DENSO : Announces Organization and Personnel Changes

For Immediate Release

December 22, 2022

DENSO Announces Organization and Personnel Changes

KARIYA, Japan. (Dec. 22 2022) - DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced changes to its organization and personnel, effective January 1, 2023.

Regarding the changes of organization and executive structure, please refer the news release announced on 5th December 2022.

1. Organizational Changes

Organization	Changes
Names
	・Newly established the Social Innovation Business Development Function
Divisions that Report	Unit. Which includes the FA Business Development Div. (formerly the Industrial
Directly to the	Solution Business Unit), and Food Value Chain Business Development Div.,
President	under its umbrella, as well as the Circular Economy Development Dept. and
	Digital Solution Development Dept..
	・Integrate IT Digital Solutions Div., and Data-Driven Management
IT Digital Center	Transformation Dept., into a new Digital Transformation Promotion Div..
・Reorganize the Core System Promotion Div. into two divisions, and establish
	the Business Infrastructure Process Innovation Div..
Production	・Part of Production Eng., and part of Materials Eng. R&D Div., Production Eng.
R&D Div., and Parts Eng. Div., were reorganized and renamed to Advanced
Innovation Center
Production Technology Div., and Parts Processing R&D Div..
Purchasing Group	・Newly establish the Semiconductor Parts Purchasing Div..
Powertrain Systems
Business Group,	・Newly established the Powertrain Systems Management Div.,
Electrification	and Powertrain Control Software Design Div. to oversee all powertrains from
Systems Business	electric to internal combustion by customer axis.
Group
	・Integrate AD&ADAS Business Unit and Cockpit Systems Business Unit into a
Mobility Electronics	new Safety Systems Business Unit.
Business Group	・Newly establish the Semiconductor-Originated Key Technologies R&D Div.
	inside the Electronics Business Unit.

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2. Changes of responsibility of Senior Directors (Only changes are indicated.) The following changes will be effective January 1, 2023

Changes are underlined, ○Newly-appointed

Name

New

Current

Sales Planning Dept., Sales

Sales of Europe, Sales of North,

Strategy Promotion Div., Overseas

Yuji Ishizuka

Business Development Dept.,

Central and South America

Europe and North, Central and

South America Sales

Electrified Energy Management

Head of Electrification Systems

System Engineering Dept., Electrified

Energy Management System

Katsuhiko Takeuchi

Business Group

Business Planning Dept., Alliance of

Electric Systems in Electrification

Systems Business Group

Solution Sales & Marketing Group

Hirotaka Yato

DENSO SOLUTION JAPAN

Business Revolution Project, CPO of

CORPORATION, Safety/Compliance

DENSO SOLUTION JAPAN

CORPORATION

Hiroshi Kondo

Head of Safety Systems Business

Head of AD & ADAS Business Unit

Unit

Head of Purchasing (BCP Strategy

Head of Purchasing (BCP Strategy

Yoshinobu Tao

Dept., Software Purchasing Dept.,

Dept., Software Purchasing Dept.,

Semiconductor Parts Purchasing

Electronic Parts Purchasing Div.,

Div., Electronic Parts Purchasing Div.)

Semiconductor Purchasing Strategy)

Head of OEM Sales and Marketing

Yasuhisa Sakurai

Group, Head of Solution Sales &

Chubu Sales Div., Hiroshima Sales

Marketing Group, Corporate Planning

Div., Corporate Planning Dept.

Dept.

Head of Solution Sales & Marketing

President of DENSO SOLUTION

Group, Customer Service

Atsushi Aratake

JAPAN CORPORATION, Customer

Engineering Div., Middle East &

Service Engineering Div.

Africa, CEO of DENSO SOLUTION

JAPAN CORPORATION

Powertrain Systems Management

Div., Powertrain Control Software

Tsuneo Maebara

Design Div.,

Head of Electrification Components

Head of Engineering/Strategy in

Business Unit

Electrification Systems Business

Group

Head of Production Preparation and

Head of Quality in Industrial Solution

Koichi Nagaya

Manufacturing Process Quality in

Business Unit, General Manager of

Production Innovation Center

Industrial Solution QA Dept.

Electronics Platform Technology

Koto-Business of Mobility Electronics

Business Group, Technology

Norio Fujimori

Development of Mobility Electronics

Development of Electronics Platform

Business Group

& Software Function Unit

Takatoshi Fukui

Chubu Sales Div.

, Osaka Sales Div.,

Sales of Europe

Hiroshima Sales Div.

Human Resources Development of

Director of Information Security

Shunjirou Gotou

Information Security, Promotion of

Promotion Dept., Data Utilization of IT

Vehicle Data Utilization

Digital Center

Takashi Kurosaka

Head of Tokyo Sales Div.

Director of Toyota Sales Div., Sales

Engineering Dept., Osaka Sales Div.

Head of Safety Systems Engineering

Head of Technology Development in

in Safety Systems Business Unit,

Koji Watanabe

AD & ADAS Business Unit, Mobility

Mobility Electronics Testing &

Electronics Testing & Evaluation Div.

Evaluation Div.

Thermal Systems Business of

Head of Technology Development

Hidemasa Takahashi

in Passenger Vehicle Thermal

Europe

System Business Unit

Head of Manufacturing(Anjyo/Hirose)

Head of Electrification Components

in Electrification Systems Business

Naoki Matsuoka

Group,

Business Unit

Electrification Systems Monozukuri

Development Div.

Mitsuru Kato

Head of Social Innovation Business

General Manager of New Business

Development Function Unit

Development Dept.

Head of Motor Business Unit, Head of

Tsunenobu Hori

Manufacturing (Kosai/Toyohashi) in

Head of Motor Business Unit

Electrification Systems Business

Group

Director of Corporate Strategy Div.,

○ Hisashi Yanase

Managing of Japan Region Dept.,

Director of Corporate Strategy Div.

Cost Management Dept.

○ Chitaka Kambe

Director of Public Relations Div., Tokyo

Director of Public Relations Div.

Office

Executive Vice President of BluE

Nexus Corporation, Alliance of

Executive Vice President of BluE

○ Hidetoshi Uchiyama

Electrification Systems in

Nexus Corporation

Electrification Systems Business

Group

3. Resignation of Senior Directors

• Tsugio Ozaki
• Yoshitaka Kuroda

About DENSO Corporation

DENSO is a $45.1 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 198 facilities to produce electrification system, powertrain system, thermal system, mobility electronics, & advanced devices, to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's 167,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en/

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