Advantest Announces New Executive Appointments at 79th Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders

2021/06/23 Topics

At its 79th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held today, Advantest appointed eight directors and two directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee members. At the Board of Directors meeting held after the general meeting, all 24 executive officers were named and their division of duties decided. The appointments are as follows, including one director who is a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee who had already been in office.

Directors

Representative Director Yoshiaki Yoshida
Director Osamu Karatsu
Director Toshimitsu Urabe
Director Nicholas Benes
Director Soichi Tsukakoshi
Director Atsushi Fujita
Director Koichi Tsukui
Director Douglas Lefever
Director, Audit and
Supervisory Committee Member		 Yuichi Kurita
Director, Audit and
Supervisory Committee Member		 Kouichi Nanba
Director, Audit and
Supervisory Committee Member		 Sayaka Sumida

Executive Officers

* also a Director

President and CEO Yoshiaki Yoshida *
Senior Executive Officer Soichi Tsukakoshi *
CPO (Chief Production Officer)
Executive Vice President, Production Group
Senior Executive Officer Atsushi Fujita *
CFO & CCO (Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer)
Executive Vice President, Corporate Administration Group
Senior Executive Officer Koichi Tsukui *
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Leader, ATE Business Group
Applied Research & Venture Team
In Charge of DH Business Group
Senior Executive Officer Douglas Lefever *
CSO (Chief Strategy Officer)
Director, President and CEO, Advantest America, Inc.
Leader, Applied Research & Venture Team
Leader, System Test Business Unit
Senior Executive Officer Keith Hardwick
Global HR Executive Vice President
Director, Chief Financial Officer, Advantest America, Inc.
Senior Executive Officer Kimiya Sakamoto
CCRO (Chief Customer Relations Officer)
Executive Vice President, Sales Group
In Charge of Field Service Group
Senior Executive Officer Yasuo Mihashi
Co-CSO & CSRO (Co-Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Stakeholder Relations Officer)
Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning & Stakeholder Relations Group
In Charge of New Concept Product Initiative
In Charge of Quality Assurance Group
In Charge of Nanotechnology Business Group
Senior Executive Officer Juergen Serrer
Co-CTO (Co-Chief Technology Officer)
Managing Director(R&D), Advantest Europe GmbH
Sub-leader, ATE Business Group
Executive Vice President, 93000 Business Unit, ATE Business Group
Senior Executive Officer Sanjeev Mohan (promoted)
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
Sales & Support EVP, Advantest America, Inc.
Senior Vice President (Officer), Sales Group
Senior Executive Officer Richard Junger (promoted)
CDO (Chief Digital Officer)
Sub-leader, ATE Business Group
Senior Vice President of SoC Delivery, Advantest Europe GmbH
Applied Research & Venture Team
Senior Executive Officer Yong Xu (promoted)
China Business Strategy
Director and President (CEO), Advantest(China) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer Kazuhiro Yamashita
Sub-leader, ATE Business Group
Executive Vice President, Technology Development Group, ATE Business Group
Applied Research & Venture Team
Executive Officer Isao Sasaki
Executive Vice President, Quality Assurance Group
Executive Officer Toshiyuki Okayasu
Executive Vice President, New Concept Product Initiative
Executive Officer Michael Stichlmair
Managing Director (Sales & FS), Advantest Europe GmbH
Senior Vice President (Officer), Sales Group
Executive Officer Toshio Goto
Executive Vice President, DH Business Group
Executive Officer Ricky Sim
Managing Director (CEO), Advantest (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Executive Officer Makoto Nakahara
Senior Vice President (Officer), Sales Group
Applied Research & Venture Team
Executive Officer Masayuki Suzuki
Executive Vice President, Memory Test Business Unit, ATE Business Group
Executive Officer Naruo Tanaka
Senior Vice President (Officer), Corporate Planning & Stakeholder Relations Group
Executive Officer Toshiaki Adachi (newly elected)
Executive Vice President, T2000 Business Unit, ATE Business Group
Executive Officer Alex Wu (newly elected)
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Advantest Taiwan Inc.
Executive Officer Titan Chang (newly elected)
Executive Vice President, Field Service Group