Company
Change in Representative Directors
May 15, 2014
At a meeting of the board of directors of NGK INSULATORS, LTD. held on May 15, 2014, the following change in representative directors was decided:
1. Reason for change
For continuation of business expansion, aim to renew the present organizational structure
2. Description of change
Eiji Hamamoto
Representative Director and Chairman of the Board
(Currently Representative Director and Executive Vice President)
Taku Oshima
Representative Director and President
(Currently Senior Vice President)
Taro Kato
Executive Corporate Advisor
(Currently Representative Director and President)
3. Date of appointment
New directors will be appointed at a meeting of the board of directors to be held following the annual shareholders' meeting scheduled for June 27, 2014.
4. Profile
New Chairman of the Board
Name: Eiji Hamamoto
Date of birth: July 20, 1949
Place of birth: Aichi Prefecture
Education: March 1973 Graduated from the School of Economics, Nagoya University
Employment history: March 1973 Joined NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
June 1999 Director
June 2001 Managing Director
June 2005 Director and Senior Vice President
June 2007 Representative Director and Executive Vice President
June 2014 Representative Director and Chairman of the Board (planned)
New President
Name: Taku Oshima
Date of birth: July 14, 1956
Place of birth: Tokyo
Education: March 1980 Graduated from the School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Employment history: March 1980 Joined NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
June 2007 Vice President
June 2011 Senior Vice President
June 2014 Representative Director and President (planned)