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Notice of Changes in Representative Directors
Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; Chairman and CEO: Hisashi Ietsugu) announces that it has resolved, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 7, 2023, to change the representative directors as stated below.
Changes in representative directors
| Name | New | Current |
| Kaoru Asano | President (Representative Director) |
Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer Senior Managing Director, CTO |
| Hisashi Ietsugu | Chairman and Group CEO (Representative Director) |
Chairman and CEO (Representative Director) |
Reason for change: Due to change in executive structure.
Appointment date (Scheduled)
| April 1, 2023 | ||||
Career summary of new representative director
| Name: | Kaoru Asano |
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| Date of birth: | October 19, 1958 | ||
| Education: | Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University, Division of Electronic Engineering |
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| Career: | 2021 - Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer | ||
| Senior Managing Director, CTO | |||
| 2018 - 2021 Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer | |||
| Senior Managing Director, COO LS Business Unit and CTO | |||
| 2017 - 2018 Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer | |||
| Senior Managing Director | |||
| 2015 - 2017 Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer | |||
| Managing Director | |||
| 2014 - 2015 Appointed Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer | |||
| 2013 - 2014 Appointed Senior Executive Officer | |||
| Executive Vice President of Central Research Laboratories | |||
| 2011 -2013 Appointed Executive Officer | |||
| Executive Vice President of R&D Strategic Planning | |||
| 2009 - 2011 Appointed Executive Officer | |||
| Executive Vice President of Central Research Laboratories | |||
| Aug 1987 Joined TOA Medical Electronics (presently Sysmex Corporation) | |||
| Apr 1983 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. | |||
| Mar 1983 Graduated from Osaka University | |||
| Public Offices: |
Vice Chairperson, The Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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| Vice-chairman, Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC) | |||
| Director, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe | |||
| Director, Japan Association of Medical Devices Industries | |||
| Award: | 2013 Commendation for Science and Technology (Development Category) by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | ||
| Shareholding: | 53,300 shares (as of December 31, 2022) | ||
- Information contained in the news release is current as of the date of the announcement,
but may be subject to change without prior notice.