№SBF0379 (December 10,2015)
Notification concerning Organizational Changes and Executive Appointments
Suntory Beverage & Food Limited (President: Nobuhiro Torii) hereby notifies you about the following organizational changes and executive appointments.
Organizational Changes Effective April 1, 2016
●Reorganization of the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance & Technology Department and the Suntory Foods Limited, Quality Assurance Department
We will merge the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance & Technology Department with the Suntory Foods Limited, Quality Assurance Department and newly establish the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance Division. The purpose of this move is to build a thoroughgoing quality assurance system with a view to integrating all domestic quality assurance activities and promoting quality assurance activities abroad.
●New Establishment of Suntory Beverage Solution Limited
Please refer to 'Notice Concerning Establishment of a Subsidiary
for the Full-line Beverage Service Business ' (News Release No.SBF0378)
Executive Appointments
●Suntory Beverage & Food Limited
Director, Corporate Auditor: Scheduled for late March, 2016
Executive Officer: As of April 1, 2016
New Position | Former Position (All are positions at Suntory Beverage & Food Limited unless otherwise noted) | Continued Position (All are positions at Suntory Beverage & Food Limited unless otherwise noted) | Name |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board | ― | Saburo Kogo |
In charge of Risk Management | ― | Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Business Administration Division | Nobuhiro Kurihara |
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Beverage & Food Business Division | Managing Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Supply Chain Management Division Senior General Manager, Supply Chain Management Department, Suntory Business Expert Limited | ― | Yukio Okizaki |
Director, Member of the Board | President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | ― | Nobuhiro Torii |
Director, Member of the Board | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, In charge of R & D Production | President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Suntory Products Limited | Yoshihiko Kakimi |
Director, Member of the Board | Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, Division COO, Overall Sales & Marketing Division, Suntory Foods Limited | ― | Hachiro Naiki |
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | Managing Executive Officer, Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division, Suntory Holdings Limited | ― | Kozo Chiji |
In charge of Research & Technology Development Division | ― | Managing Executive Officer, Division COO, Production & Supply Chain Management Division , Division COO, Beverage & Food Business Division, Production Planning & Development Department | Yuji Sawa |
Managing Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate Planning Division Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division | Executive Officer, Division COO, Business Management & Monitoring Department, Suntory Holdings Limited | ― | Haruhisa Inada |
Managing Executive Officer, Division COO, Quality Assurance Division | Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Quality Assurance & Technology Department | ― | Takashi Nakamura |
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department | Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department | ― | Atsushi Inoue |
Leaving | Director, Member of the Board President, Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director, Suntory Beverage Service Limited | ― | Yasuhiko Kamada |
Leaving | Director, Member of the Board | Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board In charge of Group Strategy Planning Division, Finance & Accounting Division, Global Business Development Division, | Shinichiro Hizuka |
Beam Suntory Inc., Suntory Holdings Limited | |||
Leaving | Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | ― | Seiichiro Hattori |
Leaving | Managing Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division | ― | Kazuhiro Saito |
Leaving | Executive Officer, Deputy Division COO, Business Administration Division and Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department | ― | Junichi Sumikawa |
*Nobuhiro Torii will become Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited (concurrent positions)
*Yasuhiko Kamada will become Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Suntory Holdings Limited.
*Kazuhiro Saito will become Senior Advisor, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited.
●Suntory Foods Limited
New Position | Former Position (All are positions at Suntory Foods Limited unless otherwise noted) | Continued Position (All are positions at Suntory Foods Limited unless otherwise noted) | Name |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Overall Sales & Marketing Division | ― | Hachiro Naiki |
Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Nationwide Chainstores Sales Division | Executive Officer, Division COO, Nationwide Chainstores Sales Division, Suntory Liquors Limited | ― | Tsuyoshi Hamamoto |
Leaving | President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director In charge of Vending Machine | Director, Member of the Board Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | Masato Tsuchida |
Business Division, Beverage & Food Business Division, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | |||
Leaving | Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Nationwide Chainstores Sales Division, In charge of Sales Development & Marketing Promotion Division | ― | Josuke Kimura |
*Josuke Kimura will become Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited.
●Suntory Beverage Solution Limited
New Position | Former Position | Continued Position | Name |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Suntory Foods Limited In charge of Vending Machine Business Division, Beverage & Food Business Division, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | Director, Member of the Board Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | Masato Tsuchida |
*Suntory Beverage Solution Limited is new company. It is scheduled to be officially founded on April 1, 2016.
●Suntory Beverage Service Limited
New Position | Former Position (All are positions at Suntory Beverage Service Limited unless otherwise noted) | Continued Position | Name |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | Executive Officer, Deputy Division COO, Business Administration Division and Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department, Suntory Beverage & Food | ― | Junichi Sumikawa |
Limited | |||
Leaving | President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director | ― | Yasuhiko Kamada |
●Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd.
New Position | Former Position (All are positions at Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd. unless otherwise noted) | Continued Position | Name |
Chief Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | ― | Kazuhiro Saito |
Leaving | Chief Executive Officer | ― | Koushoku Boku |
*Koushoku Boku will become Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited.
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