Change of President
January 21 2004 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:4610U
Mitsubishi Corporation
21 January 2004
January 21, 2004
News Release
Press Release
We are pleased to announce that the following changes of officers, effective as
of April 1, 2004, were resolved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors held
today.
1. Mr. Minoru Makihara will become Senior Corporate Advisor.
2. Mr. Mikio Sasaki will become Chairman of the Board of Directors,
succeeding Mr. Minoru Makihara.
3. Mr. Yorihiko Kojima, currently Senior Executive Vice President, will
become President, Chief Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Corporation,
succeeding Mr. Mikio Sasaki.
January 21, 2004
Name: Mikio Sasaki
Occupation: Member of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Corporation
Date of Birth: October 8, 1937
Education: B.S. Industrial Engineering & Management, Waseda
University, Tokyo, Japan, 1960
Business Career:
April 1960 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation (Machinery Department),
Tokyo, Japan
March 1966 Mitsubishi International G. m. b. H. Duesseldorf, West
Germany
November 1966 Mitsubishi Corporation, London Branch
November 1971 Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo (Heavy Machinery Department)
November 1977 Mitsubishi International Corporation, Iran, Ltd. Teheran, Iran
September 1979 President, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Iran, Ltd.
June 1981 Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo (Heavy Machinery Department)
February 1985 General Manager, Heavy Machinery Department
July 1989 General Manager, Ship & Plant Division
March 1991 Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi International
Corporation, New York, U.S.A.
June 1992 Director, Mitsubishi Corporation
Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi International
Corporation
April 1993 President, CEO, Mitsubishi International Corporation
June 1994 Managing Director, Mitsubishi Corporation
President, CEO, Mitsubishi International Corporation
June 1995 Managing Director, Administration, Mitsubishi Corporation,
April 1998 Member of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
January 21, 2004
Name: Yorihiko Kojima
Occupation: Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President,
Mitsubishi Corporation
Date of Birth: October 15, 1941
Education: B.S. Engineering, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 1965
Business Career:
May 1965 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation (Heavy Machinery Department),
Tokyo, Japan
September 1977 Mitsubishi Corporation Staff Union
December 1978 Olayan Saudi Holdings Co., Ltd., Saudi Arabia
December 1980 Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo (Heavy Machinery Department)
October 1985 Mitsubishi International Corporation, New York, U.S.A.
June 1992 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo
June 1995 Director, Mitsubishi Corporation
February 1996 Director, Coordination, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 1997 Managing Director, Coordination, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 1998 Managing Director, Administration, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 2000 Managing Director, Group Chief Executive Officer,
New Business Initiative Group, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 2001 Executive Vice President, Group Chief Executive Officer,
New Business Initiative Group, Mitsubishi Corporation
June 2001 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President,
Group Chief Executive Officer, New Business
Initiative Group, Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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