Announcement of Changes in Representative Directors and Executive Officers
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. announces that, at the NSG Board of Directors held today, the below-mentioned changes in the positions of Representative Directors and Executive Officers were officially approved.
1. Changes in Representative Directors
* Changes are underlined
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Name
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New Title
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Former Title
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Katsuji Fujimoto
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Representative Director, President & CEO
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Representative Director, President
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Stuart Chambers
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Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO
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Director, Executive Vice President
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2. Profile of a newly appointed Representative Director
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Name
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Stuart Chambers
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Birth date
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May 25, 1956
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Profile
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July 1996
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Joined Pilkington plc ( Now Pilkington Group Limited )
Group Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Building Products
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August 1998
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Managing Director, Primary Products Europe
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June 2000
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President, Building Products Worldwide ( incumbent )
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January 2001
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Executive Director ( incumbent )
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May 2002
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Group Chief Executive ( incumbent )
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June 2006
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Director, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )
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April 2007
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Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )
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June 2007
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Director, Executive Vice President, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )
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3. Date of personnel changes
October 1, 2007
4. Purpose of personnel changes
With effect from April 2007, NSG established an integrated global Flat Glass business, covering all of the Group’s Building Products and Automotive operations worldwide.
This integration is making excellent progress. Now, NSG Group’s Specialty Glass business, comprising the Information Technology and Glass Fiber businesses will also be integrated into the new global organization.
To advance the processes of integration and globalization, we have created the new management positions of Group Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) and Group Chief Operating Officer ( COO ). In this way, we will ensure that we leverage all available expertise and experience in the management of a truly international company. These changes are intended to strengthen further the senior management structure of the NSG Group to enable us to achieve the objectives of the Group’s Vision and Medium-Term Plan.
5. Changes in Executive Officers
Senior Executive Officer (newly appointed) Clemens Miller
Inauguration date : October 1, 2007
6. Changes in delegations and responsibilities of Executive Officers
Details of changes
* Changes are underlined
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Name
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From October 1, 2007
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Now
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Stuart Chambers
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Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO,
Head of Flat Glass Business
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Director, Executive Vice President, Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line
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Mark Lyons
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Senior Executive Officer, Head of BP Business Line
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Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of BP Regional Operations, BP Business Line
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Clemens Miller
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Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of BP Europe, BP Business Line
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(Managing Director, Fire Protection, Pilkington plc.)
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Effective as of October 1, 2007
(Reference)
Directors, statutory auditors and Executive Officers after these changes (effective as of October 1, 2007):
1. Directors (12)
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Representative Director/Chairman
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Yozo Izuhara
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Director Vice Chairman
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Tomoaki Abe
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Representative Director
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Katsuji Fujimoto
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Representative Director
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Masakuni Nitta
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Representative Director
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Stuart Chambers
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Director
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Hiroyoshi Koshiba
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Director
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Pat Zito
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Director
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Mike Powell
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Director
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Takeshi Horiguchi
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Director
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Takashi Murakami
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External Director
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Noritaka Kurauchi
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External Director
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Kozo Okumura
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2. Statutory Auditors (5)
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Statutory Auditor (full time)
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Togo Tanaka
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Statutory Auditor (full time)
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Naotaka Todoroki
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Statutory Auditor
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Kowashi Watanabe
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Statutory Auditor
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Akihiko Nakamura
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Statutory Auditor
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Isao Watanabe
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3. Executive Officers
(24: * indicates that the said Executive Officer serves concurrently as a director).
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* President and CEO
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Katsuji Fujimoto
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* Executive Vice President and COO
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Stuart Chambers
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Head of Flat Glass Business
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* Executive Vice President
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Masakuni Nitta
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Senior Executive Officer
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Kazuyuki Izumi
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* Senior Executive Officer
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Hiroyoshi Koshiba
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General Manger of Corporate Finance Dept., Corporate Headquarters
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Senior Executive Officer
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Toshikazu Kondo
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General Manager of R&D Dept., Corporate Headquarters
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* Senior Executive Officer
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Pat Zito
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Head of Automotive Business Line
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* Senior Executive Officer
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Mike Powell
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General Manger of Business Finance Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
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Senior Executive Officer
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Tim Izzett
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General Manager of Corporate Human Resources Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Human Resources Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
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Senior Executive Officer
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Vito Sassanelli
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Deputy General Manager of Production, Automotive Business Line
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Senior Executive Officer
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Stephen Pownall
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General Manager of Corporate Information Systems Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Information Systems Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
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* Senior Executive Officer
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Takeshi Horiguchi
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General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Headquarters
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Senior Executive Officer
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Paul McKeon
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General Manager of Manufacturing Operations & Technology and General Manager of Float manufacturing Div. of Manufacturing Operations & Technology, BP Business Line
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Senior Executive Officer
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Clemens Miller
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General Manager of BP Europe, BP Business Line
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* Senior Executive Officer
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Takashi Murakami
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Head of Speciality Glass Material Business
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Senior Executive Officer
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Mark Lyons
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Head of BP Business Line
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Senior Executive Officer
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Tom Rae
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General Manager of Procurement Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
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Executive Officer
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Minoru Imanishi
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General Manager of BP Japan and General Manager of Sales Div., BP Business Line
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Executive Officer
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Tony Shaw
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Deputy General Manger of Region VP, Automotive Business Line
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Executive Officer
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Tsunefumi Nakagawa
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General Manager of GF Business Line, Speciality Glass Material Business
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Executive Officer
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Toshiyuki Nakazawa
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General Manager of Corporate General Affairs Dept., Corporate Headquarters
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Executive Officer
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Keiji Yoshikawa
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Head of IT Business Line and General Manager of Planning Office, Speciality Glass Material Business
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Executive Officer
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Paul Ruddlesdin
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Deputy General Manager of OE Sales & Marketing, Automotive Business Line
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Executive Officer
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Vittore de Leonibus
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General Manager of Engineering Div., BP Business Line
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