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Announcement of personnel and organization changes

Mar. 26, 2014

TDK Corporation announces the following changes in personnel and responsibilities and organization decided by resolution of the Board of Directors at a meeting held today.

  1. Changes in executives’ responsibilities as of April 1, 2014
      New Position Former Position
    Hiroyuki Uemura Director, Executive Vice President,
    President & CEO of TDK-EPC,
    and General Manager of Ceramic Capacitors Business Group    		 Director, Executive Vice President,
    President & CEO of TDK-EPC,
    General Manager of Ceramic
    Capacitors Business Group and
    General Manager of Magnetics Business Group
    Noboru Saito Senior Vice President,
    General Manager of Electronic
    Components Sales & Marketing
    Group, and General Manager of
    ICT Group of Electronic
    Components Sales & Marketing Group    		 Senior Vice President, and
    General Manager of Electronic
    Components Sales & Marketing
    Group
    Mitsuru Nagata Corporate Officer,
    Deputy General Manager of
    Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group, and General
    Manager of Automotive Group of Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group    		 Corporate Officer,
    Deputy General Manager of Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group
    Joachim Thiele Corporate Officer,
    Deputy General Manager of
    Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group, and General
    Manager of Industry & Energy
    Group of Electronic Components
    Sales & Marketing Group    		 Corporate Officer,
    Deputy General Manager of Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group
  2. Changes in executive's responsibilities as of June 27, 2014
      New Position Former Position
    Atsuo Kobayashi Director, Executive Vice President,
    In charge of Ferrite & Magnet
    Products Business Group, Data
    Storage & Thin Film Technology
    Components Business Group,
    Applied Films Business Group,
    Flash Memory Applied Device
    Business Division, and EMC & RF Engineering Business Division, and General Manager of Power Systems Business Group    		 Director, Executive Vice President,
    In charge of Power Systems
    Business Group, Ferrite & Magnet Products Business Group, Data Storage & Thin Film Technology Components Business Group, Applied Films Business Group, Flash Memory Applied Device Business Division, and EMC & RF Engineering Business Division
  3. Changes in general managers' position as of April 1, 2014
      New Position Former Position
    Ludger Trockel Deputy General Manager of
    Automotive Group of Electronic
    Components Sales & Marketing
    Group    		 Leader of Automotive
    Department of Industry Segment
    Development Division of
    Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group
    Toshimichi Kamagata General Manager of Application
    Center    		 Senior Manager of Strategic
    Product Marketing Division of
    Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group
    Toshihiro Kuroshima General Manager
    of Magnetics Business Group    		 Deputy General Manager
    of Magnetics Business Group
    Koichi Shirai Deputy General Manager
    of Magnetics Business Group    		 Senior Manager of Business
    Planning Department of
    Magnetics Business Group
    Kohei Wada Deputy General Manager of
    Systems, Acoustics, Waves
    Business Group and Deputy
    General Manager of ICT Group
    of Electronic Components Sales
    & Marketing Group    		 Deputy General Manager of
    Systems, Acoustics, Waves Business Group
    Shigetaka Maeyama Deputy General Manager of
    Power Systems Business Group
    and Deputy General Manager of
    Industry & Energy Group of
    Electronic Components Sales &
    Marketing Group    		 Deputy General Manager of
    Power Systems Business Group
    Mayumi Yamakawa General Manager of Human
    Resources Group of
    Administration HQ    		 General Manager of Production
    Engineering Group of
    Manufacturing HQ
    Akihiko Ayabe General Manager of General
    Affairs Group of Administration
    HQ    		 Senior Manager of HR
    Administration & Labor Relations
    Department of Human Resources
    Group of Administration HQ
    Toshiaki Yamamoto General Manager of Production
    Engineering Group of
    Manufacturing HQ    		 General Manager of General
    Affairs Group of Administration
    HQ
    Tetsuya Kuwashima General Manager of Safety &
    Environment Group of
    Manufacturing HQ    		 Leader of Products Contribution Section of Safety & Environment Group of Manufacturing HQ
    Kyung-Ku Choi General Manager of Technology
    & Intellectual Properties Strategy
    Group of Technology HQ    		 Deputy General Manager of
    Advanced Technology
    Development Center of
    Technology HQ
  4. Organization Changes as of April 1, 2014
    Application Center is newly established.
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