TOKYO, Japan, February 25, 2022 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today made the following decisions at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 25, concerning Member of the Board, Corporate Auditors, and Corporate Officers. The changes in Member of the Board and Corporate Auditors will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the 20th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on March 30, 2022.
1. Outline of the Change in Member of the Board (As of March 30, 2022)
Note: Asterisk (*) indicates position currently held.
(1) Retiring Member of the Board
Tetsuro Toyoda, Outside Director*
2. Outline of the Change in Corporate Auditors (As of March 30, 2022)
Note: Asterisk (*) indicates position currently held.
(1) New Corporate Auditor
Miya Miyama, Outside Corporate Auditor
(2) Retiring Corporate Auditor
Takeshi Sekine, Outside Corporate Auditor*
(3) Brief Biography of the Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor
| Name | Brief Biography | |
|---|---|---|
| Miya Miyama | October 2002 | Prosecutor. Served several posts, including District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo, Chiba, Okayama, Osaka, and Saitama |
| July 2016 | Retirement as a Prosecutor | |
| July 2016 | Registered as a lawyer, joined City-Yuwa Partners (to present) | |
| May 2018 | Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, RoomClip, Inc. | |
| April 2020 | Vice Chair, Gender Equality Committee of Kanto Federation of Bar Associations (to present) | |
| June 2020 | Auditor, Japan International Cooperation System (to present) | |
| June 2021 | Outside Director, Totetsu Kogyo, Co., Ltd. (to present) | |
3. Outline of the Change in Corporate Officers
Note: Asterisks (*) indicate position currently held.
(1) New Corporate Officer (As of April 1, 2022)
Eizaburo Shono, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Production and Technology Unit
Andrew Cowell, Senior Vice President of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit
(2) Retiring Corporate Officer (As of March 31, 2022)
Masahiko Nozaki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Production Technology Unit*
Jason Hall, Senior Vice President and CLO*
(3) Brief Biography of the Newly Appointed Corporate Officers
| Name | Brief Biography | |
|---|---|---|
| Eizaburo Shono | April 1990 | Joined Hitachi, Ltd |
| April 2011 | Senior Manager, Production Planning Department, MCU Marketing & Production Planning Division, Sales Management Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| August 2013 | Department Manager, Strategic Planning Department, Sales Strategic Planning Division, Sales Management & Marketing Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| June 2015 | Department Manager, Corporate Strategy & Operations Department, Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| March 2017 | Senior Director, Global Sales Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| January 2019 | Vice President, Supply Chain Management Operations Division 1, Supply Chain Management Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| January 2020 | Vice President, Supply Chain Management Division, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| November 2021 | Acting Head of Production and Technology Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation (to present) | |
| Name | Brief Biography | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Cowell | August 1985 | Joined Advance Power Supplies Ltd. |
| September 1991 | Joined Siliconix Inc. | |
| May 1998 | Head of Marketing and Applications for Analog Power Group, Micrel Inc. | |
| November 2007 | Vice President of Analog Power, Micrel Inc. | |
| June 2011 | Senior Vice President, Power Management, Intersil Corporation | |
| April 2017 | Vice President and General Manager of Battery & Optical Systems, Broad-Based Solution Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation | |
| October 2019 | Vice President and General Manager of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power Division, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation (to present) | |
(Reference) Executive team as of April 1, 2022
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Representative Director, President and CEO | Hidetoshi Shibata |
| Outside Director | Jiro Iwasaki |
| Outside Director | Selena Loh LaCroix |
| Outside Director | Arunjai Mittal |
| Outside Director | Noboru Yamamoto |
| Corporate Auditor (full-time) | Kazuki Fukuda |
| Outside Corporate Auditor | Kazuyoshi Yamazaki |
| Outside Corporate Auditor | Tomoko Mizuno |
| Outside Corporate Auditor | Miya Miyama |
| Executive Vice President, General Manager of IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit | Sailesh Chittipeddi |
| Senior Vice President, Information Technology (IT) | Hiroto Nitta |
| Senior Vice President and CTO | Shinichi Yoshioka |
| Senior Vice President, Head of Sales and Corporate Digital Marketing, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit | Chris Allexandre |
| Senior Vice President, Head of MCU Business, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit | Roger Wendelken |
| Senior Vice President and CFO | Shuhei Shinkai |
| Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Solution Business Unit | Takeshi Kataoka |
| Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager of Automotive Solution Business Unit | Vivek Bhan |
| Senior Vice President and General Manager of Production and Technology Unit | Eizaburo Shono |
| Senior Vice President of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit | Andrew Cowell |
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