OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2012. Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that at its board of directors' meeting held today, it decided to make the following changes in its representative directors.

New Representative Directors

Tetsu TakahashiCurrent title  Senior Managing Director
New title  Executive Vice President & Representative Director from April 1
Area of responsibility  Head of the Aluminum & Copper Business (unchanged)

Jun TanakaCurrent title  Senior Managing Director
New title  Executive Vice President & Officer from April 1
 
Executive Vice President & Representative Director from late June

Area of responsibility  Head of the Natural Resources & Engineering Business from April 1

Retiring Representative Directors

Tomoyuki KayaTitle  Executive Vice President & Representative Director
New Title & Area of Responsibility  Executive Vice President & Director. Assistant to the President from April 1

Adviser to Kobe Steel, Ltd. from late June

Takashi MatsutaniTitle  Executive Vice President & Representative Director
New Title  Executive Vice President & Director. Assistant to the President from April 1.

Adviser to Kobe Steel, Ltd. from late June
Kazuo ShigekawaTitle  Executive Vice President & Representative Director
New Title  Executive Vice President & Director. Assistant to the President (Adviser to Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.) from April 1.

President, Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. from late June

Continuing Representative Directors

The following executives will continue as representative directors. Their areas of responsibility from April 1 are as follows:

Hiroshi SatoTitle  President, CEO & Representative Director

Ikuhiro YamaguchiTitle  Executive Vice President & Representative Director

Area of responsibility  Head of the Iron & Steel Business (unchanged)


Hiroaki FujiwaraTitle  Executive Vice President & Representative Director

Areas of responsibility  Oversees the Audit Department, Secretariat & Publicity Department, General Administration Department, Legal Department, Human Resources Department (excluding occupational safety management and QC support activities), Corporate Planning Department, Global Business Planning Department, Accounting Department, Finance Department, Marketing Planning Department, Civil Construction Technology Department, branch offices and sales offices (including Takasago Works), and overseas locations (under the head office). Oversees companywide compliance.