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Announcement of personnel and organization changes

March 1, 2023

TDK Corporation announces the following personnel and organization changes.


  • 1. Changes in executive’s responsibility as of April 1, 2023

    Name New Position Former Position
    Andreas Keller Senior Vice President
    Chief People and Sustainability Officer and General Manager, Human Resources HQ
    Senior Vice President
    General Manager, Human Resources HQ
    Roshan Thapliya Corporate Officer
    Chief Digital Transformation Officer and General Manager, Management System HQ
    Corporate Officer
    Chief Digital Transformation Officer and Deputy General Manager, Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ
    Jim Tran Corporate Officer
    General Manager, Americas HQ and Deputy General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property Center
    Corporate Officer
    General Manager, Americas HQ
    Takeshi Takahashi Corporate Officer
    Chief Officer of Quality, Safety and Environment and General Manager, Quality Assurance HQ
    Deputy General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ and General Manager, Advanced Products Development Center

  • 2. Changes in personnel responsibilities as of April 1, 2023

    Name New Position Former Position
    Wenjie Chen General Manager, HDD Head Business Group, Magnetic Heads Business Company Deputy General Manager, HDD Head Business Group, Magnetic Heads Business Company
    Andy Fok Deputy General Manager, HDD Head Business Group, Magnetic Heads Business Company -
    YiLiang Chan General Manager, Micro-Actuator Solutions Business Group -
    Angela Yuan Deputy General Manager, Human Resources HQ -
    Kei Niikura Deputy General Manager, Management System HQ -
    Ryosuke Koshiba General Manager, Intellectual Property Rights Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ -
    Yasushi Enokido General Manager, Advanced Products Development Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ General Manager, Materials Research Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ
    Tatsuya Kojima General Manager, Materials Research Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ -

  • 3. Organization Changes as of April 1, 2023

    • Rename SCM & Management System HQ to Management System HQ
    • Establish DX Promotion Group within Management System HQ
    • Rename Production Engineering HQ to Production HQ
    • Establish Monozukuri Innovation Group within Production HQ
    • Transfer SCM Reengineering Group and Procurement & Logistics Group from SCM & Management System HQ into Production HQ
    • Rename Production Engineering Planning Group to Production Strategy Planning Group
    • Rename Monozukuri Center to Process Development Group
    • Rename Production Engineering Center to Machinery Development Group

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Mr. Atsuo Omagari TDK Corporation +81 3 6778-1055 TDK.PR@tdk.com