June 24, 2015 Topics

TOKYO, Japan, June 24, 2015 -- Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) today announces that at its 73rd Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders changes were decided to its board of directors. New executive officers have also been appointed, as follows:

Directors
Representative Director Shinichiro Kuroe
Director Osamu Karatsu
Director Seiichi Yoshikawa
Director Sae Bum Myung
Director Hiroshi Nakamura
Director Yoshiaki Yoshida
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Yuichi Kurita
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Megumi Yamamuro
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Yasushige Hagio
Executive Officers

* also a Director

President and CEO Shinichiro Kuroe*
Senior Executive Officer Sae Bum Myung* (promoted)
Managing Executive Officer Hiroshi Nakamura*
Managing Executive Officer Yoshiaki Yoshida*
Managing Executive Officer Hans-Juergen Wagner
Managing Executive Officer Soichi Tsukakoshi (promoted)
Managing Executive Officer Satoru Nagumo (promoted)
Managing Executive Officer Koichi Tsukui (promoted)
Executive Officer Takashi Sugiura
Executive Officer Takashi Sekino
Executive Officer Josef Schraetzenstaller
Executive Officer Makoto Nakahara
Executive Officer Toshiyuki Okayasu
Executive Officer CH Wu
Executive Officer Kazuhiro Yamashita
Executive Officer Takayuki Nakamura
Executive Officer Wilhelm Radermacher
Executive Officer Masuhiro Yamada
Executive Officer Isao Sasaki
Executive Officer Keith Hardwick
Executive Officer Douglas Lefever
Executive Officer Shunsuke Kato (newly elected)
Executive Officer Kimiya Sakamoto (newly elected)
Executive Officer Atsushi Fujita (newly elected)
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