SATO : Announces Key Organization and Leadership Changes

SATO Holdings Corporation announced the following organization and leadership changes effective April 1, 2024.

1. Organization

• Set up an Internal Audit Department
• Established a new "Our 100th" Project Office, looking ahead to the company's 100th anniversary
• Assigned the responsibility of business process reform to executive officer
• Established a new position managing corporate communications
• Reorganized general affairs functions

2. Leadership

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Name	New position	Former position
Fusaaki Matsumoto	Executive Officer CFO	Executive Officer CFO and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
Yoshimi Abe	Executive Officer Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Oversees business process reform	Senior Expert, Audit Dept. (Japan)
Miki Takei	Executive Officer Corporate Communications Officer	Executive Officer Global Marketing Officer
Hayato Shindo	Vice President Oversees global business, SATO Corporation	Vice President Oversees global business Regional Operations Officer for Europe and Oceania
Yuji Shimizu	Executive Officer Oversees global business management, SATO Corporation	Executive Officer Global Operations Officer overseeing business management
Hironori Onishi	Executive Officer Oversees global sales, SATO Corporation	Executive Officer Regional Operations Officer for Asia
Tomoyuki Kumabayashi	Executive Officer Oversees global sales companies and alliance strategies, SATO Corporation	Oversees business innovation labs
Hideyuki Hashimoto	Executive Officer Oversees Argox, PJM and primary labels businesses, SATO Corporation	Executive Officer Regional Operations Officer for Argox, PJM and global primary labels businesses
Satoshi Sakurada	Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Mechatronics, SATO Corporation	Senior Manager, Global Business Processes Reform Task Force
Hirotaka Wada	Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Labels, SATO Corporation	Executive Officer General Manager of Production and RFID Business, SATO Corporation
Jun Kono	Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.	Senior Expert, Corporate Planning Dept.
Yoshifumi Kiyohara	Senior Manager, Internal Audit Dept.	Senior Manager, Audit Dept. (Japan)
Maiko Tsuge	Senior Manager, "Our 100th" Project Office	Senior Manager, Public Relations Dept.
Takuya Yokota	Senior Manager, Human Resources Dept.	Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
Asako Takahashi	Senior Manager, Global Human Resources Dept.	Manager, HR Operations Group
Shinichi Takagi	Senior Manager, IR Dept.	Senior Manager, Sustainability Promotion Dept.
Kazushige Yamamoto	Senior Manager, Public Relations Dept.	Manager, Sales Planning Group, SATO Corporation
Takashi Matsuda	Senior Manager, General Affairs Dept.	Oversees Sales Operations, SATO Corporation
Tetsuya Takashima	Senior Manager, Sustainability Promotion Dept.	Senior Expert, Sustainability Promotion Dept.

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