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Notice of Changes of Directors at Major Subsidiaries of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (SEGA CORPORATION and Sammy Corporation)
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2024/01/09
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Notice of Changes of Directors at Major Subsidiaries of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
(Translation)
Dear all,
Name of Company: SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
Name of Representative: Haruki Satomi,
President and Group CEO, Representative Director
(Code No. 6460, Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime)
Further Inquiry: Makoto Takahashi,
Executive Vice President, Executive Officer,
Managing Director of Corporate Planning Division
(TEL: 03-6864-2400)
Notice of Changes of Directors at Major Subsidiaries of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
(SEGA CORPORATION and Sammy Corporation)
SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (the Company) hereby notifies that its major subsidiaries, SEGA CORPORATION and Sammy Corporation, will implement changes in directors. The Company also notifies the management system of the Company and its major subsidiaries as a result of this change as follow.
Description
1.Change in Directors at Major Subsidiaries of the Company as of April 1, 2024
(1)SEGA CORPORATION (as of April 1, 2024)
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New Title |
Name |
Former Title |
|
President and COO, Representative Director CEO, Sega of America, Inc. CEO, Sega Europe Ltd. |
Shuji Utsumi |
Co-COO, President of Consumer Game and Transmedia, Representative Director CEO, Sega of America, Inc. Chairman, Sega Europe Ltd. |
|
Co-COO, Representative Director |
Yukio Sugino |
President and COO, Representative Director |
|
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
Tatsuyuki Miyazaki |
Executive Vice President & Global CFO, Director of the Board |
|
Director of the Board |
Koichi Fukazawa |
(Newly Elected) |
|
(Retired) |
Shigeru Yamashita |
Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
(Retired) |
Taketo Oshima |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
(Retired) |
Hideo Yoshizawa |
Director of the Board |
*Yukio Sugino is scheduled to be appointed as President, Representative Director of SEGA FAVE CORPORATION on April 1, 2024.
*Shigeru Yamashita and Taketo Oshima is scheduled to be appointed as Executive Vice President, Director of the Board of SEGA FAVE CORPORATION on April 1, 2024.
*Hideo Yoshizawa will continue to serve as Senior Vice President, Director of the Board of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
Brief Career Profile of the Candidates for Newly Appointed President and COO, Representative Director
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Name |
Shuji Utsumi |
|
|
Date of Birth |
April 19, 1961 |
|
|
Brief career profile |
April 1986 |
Joined Sony Corporation |
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October 1994 |
Vice President, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. |
|
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October 1996 |
Senior Vice President (Director of the Board), Sega of America Inc. |
|
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October 2000 |
Head of Asia Pacific, Disney Interactive Asia |
|
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October 2003 |
President and CEO, Q Entertainment Inc. |
|
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October 2014 |
President (Director of the Board), Warner Music Japan Inc. |
|
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July 2016 |
President (Director of the Board), CYBIRD Co., Ltd. |
|
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May 2019 |
Vice President, Senior Executive Officer, SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC., Vice President, Senior Executive Officer, SEGA GROUP CORPORATION (now SEGA CORPORATION) |
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April 2020 |
CSO (Chief Strategy Officer), SEGA CORPORATION |
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April 2021 |
Co-COO, SEGA CORPORATION, CEO, Sega of America Inc. (current position) |
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April 2022 |
Chairman, Sega Europe Ltd. |
|
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April 2023 |
Co-COO, President of Consumer Game and Transmedia, Representative Director, SEGA CORPORATION (current position) |
|
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January 2024 |
CEO, Sega Europe Ltd. (current position) |
|
(2)Sammy Corporation (as of April 1, 2024)
|
New Title |
Name |
Former Title |
|
Honorary Chairman of the Board |
Hajime Satomi |
Chairman, Representative Director |
|
Chairman and CEO, Representative Director |
Haruki Satomi |
President and CEO, Representative Director |
|
President and COO, Representative Director |
Ayumu Hoshino |
Senior Executive Vice President and COO, Representative Director |
|
Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
Tetsuya Fukushima |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
Hirotaka Tanaka |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
Kosuke Takano |
Senior Vice President, Executive Officer |
Brief Career Profile of the Candidates for Newly Appointed President and COO, Representative Director
|
Name |
Ayumu Hoshino |
|
|
Date of Birth |
July 5, 1969 |
|
|
Brief career profile |
April 1995 |
Joined Sammy Corporation |
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October 2006 |
Creative Officer (Executive Officer), Sammy Corporation |
|
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April 2009 |
Executive Officer (General Manager of PS R&D Div.), Sammy Corporation |
|
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June 2014 |
Senior Executive Officer (Division Manager of Research & Development Division), Sammy Corporation |
|
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November 2019 |
President & CEO, ZEEG Co. Ltd. (current position) |
|
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June 2021 |
Councilor, The Nikkoso Research Foundation for Safe Society (current position) |
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April 2022 |
Senior Executive Vice President and COO, Representative Director (in charge of Research & Development Group Division and Managing Director of Public Relations Division) , Sammy Corporation (current position) |
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2.Management System as of April 1, 2024
|
SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. |
|
Name |
Title |
|
Hajime Satomi |
Chairman, Representative Director |
|
Haruki Satomi |
President and Group CEO, Representative Director |
|
Koichi Fukazawa |
Senior Executive Vice President and Group CFO, Director of the Board |
|
Yukio Sugino |
Senior Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Hideo Yoshizawa |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Kohei Katsukawa |
Director of the Board (External) |
|
Melanie Brock |
Director of the Board (External) |
|
Fujiyo Ishiguro |
Director of the Board (External) |
|
Yukito Sakaue |
Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member |
|
Kazutaka Okubo |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
|
Shione Kinoshita |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
|
Naoko Murasaki |
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (External) |
*There are no changes to the management system of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC.
*The management system including executive officers as of April 1 will be disclosed at the end of February.
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SEGA CORPORATION |
|
Name |
Title |
|
Hajime Satomi |
Honorary Chairman of the Board |
|
Haruki Satomi |
Chairman and CEO, Representative Director |
|
Shuji Utsumi |
President and COO, Representative Director CEO, Sega of America, Inc. CEO, Sega Europe Ltd. |
|
Yukio Sugino |
Co-COO, Representative Director |
|
Tatsuyuki Miyazaki |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Koichi Fukazawa |
Director of the Board |
*The management system including executive officers as of April 1 will be disclosed at the end of February.
|
Sammy Corporation |
|
Name |
Title |
|
Hajime Satomi |
Honorary Chairman of the Board |
|
Haruki Satomi |
Chairman and CEO, Representative Director |
|
Ayumu Hoshino |
President and COO, Representative Director |
|
Tetsuya Fukushima |
Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Hirotaka Tanaka |
Executive Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Kenichi Tokumura |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Masahito Goto |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Kosuke Takano |
Senior Vice President, Director of the Board |
|
Koichi Fukazawa |
Director of the Board |
*The management system including executive officers as of April 1 will be disclosed at the end of February.
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