retired |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Human Resources |
Hidetsumu Okada |
Corporate Officer of NPCS |
Corporate Officer General Manager, Supply Chain Planning |
Kazuya Fujiwara |
Corporate Officer of NPCS |
Corporate Officer General Manager, ESG Promotion |
*3:New positions will be appointed on January 1, 2022.
*4:Chief Administrative Officer
*5:Chief Technology Officer
*6:Chief Information Officer