Bridgestone 2009 Annual Report Download - page 26

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CORPORATE AUDITORS,
AND CORPORATE OFFICERS
As of April 1, 2010
BoardofDirectors
ShoshiArakawa
Chairman of the Board
KazuhisaNishigai
MasaakiTsuya
MikioMasunaga
KazuoKakehi
ToruTsuda
SakieTachibanaFukushima*1
TakaoEnkawa*1
*1 Outside Director set forth in Article 2-15 of the Corporate
Law of Japan
BoardofCorporateAuditors
YukimitsuUshio
TakashiYasukouchi
HiroshiIshibashi
ToshiakiHasegawa*2
YoTakeuchi*2
KatsujiHayashi*2
*2 Outside Corporate Auditor set forth in Article 2-16 of the
Corporate Law of Japan
CorporateOfcers
MEMBERSOFTHEBOARD
SERVINGCONCURRENTLY
ASCORPORATEOFFICERS
ShoshiArakawa
CEO and President
KazuhisaNishigai
Senior Vice President
Responsible for Japan Tire Business; Concurrently
responsible for Replacement Tire Sales
MasaakiTsuya
Vice President and Senior Ofcer
Chief Risk-Management Ofcer,
Chief Human Rights Ofcer
Responsible for Corporate Administration;
Concurrently responsible for Diversied Products,
Sports and Cycle Business Administration
Chief Compliance Ofcer, Ofce of Group CEO,
Internal Auditing
MikioMasunaga
Vice President and Senior Ofcer
Responsible for Products Development
Motorsport
KazuoKakehi
Vice President and Senior Ofcer
Responsible for Diversied Products
ToruTsuda
Vice President and Senior Ofcer
Responsible for Quality Management
VICEPRESIDENTANDSENIOROFFICERS
KiyoshiNomura
Responsible for Japan Tire Business Planning
Replacement Tire Sales Planning and Administration
TakashiUrano
Responsible for International Tire
Business Operations;
Concurrently Director, International Tire
Administration Division
NarumiZaitsu
Responsible for Production Technology
Advanced Production Technology Development
YasumiKawasaki
Responsible for Global Logistics Center
Internal Manufacturing Management
VICEPRESIDENTANDOFFICERS
KokiTakahashi
Chief Financial Ofcer, Finance
Chief Information Ofcer, IT & Network;
Concurrently Director, Internal Control Division
NaomiEto
General Affairs and Corporate Communications
YasuoRyuto
Original Equipment Tire Sales
YoshiharuInoue
Safety and Disaster Prevention
YoichiSato
Chief Quality Ofcer, Quality
ShuichiIshibashi
Environment;
Concurrently Assistant to Vice President and Ofcer,
Ofce of Group CEO
New Business Development;
Concurrently Assistant to Vice President and
Senior Ofcer,
Diversied Products, Sports and Cycle Business
Administration
Diversied Products New Business Models
Development
HidekiYokoyama
Central Research;
Concurrently Vice Director,
Human Resources Division
MasatoHiruma
Tire Products Strategy
IsakuMotohashi
GlobaI Production Administration and Logistics,
Mold Technology and Manufacturing;
Concurrently General Manager, SCM Renovation
Project Group
Production Distribution Administration Divison
FumihiroYanaga
Tire Production Technology Development;
Concurrently Director, Process Engineering
Development Division
YutakaYamaguchi
Tire Products Development;
Concurrently Director, Tire Development Division฀ I;
Concurrently General Manager, Agricultural and
Conventional Tire Development Department
YoshiyukiMorimoto
Tire Research and Material Development
NatsukiFujii
Diversied Products
SatoshiTagomori
Chemical and Industrial Products Production
and Technology
Advanced Chemical and Industrial Products
Production Technology Development
MinoruShimizu
Consumer Tires Business;
Concurrently Director, Consumer Tires Business
Division
ShinichiSato
Retail Business Operation;
Concurrently Director, International Retail Business
Support Division
YasushiOta
Japan Tire Production
AsahikoNishiyama
Seconded to Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
Chairman of Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
HideoHara
Seconded to Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
MakioOhashi
Seconded to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
CEO and President of Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
KunitoshiTakeda
Seconded to Bridgestone (China) Investment
Co., Ltd.
Chairman and CEO of Bridgestone (China)
Investment Co., Ltd.
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