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Notification of Organizational and Personnel Changes, including Executive Officer
Rinnai Corporation hereby announces the following changes to its organization, executive officers, and general managers.
- 1Organizational Changes (effective April 1, 2023)
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- The Group 3 Product Development Division will be established under the Research & Development Headquarters in order to strengthen our system for developing environmentally friendly products.
- The Component Technology Development Division (under the Research & Development Headquarters) will be renamed the Technology Development Division, and the New Business Strategy Section will come under that division.
- 2Personnel Changes
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(1) Executive Officer Promotions (effective April 1, 2023)
Name New Title Current Title Hideyuki Shiraki Senior Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Kazuto Inoue Senior Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Hirohisa Ooi Managing Executive Officer Senior Executive Officer Takuya Ogawa Managing Executive Officer Senior Executive Officer Yoshihiko Takasu Managing Executive Officer Senior Executive Officer Hayao Nishizawa Senior Executive Officer Executive Officer (2) Executive Officer Appointments (effective April 1, 2023)
Name New Title Current Title Daisuke Naito Executive Officer General Manager of Business Strategy Division, Overseas Business Headquarters (3) Executive Officer Retirements (effective March 31, 2023)
Name Current Title Post-retirement Masanori Shimizu Senior Executive Officer Assistant to General Manager of Quality Assurance Headquarters Kazuhiko Matsumoto Executive Officer President of Rinnai Precision Co., Ltd. (4) Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility (effective April 1, 2023)
Name New Title Current Title Executive President Hiroyasu Naito Executive Vice President Tsunenori Narita (unchanged) President's assistant Senior Managing Executive Officer Hideyuki Shiraki* (unchanged) General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarters Kazuto Inoue* (unchanged) General Manager of Production Engineering Headquarters Managing Executive Officer Chuji Nakashima General Manager of Quality Assurance Headquarters General Manager of Research & Development Headquarters, and General Manager of Technical Management Division Hirohisa Ooi* (unchanged) General Manager of Production Headquarters Takuya Ogawa* (unchanged) General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters Yoshihiko Takasu* General Manager of Research & Development Headquarters, and General Manager of Technical Management Division General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters Senior Executive Officer Kenichi Ebata (unchanged) General Manager of President's Office, and General Manager of General Affairs Division Hayao Nishizawa* General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters President of Shanghai Rinnai Co., Ltd. Executive Officer Katsunori Tanioka (unchanged) General Manager of Chubu Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Hiroyuki Hoyano (unchanged) General Manager of Kanto Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Atsuo Kashima (unchanged) General Manager of Accounting Division Daisuke Naito** Deputy General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters General Manager of Business Strategy Division, Overseas Business Headquarters Kenji Endo (unchanged) President of RB Controls Co., Ltd. and President of Noto Tech Co., Ltd. *Promotion **Newly appointed
(5) General Manager Changes (effective April 1, 2023)
Name New Title Current Title Keiichi Mizutani General Manager of Quality Assurance Division, Quality Assurance Headquarters General Manager of Group 2 Product Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters Kazuyuki Akagi General Manager of Group 2 Product Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Component Technology Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters Yasuhira Hayashi General Manager of Group 3 Product Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Group 1 Product Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters Yasunobu Takemoto General Manager of Technology Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters General Manager of New Business Strategy Section, Research & Development Headquarters Seiichi Muto General Manager of Product Technology Development Division, Production Engineering Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Product Technology Development Division, Production Engineering Headquarters Naoki Oshima General Manager of Production Engineering Development Division, Production Engineering Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Production Engineering Development Division, Production Engineering Headquarters Hirofumi Hibi General Manager of Kyushu Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters General Manager of Shizuoka Branch, Chubu Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Shigetoshi Ito General Manager of Shizuoka Branch, Chubu Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters General Manager of Okayama Sales Office, Chugoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Yutaka Saito General Manager of Minami-Kanto Branch, Kanto Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Manager of Broad Area Sales Office, Kanto Branch Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Teruaki Tsuji General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Toshiharu Takeuchi General Manager of Customer Center Management Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Customer Center Management Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Takanori Oka General Manager of Group 1 Sales Management Division, Overseas Business Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Group 1 Sales Management Division, Overseas Business Headquarters Naoya Okada Deputy General Manager of Business Strategy Division, Overseas Business Headquarters Manager of Business Strategy Division, Overseas Business Headquarters Naoto Kanezaki General Manager of Business Administration & IR Division and General Manager of Management Support System Division, Corporate Planning Headquarters Deputy General Manager of Business Administration & IR Division and Deputy General Manager of Management Support System Division, Corporate Planning Headquarters (6) Personnel Changes of Group Companies (effective April 1, 2023)
Name New Title Current Title Shinjiro Sato President of Rinnai Net Co., Ltd. Deputy General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters Yoshinori Tanaka President of Shanghai Rinnai Co., Ltd. President of Rinnai Taiwan Corporation Yuichi Kitada President of Rinnai Taiwan Corporation Executive Vice President of Guangzhou Rinnai Gas and Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
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