Announcement of personnel and organization changes
1. Changes in executives’ responsibilities as of April 1, 2026
| Name | New Position | Former Position |
|---|---|---|
| Ludger Trockel | Corporate Officer General Manager, Sales & Marketing HQ |
Corporate Officer CSO, Electronic Components Business Company and General Manager, ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, Electronic Components Business Company (Concurrent) |
| Roshan Thapliya | Corporate Officer Chief Digital Transformation Officer and General Manager, Digital Solutions HQ(Concurrent) and General Manager, AI Group, Digital Solutions HQ(Concurrent) |
Corporate Officer Chief Digital Transformation Officer and General Manager, Management System HQ (Concurrent) and General Manager, DX Promotion Group, Management System HQ (Concurrent) |
2.Changes in personnel responsibility as of April 1, 2026
| Name | New Position | Former Position |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshinori Maeda | Deputy General Manager, Sales & Marketing HQ | Deputy General Manager, ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, Electronic Components Business Company |
| Jon Nelson | Deputy General Manager, Sales & Marketing HQ | Deputy General Manager, ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, Electronic Components Business Company |
| Michael Chinn | Deputy General Manager, Sales & Marketing HQ | CSO, Sensor Systems Business Company |
| Junshi Saito | General Manager, Magnetic Sensors Business Group, Sensor Systems Business Company | - |
| Sam Maddalena | Deputy General Manager, Magnetic Sensors Business Group, Sensor Systems Business Company | General Manager, Magnetic Sensors Business Group, Sensor Systems Business Company |
| Satoshi Sakai | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Strategy HQ | General Manager, Corporate Planning Group, Corporate Strategy HQ |
| Kentaro Amikura | General Manager, Corporate Planning Group, Corporate Strategy HQ | - |
| Noriko Nakano | General Manager, Sustainability Management Group, Corporate Strategy HQ | General Manager, Sustainability Promotion Group, Corporate Strategy HQ |
| Ryosuke Koshiba | Deputy General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ and General Manager, Intellectual Property Rights Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ (concurrent) | General Manager, Intellectual Property Rights Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ |
| Hiroki Tetsukawa | General Manager, CTO Office, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ | - |
| Guenter Aflenzer | General Manager, Europe R&D Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ | - |
| Nobumitsu Kanemori | General Manager, Incubation Center, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ | - |
| Sandeep Pandya | General Manager, Edge AI Business Division, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ | General Manager, Edge AI Business Division |
| Kenichi Kawabata | General Manager, Production HQ and General Manager, Monozukuri Development Group, Production HQ (concurrent) | General Manager, Production HQ |
| Kyung-ku Choi | General Manager, FA Solutions Business Group, Production HQ | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ and General Manager, Next Generation Products & Solutions Group, Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ (concurrent)" |
| Daisuke Iwanaga | General Manager, Project Promotion Group, Production HQ | General Manager, Production Engineering Group, Production HQ |
| Haruhiko Yamaguchi | General Manager, Machinery Development Group, Production HQ | - |
| Kei Niikura | Deputy General Manager, Digital Solutions HQ | Deputy General Manager, Management System HQ |
| Eiichiro Ueda | General Manager, IT Group, Digital Solutions HQ | General Manager, Business System Group, Management System HQ |
| Hiroko Sano | General Manager, Digital Group, Digital Solution HQ | - |
| Hiroki Honma | Deputy General Manager, China HQ | General Manager, Corporate Marketing Group, Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ |
| Vaidyanathan Ramasarma | General Manager, Asia-Pacific HQ | - |
3. Organization Changes as of April 1, 2026
- Establish Sales & Marketing HQ succeeding ECBC Sales & Marketing Group, and sales functions within Sensor Systems Business Company and Corporate Marketing Group in Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ
- Establish CTO Office under Technology & Intellectual Property HQ
- Transfer Edge AI Business Division to Technology & Intellectual Property HQ
- Establish Incubation Center under Technology & Intellectual Property HQ, succeeding New Generation Products & Solutions Group in Corporate Marketing & Incubation HQ
- Rename Sustainability Promotion Group in Corporate Strategy HQ to Sustainability Management Group
- Reorganize Production Engineering Group in Production HQ into Project Promotion Group, Monozukuri Development Group, and Machine Development Group
- Rename Management System HQ to Digital Solutions HQ
- Reorganize Business System Group and DX Promotion Group into IT Group, Digital Group, and AI Group
- Establish Asia-Pacific HQ
Contacts for media
Yoichi OSUGA
TDK Corporation Tokyo, Japan
+813 6778-1055
TDK.PR@tdk.com
About TDK Corporation
TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) is a global technology company and innovation leader in the electronics industry, based in Tokyo, Japan. With the tagline “In Everything, Better” TDK aims to realize a better future across all aspects of life, industry, and society. For over 90 years, TDK has shaped the world from within; from the pioneering ferrite cores to cassette tapes that defined an era, to powering the digital age with advanced components, sensors, and batteries, leading the way towards a more sustainable future. United by TDK Venture Spirit, a start-up mentality built on visions, courage and mutual trust, TDK’s passionate team members around the globe pursue better—for ourselves, customers, partners, and the world. Today, the state-of-the-art technologies of TDK are in everything, from industrial applications, energy systems, electric vehicles, to smartphones and gaming, at the core of modern life. TDK’s comprehensive, innovative-driven portfolio includes cutting-edge passive components, sensors and sensor systems, power supplies, lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, magnetic heads, AI and enterprise software solutions, and more—featuring numerous market-leading products. These are marketed under the product brands TDK, EPCOS, InvenSense, Micronas, Tronics, TDK-Lambda, TDK SensEI, and ATL. Positioning the AI ecosystem as a key strategic area, TDK leverages its global network across the automotive, information and communication technology, and industrial equipment sectors to expand its business in a wide range of fields. In fiscal 2025, TDK posted total sales of USD 14.4 billion and employed about 105,000 people worldwide.
