Akebono Brake Industry : Personnel Changes Effective April 1, 2024

News Release

March 13, 2024

Akebono Brake Personnel Changes

TOKYO - Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced the following personnel changes to take effect on April 1, 2024.

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

Personnel changes at the level of Executive Officer effective April 1, 2024

Name	New responsibilities	Former responsibilities	Continuing responsibilities
Masaaki Ando	COO*¹	CMO	Member of the Board
		Head of the Automotive Sales Division	Executive Officer
		In charge, Aftermarket Division	Chairman, Akebono Corporation (Guangzhou)
		In charge, Infrastructure & Mobility Systems (AIMS) Division	Chairman, Akebono Corporation (Suzhou)
		Responsible for China Operations
Keiichi Oka	CRO*²	CPO	Executive Officer
	Responsible for North American Operations	Head of the Manufacturing Division	In charge, North American Restructuring
	President & CEO, Akebono Brake Corporation	Head of the Purchasing Division
	Chairman, Akebono Brake Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Seiji Nishimura		CTO	Executive Officer
		Head of the Research & Development Division	CQO
Katsuhisa Yuda	Responsible for Asian Operations	Responsible for North American Operations	Executive Officer
	President, Akebono Cooperation (Thailand) Co.，Ltd.	President & CEO, Akebono Brake Corporation
		Chairman, Akebono Brake Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Kiyoshi Tanaka	Executive Advisor*³	Executive Officer
		In charge, Special Assignment
Sachio Koike	Executive Advisor*⁴	Executive Officer
		Head of the Aftermarket Division
		Responsible for Asian Operations
		President, Akebono Cooperation (Thailand) Co.，Ltd.
*1 COO （Chief Operating Officer）
*2 CRO （Chief Restructuring Officer）
*3 Kiyoshi Tanaka will retire as Executive Officer effective March 31, 2024. He will take up the position of Executive Advisor.
*4 Sachio Koike will retire as Executive Officer effective March 31, 2024. He will take up the position of Executive Advisor.

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Personnel changes at the level of General Manager effective April 1, 2024

Name	New responsibilities	Former responsibilities	Continuing responsibilities
Shigeki Yatsuka	Head of the Automotive Sales Division	Deputy Responsible for European Operations	Executive leader
	Deputy Responsible for China Operations	President, Akebono Brake Slovakia s.r.o.
Tomonori Morisawa	Head of the Aftermarket Division	Vice Head of the Aftermarket Division
Hirobumi Niibori	Head of the Research & Development Division	Vice Head of the Research & Development Division
		General Manager, Research & Development Planning
		Department, Research & Development Division
Akihiro Nakata	Head of the Manufacturing Division	Vice Head of the Manufacturing Division
Kentaro Kosugi	Head of the Purchasing Division	Vice Head of the Purchasing Division	Executive leader
Tadashi Hiramatsu	Senior Manager, Administration Division	General Manager, Internal Control Office
	General Manager, Internal Control Office,
	Administration Division
Ryota Yoshida	General Manager, Quality Audit Department, Quality	General Manager, Quality Promotion Department, Quality
	Assurance Division	Assurance Division
Shinobu Hashimoto	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,	Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Corporate Planning
	Corporate Planning & Controlling Division	& Controlling Division
Taichi Kawamura	General Manager, Infrastructure & Mobility Sales	Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Mobility Systems (AIMS)	Senior Manager, Controlling Department, Corporate
	Department No.1, Infrastructure & Mobility Systems	Division	Planning & Controlling Division
	(AIMS) Division	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,
		Infrastructure & Mobility Systems (AIMS) Division
Yoichi Kawashima	General Manager, Friction Material Application	Section Manager, Friction Material Application Engineering
	Engineering Department, Research & Development	Section, Friction Material Application Engineering Department,
	Division	Research & Development Division
Naoya Hashizume	General Manager, Foundation Brake Application	Section Manager, Foundation Brake Application Engineering
	Engineering Department, Research & Development	Section, Foundation Brake Application Engineering
	Division	Department, Research & Development Division
Shigetomo Suzuki	Acting General Manager, Research & Development	Section Manager, Research & Development Planning Section,
	Planning Department, Research & Development	Research & Development Planning Department, Research &
	Division	Development Division
Nan LV	Responsible for China Operations	Deputy Responsible for China Operations
	President, Akebono Corporation (Guangzhou)
	President, Akebono Corporation (Suzhou)
Takaaki Sasaki	President, Akebono Brake Slovakia s.r.o.	General Manager, Foundation Brake Application Engineering
		Department, Research & Development Division
Yoshiaki Ogama	President, Akebono 123 Co., Ltd	Assistant to the President, Akebono 123 Co., Ltd

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