DENSO : Announces Organization and Personnel Changes

For Immediate Release

December 23, 2021

DENSO Announces Organization and Personnel Changes

KARIYA, Japan. (Dec. 23 2021) - DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced changes to its organization and personnel, effective January 1, 2022.

Regarding the changes of organization and executive structure, please refer the news release announced on 3thDecember 2021.

1. Organizational changes

Organization	Changes
Names
Divisions that Report
Directly to the	・Newly establish the New Business Development Dept..
President
Research &	・Newly establish the HMI R&I Dept. inside the Advanced Research and
Development Center	Innovation Center.
Monozukuri Group	・Newly establish the Industrial Solution QA Dept. inside the Industrial Solution
Business Unit.
OEM Sales &	・Newly establish the Sales Strategy Promotion Div..
Marketing Group
	・Newly establish the Electrified Energy Management Systems Chief
	Engineer Dept. and the Electrified Energy Management Systems Business
	Strategy Dept.. These two departments will oversee the development and
	planning of all businesses across the Powertrain Systems Business Group, the
	Electrification Systems Business Group and the Thermal Systems Business
	Group.
	[Powertrain Systems Business Group]
	・The four business units (Commercial Vehicle & Off-Highway Powertrain
Powertrain Systems	Business Unit, Passenger Vehicle Powertrain Business Unit, Exhaust
Aftertreatment Systems Business Unit, Mechatronics Components Business
Business Group,	Unit) will be reorganized into the Injection Components Business Unit and
Electrification
the Engine Components Business Unit.
Systems Business
・FC System Business Development Div. will be reorganized into the Energy
Group, Thermal
Solution Development Div., and integrated into the Powertrain Systems
Systems Business
Business Group.
Group
	[Electrification Systems Business Group]
	・Newly establish the Electrification Systems Testing & Evaluation Div..
	・Newly establish the Business Core Planning Dept. inside the Motor Business
	Unit.
	[Thermal Systems Business Group]
	・Newly establish the Heat Exchanger R&D Div., the R&D Strategy Promotion
	Dept., the Sales Expansion Strategy Dept., and the Core Product Reborn
	Dept. inside the Passenger Vehicle Thermal Systems Business Unit.

- more -

	・Change its name of the Mobility Systems Business Group to the Mobility
	Electronics Business Group.
Mobility Systems	・Information and Communications Technology Business Unit will be reorganized
and integrated into the Electronics Platform & Software Function Unit and the
Business Group
Cockpit Systems Business Unit.
	・Newly establish the Mobility Computer System Management Dept. inside
	the Electronics Business Unit.
Sensing Systems	・Newly establish the Advanced Devices Business Group. This group
Business Unit,
encompasses the Sensing Systems Business Unit, the Semiconductor Business
Semiconductor
Unit, and the Mechatronics Systems Business Unit. The Advanced Devices
Business Unit,
Planning Div., which will be reported to Advanced Devices Business Group, will
Mechatronics
be newly established to plan products that combine mechatronic components
Systems Business
with sensors and semiconductors.
Unit

2. Changes of responsibility of Senior Directors (Only changes are indicated.) The following changes will be effective January 1, 2022

Changes are underlined, ○Newly-appointed

Name

New

Current

Sales Planning Dept., Sales

Sales Planning Dept., Global Sales

Strategy Promotion Div., Overseas

Promotion Dept., Overseas

Yuji Ishizuka

Business Development Dept.,

Business Development Dept., OEM

Europe and North, Central and

of Europe and America

South America Sales

Global R&D of Research &

Technology Planning Div.,

Development Center, CT Preparation

Kazuoki Matsugatani

Intellectual Property Div., Design Div.,

Dept., Engineering Development

Marketing Office, Deputy Head of IT

Promotion Div., Intellectual Property

Digital Center

Div., Design Div., Marketing Office,

Deputy Head of IT Digital Center

Electronics Business Unit, Electronics

of AD & ADAS Business Unit, Mobility

Hiroshi Kondo

Head of AD & ADAS Business Unit

Systems Testing & Evaluation Div.,

Electronics Platform Hardware R&D

Div.

Head of Engine Components

Head of Exhaust Aftertreatment

Tatsushi Nakashima

Business Unit, Director of Energy

System Business Unit, Director of FC

Solution Development Div.

System Business Development Div.

Kazutada Yamada

Director of CV&OH Div.

Director of Tokyo Sales Div.

Yasuhisa Sakurai

Chubu Sales Div., Hiroshima Sales

CEO Div., Corporate Strategy Div.

Div., Corporate Planning Dept.

(Corporate Strategy Dept.)

Head of Business Planning in

Head of Business Planning in Mobility

Mobility Electronics Business

Masanori Sugiura

System Business Group, Mobility

Group, Mobility Electronics

Systems Business Planning Div.

Business Planning Div.

Head of Quality in Industrial

Koichi Nagaya

Solution Business Unit, General

DX Promotion of Monozukuri Group

Manager of Industrial Solution QA

Dept.

Koto-Business of Mobility

Koto-Business of Mobility Systems

Electronics Business Group,

Business Group, Technology

Norio Fujimori

Technology Development of

Development of Electronics Platform

Electronics Platform & Software

& Software Function Unit

Function Unit

Head of Mechatronics Systems

Head of Mechatronics Components

Eiichi Kurokawa

Business Unit, Head of Sensing

Business Unit, Head of Sensing

Systems Business Unit

Systems Business Unit

Head of Passenger Vehicle Thermal

Head of Engineering in Passenger

Toshihiko Muraki

Vehicle Thermal Systems Business

Systems Business Unit

Unit

Head of Manufacturing in Powertrain

Director of Powertrain Production

Yukihiro Kato

Systems Business Group, Director

Eng. & Development Div. ,Nishio /

of Injection Components

Zenmyo Project in Powertrain

Manufacturing Management Div.

Systems Business Group

Engineering Development

Executive Vice President of DENSO

Masashi Kiyono

Promotion Div., Systems

AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH

Development for Smart City Div.

Head of Safety. Quality &

Director of Quality Control Div.,

Hideshi Takemura

Environment Center, Director of

Safety Health & Environment Div.,

Quality Control Div., President of

President of DENSO Abashiri Test

DENSO Abashiri Test Center

Center

Director of Cloud Service R&D Div.,

DX Promotion of Mobility Systems

Takeshi Narisako

Cloud Software of Electronics

Business Group, Director of Cloud

Platform & Software Function Unit

Service R&D Div.

Takashi Kurosaka

Director of Toyota Sales Div., Sales

Director of Toyota Sales Div., Sales

Engineering Dept., Osaka Sales Div.

Engineering Dept.

Head of Technology Development in

Koji Watanabe

AD & ADAS Business Unit

, Mobility

Head of AD & ADAS Business Unit

Electronics Testing & Evaluation

Div.

Head of Manufacturing in Advanced

Director of Mechatronics

Tomoyuki Hatano

Devices Business Group, Director of

Manufacturing Div.,

Mechatronics Systems

One Daian Project of Powertrain

Manufacturing Div.

Systems Business Group

Mitsuru Kato

General Manager of New Business

General Manager of CEO Dept.

Development Dept.

Director of Finance & Accounting Div.,

Director of Finance & Accounting

Yoshimasa Shinoda

Corporate Planning Dept.

, Corporate

Div., Corporate Strategy Div.

Strategy Div.

Human Resources Planning Div.,

Director of Human Resources

Yusuke Hara

Human Resources Div.,

Planning Div.,

Human Resources Development

Human Resources Development

○ Koji Kondo

Head of Electronics Business Unit

Head of Electronics Business Unit

○ Giuseppe Zippo

COO of South America Region,

COO of South America Region,

President of DENSO Do Brasil LTDA.

President of DENSO Do Brasil LTDA.

3. Resignation of Senior Directors (Appointment as Senior Advisor)

• Nobuaki Kawahara
• Yutaka Yamanouchi
• Hiroaki Ishikawa
• Satoshi Inukai
• Shinya Nishihata
• Shoji Izumi

About DENSO Corporation

DENSO is a $44.6 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 200 facilities to produce thermal, powertrain, mobility, electrification, & electronic systems, to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's 168,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent

10.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en

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