KARIYA, Japan -- DENSO Corp. has announced several management changes, voted upon yesterday at the company’s shareholders meeting. The following changes were effective as of June 25.

New Directors appointed to the Board:

• Koichi Fukaya, Vice Chairman (from President and CEO)
• Nobuaki Katoh, President and CEO (from Senior Managing Director)
• Hiromi Tokuda, Executive Vice President (from Senior Managing Director)
• Hikaru Sugi, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)
• Shinji Shirasaki, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)

New Managing Officers:

• Yoshiki Sekiguchi, Managing Officer (from General Manager of Sales Planning Department)
• Hiroyuki Murayama, Managing Officer (from General Manager of Corporate ePF Department)
• Hitoshi Tasaka, Managing Officer (from General Manager of ITS Engineering Department 2)
• Koji Arima, Managing Officer (from President of DENSO Manufacturing Italia S.p.A.)
• Katsuhisa Shimokawa, Managing Officer (from Chief Planner of Powertrain Control Systems Business Planning Center)
• Tatsuya Toyoda, Managing Officer (from General Manager of Daian New Plant Project Department)

Board of Director and Managing Officer retirements include:

• Oyuki Ogawa (from Executive Vice President)
• Masatoshi Ano (from Senior Managing Director)
• Sakae Kitazawa (from Managing Officer)

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