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Announcement of personnel and organization changes

February 22, 2022

TDK Corporation announces the following personnel and organization changes.


  • 1. Changes in executive’s responsibility as of April 1, 2022

    Name New Position Former Position
    Noboru Saito President & CEO
    and General Manager of Humidifier Countermeasures HQ
    Senior Vice President
    CEO, Sensor Systems Business Company
    Shuichi Hashiyama Corporate Officer
    General Manager, Corporate Strategy HQ
    and General Manager, Corporate Planning Group
    Corporate Officer
    Deputy General Manager, Corporate Strategy HQ
    and General Manager, Corporate Planning Group
    Ludger Trockel Corporate Officer
    CSO, Electronic Components Business Company (ECBC)
    and General Manager, ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, Electronic Components Business Company
    General Manager, ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, Electronic Components Business Company
    Takao Tsutsui Corporate Officer
    CEO, Sensor Systems Business Company
    General Manager, Magnetic Sensors Business Group, Sensor Systems Business Company
    Ikuo Fukuchi Corporate Officer
    Global Chief Compliance Officer
    and General Manager, Legal & Compliance HQ
    General Manager, Legal & Compliance HQ
  • 2. Changes in personnel responsibilities as of April 1, 2022

    Name New Position Former Position
    Hidekazu Sato Deputy General Manager, Magnetics Business Group, Electronic Components Business Company -
    Robert Sutton General manager, EMC & RF Solutions Business Division, Electronic Components Business Company -
    Keisuke Igarashi General Manager, Magnetic Sensors Business Group, Sensor Systems Business Company -
    Atsuo Omagari General Manager, Corporate Communications Group, Corporate Strategy HQ -
    Tsutomu Ide General Manager, Evaluation & Analysis Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ -
    Jason Mizell General Manager, Safety & Environment Group, Sustainability Promotion HQ -
    Joe Kit Chu Lam General Manager, China HQ -
    Masahiro Terunuma Deputy General Manager, China HQ General Manager, China HQ
  • 3. Changes in personnel responsibilities as of July 1, 2022

    Name New Position Former Position
    Karl Mueller General Manager, Europe HQ Deputy General Manager, Europe HQ
  • 4. Organization Changes as of April 1, 2022

    • Transfer “EMC & RF Engineering Business Division” to “Electronic Components Business Company” and rename it to “EMC & RF Solutions Business Division”
    • Split “Thin Film Wafer Foundry Business Division” and integrate them to “Magnetic Sensor Business Group” and “MEMS Sensor Business Group” under “Sensor Systems Business Company” and “Applied Product Development Center” under “Technology & Intellectual Property HQ”
    • Split “Packaging & Foundry Business Division” under “Electronic Components Business Company” and integrate them into “Magnetics Business Group” and “Communication Devices Business Group” under the Business Company
    • Establish “Evaluation & Analysis Center” under “Technology & Intellectual Property HQ”

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Mr. Kazushige Atsumi TDK Corporation +81 3 6778-1055 TDK.PR@tdk.com