FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2015
Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) today convened a meeting of its Board of Directors at its Head Office in Tokyo to select its prospective Director, Member of the Board candidates to be nominated at the Company's General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2015, and to announce the Executive Officer changes, which will become effective on April 1, 2015, as follows.
1. Incoming and Outgoing Directors, Members of the Board (1) Incoming Directors, Members of the BoardAs the terms of all twelve (12) Dentsu Directors, Members of the Board will expire at the conclusion of the June 2015 General Meeting of Shareholders, the following individuals will be nominated as Director, Member of the Board candidates at the same meeting.
11 Director, Member of the Board Candidates
(1 Representative Director, 8 Directors, 2 Outside Directors)
New Position | Name | Current Position |
Representative Director | Tadashi Ishii | Representative Director |
Director | Shoichi Nakamoto | Director |
Director | Yuzuru Kato | Director |
Director | Tim Andree | Director |
Director | Kunihiro Matsushima | Director |
Director | Yoshio Takada | Director |
Director | Akira Tonouchi | Director |
Director | Kazufumi Hattori | Director |
Director | Toshihiro Yamamoto | Director |
Outside Director | Yutaka Nishizawa | President of Jiji Press |
Outside Director | Masaki Fukuyama | President of Kyodo News |
The above candidates will be appointed at the June 2015 General Meeting of
Shareholders. The Representative Director will be appointed at the Board of Directors
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meeting held after the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Current Position | Name | New Position |
Director | Akira Sugimoto | Executive Advisor |
After retiring, Akira Sugimoto will serve as Executive Advisor. He will be officially appointed at the Board of Directors meeting held after the General Meeting of Shareholders.
2. Incoming and Outgoing Executive Officers (1) Incoming Executive Officers
All of Dentsu's twenty-nine (29) current Executive Officers will resign their positions on
March 31, 2015, and the following Executive Officers will be newly elected on April 1,
2015.
29 Executive Officers (1 President & CEO, 1 Senior Executive Vice President,
2 Executive Vice Presidents, 3 Senior Vice Presidents, 22 Executive Officers)
New Position | Name | Current Position |
President & CEO | Tadashi Ishii* | President & CEO |
Senior Executive Vice President & CFO | Shoichi Nakamoto* | Senior Executive Vice President & CFO |
Executive Vice President | Yuzuru Kato* | Executive Vice President |
Executive Vice President | Tim Andree* | Executive Vice President |
Senior Vice President | Kunihiro Matsushima* | Senior Vice President |
Senior Vice President | Yoshio Takada* | Senior Vice President |
Senior Vice President Head of Dentsu Inc. Chubu | Naoki Tani | Senior Vice President Head of Dentsu Inc. Chubu |
Executive Officer | Akira Tonouchi* | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Fumiharu Kobayashi | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Toshihiro Yamamoto* | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Tsuneo Ogasawara | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer Head of Dentsu Inc. Kansai | Kazufumi Hattori* | Executive Officer Head of Dentsu Inc. Kansai |
Executive Officer | Nobuyuki Tohya | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Tsuyoshi Iwashita | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Seiji Ito | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Yasuo Motoi | Executive Officer |
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Executive Officer | Yuichi Ohkubo | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Yoshiaki Suzuki | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Wataru Mochizuki | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Keiichi Maeda | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Kiyoshi Nakamura | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Jerry Buhlmann | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Hiroaki Sano | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Yoshiharu Sengoku | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Takaki Hibino | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer | Toshiya Ohyama | Executive Officer |
Executive Officer (Promoted) | Norio Kamijo | Director, Account Management Division 15 |
Executive Officer (Promoted) | Takashi Yagi | Director, Account Produce Division |
Executive Officer (Promoted) | Masahiko Hibi | Director, Account Management Division 1 |
* Concurrently serving as a Director, Member of the Board.
President & CEO Tadashi Ishii will concurrently serve as the Representative Director.
Current Position | Name | New Position |
Senior Vice President | Akira Sugimoto | Executive Advisor |
Executive Officer | Kazumichi Iwagami | Executive Advisor |
Executive Officer | Tatsuyuki Uchida | Executive Advisor |
• Akira Sugimoto will remain as Director, Member of the Board until his term expires in
June 2015.
• When Kazumichi Iwagami and Tatsuyuki Uchida resign their Executive Officer positions, they are expected to serve as Executive Advisors. They will be officially appointed at the Board of Directors meeting to be held in March.
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Contact: Shusaku Kannan
Senior Manager
Corporate Communications Division
Telephone: (813) 6216-8042
E-mail: s.kannan@dentsu.co.jp
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