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Back to Press Release IndexJanuary 28, 2009

Organizational Restructuring, Changes in Responsibilities of Board of Members, and Assignments of General Managers

Please be informed that Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (President and CEO: Naoya Kakizoe) will be restructuring its organization, changing the responsibilities of its Board Members, and appointing General Managers as indicated below.

1. Organizational Restructuring (As of March 1)

(To be newly established)

  • A Global Group Strategic Planning Office will be formed to optimize group management to be conducted on a global scale, and a Global Group Strategic Planning Office, which will report directly to the President, will be newly established as the dedicated administrative office of the Committee.

(1) Business Supervising / Business Promotion Departments

(To be newly established / to be transferred)

  • A Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division will be newly established in order to promote business by integrating and reinforcing the marketing functions and the supply management functions of the Marine Products business and the Foods business.
  • A General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division will be appointed and the departments currently under the direct or joint supervision of the COO of Seafood Business and the COO of Processed Food Business will be transferred and placed under the supervision of the General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.
  • The Fisheries Business Operating Officer, the Food Products Business Operating Officer, the Business Supervisor in N. America and the Business Supervisor in S. America will be placed under the supervision of the General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.
  • The Marketing Planning Office (to be newly established) and the Supply Chain Management Dept. will serve as the administrative functions of the General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.

(Change of Business Division Name)

  • The COO of Seafood Business shall be changed to Fisheries Business Operating Officer, the COO of Processed Food Business shall be changed to Food Products Business Operating Officer.

(To Be Abolished)

  • The Marketing Promotion Office, the Global Purchasing Office, the Fisheries Business Dept. and the Marine Products Food Marketing Dept., the National Account Food Service Marketing Dept., the Fine Foods Operations Dept. and the Osaka Branch Co-op Sales Dept.

[1] Matters relating to the Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division

  • The Krill Operations Dept., the Aquaculture Business Promotion Office, the Marine Business Strategy Office, the Product Research & Development Center, the Global Marketing Director, the Global Marketing Office and the Customer Services Center, which are under the direct / joint supervision of the COO of Seafood Business and the COO of Processed Food Business, will be placed under the direct supervision of the General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.

(To Be Newly Established)

  • The Fisheries Products Production Promotion Office will be newly established.

(To Be Abolished / Transferred)

  • The Marine Products Food Marketing Dept. will be established and its function will be transferred to the Fisheries Products Production Promotion Office and will be placed under the direct supervision of the General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.

(Change of Business Division Name)

  • The Production Promotion Office will be renamed the Food Products Production Promotion Office and will be placed under the direct supervision of the General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.
  • The Production Engineering Center will be renamed the Technology Development Center and will be placed under the direct supervision of the General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division.

[2] Matters relating to the Fisheries Business Operating Officer

(To Be Abolished / Newly Established/ Transferred)

  • The Fisheries Business Dept. will be abolished and the Fisheries Business Department 1 and the Fisheries Business Department 2 will be newly established.
  • The National Account Food Service Marketing Dept. will be abolished and its functions will be transferred to the Fisheries Business Department 1 and the Fisheries Business Department 2.
  • The Kansai Fisheries Products Marketing & Sales Dept., the Feed and Aquaculture Business Operations Dept. and the Fisheries Products Sales Promotion Officer will be placed under the supervision of the Fisheries Business Operating Officer.

[3] Matters relating to the Food Products Business Operating Officer

  • The National Account Sales Division, the Sendai Branch, the Kanto-Shin-etsu Branch, the Nagoya Branch, the Osaka Branch, the Hiroshima Branch, the Fukuoka Branch, the Consumer Products Dept., the Food Service Products Dept., the Shelf-stable Foods Dept., the Chilled Foods Dept. and the Foods Sales Promotion Officer will be placed under the supervision of the Food Products Business Operating Officer.

(2) Matters relating to the Support Administration Division

(Change of Business Division Name / To Be Abolished)

  • The scope of research for the Food Function Research Center will be expanded from foods to cover all facets of life and the Center will be renamed the Human Life Science R&D Center.
  • The Research Promotion Office will be abolished.

II. Changes in Responsibilities of Board Members (As of March 1)

<New Position> <Old Position in Parentheses> <Sustained Position> <Name>
In charge of the Global Group Strategic Planning Office (Representative Board Member, Senior Managing Director, Assists President and is in charge of overall business, IT Promotion Office and Finance and Accounting Dept.) Representative Board Member, Senior Managing Director, Assists President and is in charge of overall business, IT Promotion Office and Finance and Accounting Dept. Yasuhisa Sato
Commissioned COO, Americas Business (Board Member, Managing Director, COO, Seafood Business) Board Member, Managing Director Katsunori Sasao
Commissioned General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division (Board Member, Managing Director, COO, Processed Food Business) Board Member, Managing Director Norio Hosomi
In charge of Human Life Science R&D Center (Board Member, in charge of Central Research Laboratory, Environment Office, Bio-Production Research Center and Food Function Research Center, Jointly in charge of Food Safety Research Center and Aquaculture Business Promotion Office) Board Member, in charge of Central Research Laboratory, Environment Office and Bio-Production Research Center, Jointly in charge of Food Safety Research Center and Aquaculture Business Promotion Office Mikio Satake
In charge of Kansai (Board Member, General Manager of Osaka Branch, Representative Director of Kurahashi Co., Ltd.) Board Member, Representative Director of Kurahashi Co., Ltd. Seiji Mananbe
<New Position> <Old Position in Parentheses> <Sustained Position> <Name>
Commissioned Food Products Business Operating Officer (Board Member, General Manager of National Account Sales Division) Board Member Susumu Kaneda
Commissioned Fisheries Business Operating Officer (Board Member, General Manager of Marine Products Business Dept.) Board Member Kenjiro Fujimoto
In charge of Quality Assurance Office (Board Member, General Manager of Quality Assurance Office, Jointly in charge of Food Safety Research Center and Quality Control Center Thailand) Board Member, Jointly in charge of Food Safety Research Center and Quality Control Center Thailand Naoto Ihara
Deputy General Manager, Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division (Board Member, Foods Sales Promotion Officer) Board Member, Foods Sales Promotion Officer Yasumasa Yamasaki
Deputy General Manager, Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division (Board Member, General Manager of Supply Chain Management Dept.) Board Member Hisami Sakai
General Manager of Human Life Science R&D Center (Advisor) Advisor Tomoko Tsuji
Advisor (General Manager of Food Function Research Center) — Nobuo Seki

III. Change in Assignment of General Manager (As of March 1)

<New Position> <Old Position in Parentheses> <Sustained Position> <Name>
Assistant to General Manager of Fisheries & Food Products Business Operation Division (Global Purchasing Officer) — Seijiro Kubo

General Manager of Marketing Planning Office

 (General Manager of Shelf-stable Foods Dept.) — Shinsuke Ohki
General Manager of Supply Chain Management Dept. (Manager of Supply Chain Promotion Section, Supply Chain Management Dept.) — Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
General Manager of Fisheries Products Production Promotion Office (General Manager of Marine Products Food Marketing Dept.) — Toshio Hyuga
Fisheries Products Sales Promotion Officer (National Account Food Service Marketing Dept.) — Atsushi Ueda
General Manager of Fisheries Business Department 1 (General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Office) — Yuji Kobayashi
General Manager of Fisheries Business Department 2 (Manager of Section 1, Fisheries Business Dept.) — Masahide Asai
General Manager of Kansai Fisheries Products Marketing & Sales Dept. (Manager of Section 3, Fisheries Business Dept.) — Toshimichi Takada
General Manager of Sendai Branch (Manager of Processed Foods Sales Section, Consumer Products Sales Dept. for Tokyo Metropolitan Area, National Account Sales Division) — Teruo Tanaka
General Manager of Osaka Branch (General Manager of Fukuoka Branch) — Takeshi Wakisaka
General Manager of Sales Dept. 2, Osaka Branch (General Manager of Co-op Sales Dept., Osaka Branch) — Takanori Kurokawa
General Manager of Shikoku Sales Dept., Osaka Branch (Seconded to Xiamen Longpeng Nissui Cultivation) — Ryoji Yuuchi
General Manager of Hiroshima Branch (General Manager of Shikoku Sales Dept., Osaka Branch) — Yoshimi Miyazaki
General Manager of Fukuoka Branch (General Manager Sales Dept. 2, Osaka Branch) — Yuji Iwata
General Manager of National Account Sales Division (General Manager of Sendai Branch) — Junichi Nishida
General Manager Consumer Products Sales Dept. for Tokyo Metropolitan Area, National Account Sales Division (General Manager of Consumer Products Dept.) — Tetsuya Shindo
General Manager of Consumer Products Dept. (General Manager of Consumer Products Sales Dept. for Tokyo Metropolitan Area, National Account Sales Division) — Akio Tsukuda
General Manager of Shelf-stable Foods Dept. (General Manager of Hiroshima Branch) — Koji Umeda
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Dept. (Manager of Integral Accounting Section, Finance and Accounting Dept.) — Kiichi Nemoto
General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Office (Internal Control Project Leader, Finance and Accounting Dept.) — Hirohiko Sakurai
General Manager of Quality Assurance Office (General Manager of Fine Foods Operations Dept.) — Akihide Otsuji
General Manager of Global Group Strategic Planning Office (General Manager of Marketing Promotion Office) — Tatsuo Ishii
General Manager of Food Products Production Promotion Office (General Manager of Production Promotion Office) — Seizo Seki
General Manager of Technology Development Center (General Manager of Production Engineering Center) — Hiroyuki Shimizu

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