ITOCHU Corporation Announces Management Changes, Effective April 1, 2017
February 23, 2017
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ITOCHU Corporation announced the appointment of Hiroyuki Tanaka as General Manager, Grain, Feed & Oilseeds Department from the current position of FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC. VICE PRESIDENT & CFO HARALD INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE ALIMENTOS S.A.; Masami Sueta as Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Fresh Food Division from the current position of Director and Deputy General Manager, Shanghai Zhongxin Marketing Development Co.,Ltd.; Ken Suzuki as Senior Officer, Forest Products & General Merchandise Division from the current position of General Manager, Forest Products & General Merchandise Department No.1; Noriyasu Inoue as General Manager, Forest Products & General Merchandise Department No.1 from the current position of Senior Officer, Forest Products & General Merchandise Division; Tadahiro Kiyosu as General Manager, Forest Products & General Merchandise Department No.3 from the current position of Deputy General Manager, Forest Products & General Merchandise Department No.1; Hiroshi Kajiwara as Deputy Chief Operating Officer, ICT Division from the current position of General Manager, Communication & Mobile Business Department; Masato Horiuchi as General Manager, Information Technology Business Department from the current position of Deputy General Manager, Information Technology Business Department; Atsushi Hashimoto as General Manager, Communication & Mobile Business Department; Fintech Development Section ICT & Financial Business Company from the current position of Deputy General Manager, Plannning & Administration Department; Tokuichiro Yoshimura as Senior Officer, Financial & Insurance Business Division from the current position of Deputy CFO, ICT & Financial Business Company; Manager, Risk Management & Affiliate Administration Section ICT & Financial Business Company; Kazuhiro Yamamoto as Senior Officer, Financial & Insurance Business Division from the current position of Deputy General Manager, Insurance Business Department; Yasuhito Kawauchino as General Manager, Insurance Business Department from the current position of Executive Officer, HOKEN NO MADOGUCHI GROUP INC.; Kazuaki Sakai as General Manager, Chemicals Department Chubu Branch; Manager, Plastics & Chemicals Section from the current position of ITOCHU PLASTICS INC. KYOEI DENKI LTD. DIRECTOR; Atsushi Tano as General Manager, Food Department Chubu Branch; Manager, Foodstuff Section from the current position of Deputy General Manager, Food Products Marketing & Distribution Department; Manager, Osaka Food Products Marketing & Disutribution Section; Jun Horiguchi as General Manager, Planning & Development Department; General Manager, Energy, Metals & Minerals Department; Chugoku & Shikoku Branch from the current position of Manager, Energy Division Planning & Administration Section; Monitoring & Review Section; Shinichi Kanamori as General Manager, Food Department, Hokkaido Branch; Manager, Foodstuff Section; Manager, Food Marketing & Distribution Section from the current position of NIPPON ACCESS, INC.; Yoshito Okada as General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Sucursal Argentina from the current position of General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Warszawa Branch; Kenichi Theatomi as General Manager,ITOCHU Corporation, Warszawa Branch; Koichi Mori as Deputy CEO for Middle East Bloc, ITOCHU Corporation Middle East Headquarters; ITOCHU Middle East FZE; General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Amman Liaison Office from the current position of President, ITOCHU Middle East FZE; Toshihide Doi as General Manager for Saudi Arabia Area; General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Saudi Arabia Branch General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Al Khobar Office from the current position of Executive Officer, YANASE & Co., Ltd; Hirokazu Inden as GeneralManager, ITOCHU Corporation, Manila Branch from the current position of Plant Project, Marine & Aerospace Division; Hirozumi Morishige as General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation Yangon Branch from the current position of Deputy General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation Yangon Branch; Akira Matsui as General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Colombo Liaison Office from the current position of ITOCHU Plantech Inc.; Masahiko Okihara as Representative, General Manager, ITOCHU Corporation, Dhaka Liaison Office from the current position of Managing Director, SUNLINE SANKEI YOKOHAMA (H.K.) COMPANY LIMITED.; Masayuki Nakagawa as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for All CIS Countries; General Director, ITOCHU Corporation, Moscow Representative Office from the current position of Deputy Chief Operating Officer for All CIS Countries. The changes are effective on April 1, 2017.
Itochu Corporation is a diversified group organized around 8 areas of activity:
- distribution of food products (34.9% of net sales): frozen food, vegetable oil, sweeteners, sugars, etc.;
- distribution of hydrocarbons (23.3%): hydrocarbons (natural gas, oil products, bioethanol, etc.). The group also develops manufacturing of chemical products activity;
- manufacturing and sale of industrial and construction machines, vehicles and ships (9.7%);
- production of metals and coal (8.5%);
- sale of consumer products (8.4%). The group also develops forest products sale and real estate development activities;
- distribution of computing and telecommunication equipments (7%): data transmission, Internet access, media content broadcasting and mobile telephony equipments. The group also offers financial services;
- sale of textile products (3.6%);
- other (4.6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (79.5%), Singapore (5.4%), the United States (4.5%), Australia (3.1%), China (2.8%) and other (4.7%).