NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723) today announced the following changes in its board membership and corporate auditors, which were approved at the meeting of the board of directors today. In addition, the company announced executive personnel changes that became effective May 7, 2007.
To Become Effective June 27, 2007
(Pending approval at the 5th ordinary general meeting of shareholders)
Note: Asterisks (*) indicate position currently held. |
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1.Board of Directors |
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New Members of the Board |
Zensuke Matsuda |
Executive Vice President* |
Yoichi Yano |
Executive Vice President and
Vice President, Microcomputer Business Unit* |
T.W. Kang |
Managing Director, Global Synergy Associates Inc.* |
Toshihiko Takahashi |
Advisor, NEC Corporation* |
Tetsuya Nakamura |
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, NEC Corporation* |
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Retiring Members of the Board |
Hideto Goto |
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Shunichi Suzuki |
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation* |
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Starting June 27, 2007, Mr. Goto will serve as an advisor at NEC Electronics. |
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2.Corporate Auditors |
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New Corporate Auditors |
Kaoru Ikenaga |
Vice President and General Manager, Internal Control over Financial Reporting Division, and General Manager, Corporate Controller Division, NEC Corporation* |
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Retiring Corporate Auditors |
Shigeo Matsumoto |
Corporate Auditor, NEC Corp.* |
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Effective as of May 7, 2007
Note: Asterisks (**) indicate position previously held. |
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1.Corporate Officers |
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New Executive Vice Presidents |
Zensuke Matsuda |
Senior Vice President** |
Yoichi Yano |
Senior Vice President and Vice President, 4th Systems Operations Unit** |
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Retiring Corporate Officers |
Hideto Goto |
Executive Vice President** |
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Brief biographies of the new members of the board and corporate auditor are below. |
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Zensuke Matsuda |
2007 |
Executive Vice President |
2006 |
Senior Vice President |
2006 |
Vice President, 1st Systems Operations Unit |
2002 |
Vice President, 3rd Business Development Operations Unit, NEC Electronics Corp. |
1998 |
General Manager, 2nd LSI Memory Division, LSI Memory Operations Unit |
1973 |
M.S. electrical engineering, Yamagata University. Joined NEC Corp. |
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Yoichi Yano |
2007 |
Executive Vice President and Vice President, Microcomputer Business Unit |
2006 |
Senior Vice President and Vice President, 4th Systems Operations Unit |
2004 |
Vice President, 4th Systems Operations Unit |
2002 |
General Manager, 4th System LSI Division, NEC Electronics Corp. |
1980 |
M.S. engineering, Kyoto University. Joined NEC Corp. |
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T.W. Kang |
2006 – present |
Member, Board of Directors, SiPort, Inc. |
1999 – 2001 |
Member, Board of Directors, Synaptics Incorporated |
1990 – present |
Managing Director, Global Synergy Associates Inc. |
1987 |
General Manager, System Group, Intel K.K. |
1985 |
Director, Office of Development, Intel K.K. |
1983 |
M.B.A., Harvard Business School |
1979 |
Joined Intel Corporation |
1979 |
B.S.E.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Toshihiko Takahashi |
2007 |
Advisor, NEC Corp. |
2006 |
Retired as President of NEC System Technologies, Ltd. |
2005 |
Executive Vice President, NEC Corp. |
2001 |
President, NEC System Technologies, Ltd. |
2000 |
Senior Vice President, NEC Corp. |
1992 |
General Manager, 3rd C&C Systems Development Division, NEC Corp. |
1967 |
B.S. Seikei University. Joined NEC Corp. |
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Tetsuya Nakamura |
2004 |
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, NEC Corp. |
1983 |
M.S. Waseda University. Joined NEC Corp. |
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Kaoru Ikenaga |
2007 |
Vice President and General Manager, Internal Control over Financial Reporting Division, and
General Manager, Corporate Controller Division |
2004 |
General Manager, Corporate Controller Division |
2002 |
General Manager, Controller Division, NEC Solutions |
1973 |
B.A., Kobe University. Joined NEC Corp. |