News Releases
Notification of Personnel and Organizational Changes,
including Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility
Rinnai Corporation will be implementing the following personnel and organizational changes, including Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility.
1. Organizational Changes (effective April 1)
The Business Planning Division will be newly established. The Division will plan for new businesses.
The Production Engineering Division will split off from the Production Headquarters.
The Product Development Division I to handle water heaters and home heaters and the Product Development Division II to handle kitchen appliances, under Research & Development Headquarters, will be integrated into the Product Development Division.
2. Executive Officer Changes
(1) Newly assigned (effective April 1)
| Name | New Title | (Current Title) |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Ellis | Managing Executive Officer | (President of Rinnai Australia Pty., Ltd.) |
| Koji Fujioka | Executive Officer | (General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters) |
(2) Resignation (effective March 31)
| Name | Current Title | After Resignation |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzo Yoshida | Managing Executive Officer General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters, and President of Rinnai America Corporation. |
Assistant to General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters, and President of Rinnai America Corporation. |
3. Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility (effective April 1)
| Name | New Title | Current Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President and Executive Officer | Hiroyasu Naito | ||
| Executive Vice President | Tsunenori Narita | President's assistant | President's assistant In charge of Production Headquarters and Overseas Business Headquarters |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Masao Kosugi | General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters | General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters, and General Manager of Corporate Planning Division In charge of Administration Headquarters |
| Yuji Kondo | General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters, and General Manager of Group3 Sales & Marketing Division In charge of Business Planning Division |
General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarters In charge of Research & Development Headquarters |
|
| Managing Executive Officer | Terumasa Kaneko | General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarters | Deputy General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarters, and General Manager of Tohoku Branch |
| Kinji Mori | General Manager of Research & Development Headquarters, and General Manager of Technology Administration Division |
General Manager of Research & Development Headquarters | |
| Yasuo Koketsu | General Manager of Administration Headquarters | General Manager of Administration Headquarters, and General Manager of Accounting Division | |
| ○ Greg Ellis | (continue) | President of Rinnai Australia Pty., Ltd. | |
| Executive Officer | Fuminobu Ishikawa | General Manager of Production Headquarters, and General Manager of Production Control Division | General Manager of Production Headquarters |
| Chuji Nakashima | General Manager of Product Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters | General Manager of Product Development Division I, Research & Development Headquarters | |
| Shinji Tanaka | General Manager of Group1 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters | General Manager of Group1 Sales & Marketing Division and Group2 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters | |
| Kazuhiko Matsumoto | (continue) | General Manager of Seto Factory, Production Headquarters | |
| Kenji Endo | (continue) | General Manager of Quality Assurance Headquarters, General Manager of Environment Division | |
| Masanori Shimizu | (continue) | General Manager of Technology Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters | |
| Kazuto Inoue | General Manager of Production Engineering Division |
Deputy General Manager of Production Headquarters, and General Manager of Production Control Division | |
| Hideyuki Shiraki | (continue) | General Manager of Kanto Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | |
| ○ Koji Fujioka | (continue) | General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | |
| Katsuhiko Shinji | (continue) | President of Shanghai Rinnai Co., Ltd. |
○ Newly assigned
4. Personnel Changes (effective April 1)
| Name | New Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|
| Masanobu Inomata | General Manager of Business Planning Division | General Manager of Product Development Division II, Research & Development Headquarters |
| Katsunori Tanioka | General Manager of Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | General Manager of Hokkaido Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters |
| Junya Toyama | General Manager of Hokkaido Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | General Manager of Sapporo Semi-Branch, Hokkaido Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters |
| Taku Inoue | General Manager of Kitatohoku Branch, Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | General Manager of Morioka Sales Office, Kitatohoku Branch, Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters |
| Toshio Shinmura | General Manager of Hyogo Sales Office, Kansai branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | General Manager of Hokuriku Sales Office, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters |
| Yoichi Omura | General Manager of Hokuriku Sales Office, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters | General Manager of Gifu Sales Office, Tokai branch, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters |
| Yoshikazu Tanaka | Deputy General Manager of Group2 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters | President of Rinnai Viet Nam Co., Ltd. |
| Kenji Horaya | General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Headquarters | General Manager of of Technology Administration Division, Research & Development Headquarters |
| Atsuo Kashima | General Manager of Accounting Division, Administration Headquarters | Deputy General Manager of Accounting Division, Administration Headquarters |
| Kenichi Ebata | General Manager of Administration Division, Administration Headquarters |
General Manager of Personnel Affairs Division, Administration Headquarters |
| Takuya Ogawa | General Manager of Personnel Affairs Division, and Corporate Communication Division, Administration Headquarters | General Manager of Administration Division, and Corporate Communication Division, Administration Headquarters |
5. Personnel Changes of Group Companies (effective April 1)
| Name | New Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fumio Murazeki | Chairman, GASTAR Co., Ltd. | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and the Company President, Representative Director of TOKYO GAS LIQUID HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. |
| Takashi Nagasaka | President of GASTAR Co., Ltd. | Executive Vice President of GASTAR Co., Ltd. |
| Hirohisa Ohi | President of RB Controls Co., Ltd. and President of Noto Tech Co., Ltd. |
Senior Managing Director, RB Controls Co., Ltd. and President of Noto Tech Co., Ltd. |
| Takeshi Umemura | President of Rinnai Precision Co., Ltd. | President of RT Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Shozo Hotta | President of RT Engineering Co., Ltd. | General Manager of Production Engineering Division, Production Headquarters, Rinnai Corporation |
| Hayao Nishizawa | Executive Vice President of Shanghai Rinnai Co., Ltd. | President of Rinnai Taiwan Corporation |
| Naohito Shibata | President of Rinnai Viet Nam Co., Ltd. | Deputy General Manager of Group3 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters, Rinnai Corporation |
| Yoshinori Tanaka | President of Rinnai Taiwan Corporation | Manager, Group3 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters, Rinnai Corporation |
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Note: The information contained herein is valid as of the date of release. Please be aware that certain details may change or be made irrelevant by circumstances that emerge at a later date.