At its 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held today, Advantest appointed eight directors and one 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 two directors 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
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*also a Director
| President and CEO | Yoshiaki Yoshida * |
|---|---|
| Senior Executive Officer | Soichi Tsukakoshi * CPO (Chief Production Officer) Executive Vice President, Production Group In Charge of Quality Assurance 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 Executive Vice President, System Test Business Unit |
| Senior Executive Officer | Keith Hardwick CHO (Chief Human Capital Officer) 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 (Co-Chief Strategy Officer) Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning & Stakeholder Relations Group In Charge of New Concept Product Initiative In Charge of Nanotechnology Business Group |
| Senior Executive Officer | Juergen Serrer Sub-leader, ATE Business Group Executive Vice President, SoC Test Business Unit, ATE Business Group Managing Director(R&D), Advantest Europe GmbH |
| Senior Executive Officer | Sanjeev Mohan Co-CCRO (Co-Chief Customer Relations Officer) Senior Vice President (Officer)(Americas), Sales Group EVP, Sales & Support, Advantest America, Inc. |
| Senior Executive Officer | Richard Junger CDO & Co-CPO (Chief Digital Officer & Co-Chief Production Officer) EVP, Global Operation, Advantest Europe GmbH Sub-leader, Applied Research & Venture Team |
| Senior Executive Officer | Yong Xu 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 | Michael Stichlmair Senior Vice President (Officer)(Europe), Sales Group Managing Director (Sales & FS), Advantest Europe GmbH |
| Executive Officer | Ricky Sim Managing Director (CEO), Advantest (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Makoto Nakahara Senior Vice President (Officer)(Asia), Sales Group Applied Research & Venture Team |
| Executive Officer | Masayuki Suzuki Executive Vice President, Memory Test Business Unit, ATE Business Group |
| Executive Officer | Naruo Tanaka Executive Vice President, New Concept Product Initiative |
| Executive Officer | Toshiaki Adachi Senior Vice President (Officer), SoC Test Business Unit, ATE Business Group |
| Executive Officer | Alex Wu Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Advantest Taiwan Inc. |
| Executive Officer | Titan Chang Executive Vice President, Field Service Group |
| Executive Officer | Akio Osawa (newly elected) Senior Vice President (Officer)(System Solution), Sales Group |
| Executive Officer | Yasushi Yoshimoto (newly elected) Co-CHO (Co-Chief Human Capital Officer) Department Manager, Human Resource Department, Corporate Administration Group |
| Executive Officer | Jaehyuk Cha (newly elected) Director, Advantest Korea Co., Ltd. EVP, Sales ＆ Support, Advantest Korea Co., Ltd. |