28. May, 2007
About Executive Personnel Changes
Tokyo, May 28, 2007---SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) has decided on the following executive personnel changes in today's Board of Directors meeting.
1. New Candidates for the Board of Directors (As of June 28)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Seiichiro Sano | Executive Director & President |
President |
| Kentaro Yamagishi*1 | Executive Director & Executive Vice President |
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning HQ |
| Hideo Watanabe | Member of the Board(External) | Senior Managing Director of Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. President of Daiwa Securities SMBC Principle Investments Co., Ltd. |
| Hiromoto Sekino | Member of the Board | Corporate Advisor Chairman of SANYO Electric Service Co., Ltd. |
2. Retiring Board of Director Members (As of June 28)
| Tetsuo Naraha | Executive Director & Executive Vice President |
| Toshimasa Iue*2 | Member of the Board |
| Toshinao Matushima | Member of the Board (External) |
3. Newly Appointed Executive Personnel (As of July 1)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Takao Ando | Vice President President, SANYO Tokyo Manufacturing Co., Ltd |
President of SANYO Tokyo Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| Shigeharu Yoshii | Vice President General Manager, Legal H.Q. General Manager, Intellectual Property H.Q. |
General Manager, Legal H.Q. General Manager, Intellectual Property H.Q. |
| Takashi Hirao | Vice President General Manager, Overseas Sales & Marketing H.Q. |
General Manager, Overseas Sales & Marketing H.Q. |
| Hirokazu Teshima | Vice President General Manager, Medical/ Healthcare Business H.Q. |
General Manager, Medical/ Healthcare Business H.Q. |
| Tsutomu Nozaki*3 | Vice President Company President, Automotive Company |
Company Vice President, Automotive Company |
| Masahisa Shimizu | Vice President Company Vice President, Telecom Company |
Head of Corporate Audit Office |
| Tsuyoshi Egami | Vice President Company Vice President, Telecom Company General Manager of Technical Management Department |
General Manager, Technical Management Department of Telecom Company |
4. Executive Personnel (As of June 26)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Nobuaki Matsuoka*4 | Vice President Executive Director & President of Tottori SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. |
Vice President Company President, Automotive Company |
(As of July 1)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Takuya Kobayashi | Vice President Deputy General Manager, Overseas Sales & Marketing H.Q. |
Vice President Head of Overseas Sales & Marketing |
| Tetsuhiro Maeda | Vice President Deputy General Manager, Procurement H.Q. |
Vice President Company Vice President, Telecom Company |
5. Other Personnel Changes (As of July 1)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Yoshihisa Kitagawa | Head, Corporate Audit Office | Deputy Head, Corporate Audit Office |
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- Global PR Section, Global Communications Department
Corporate Communications Headquarters
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. - Tel: +81-3-6414-8615
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