OREANDA-NEWS. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced that, based on decisions made at a Board of Directors meeting earlier today, executive officers Toshiyuki Kuyama and Kazuo Ota will be nominated as Directors at the Kawasaki Shareholders’ Meeting in late June 2015. Subject to the approval of the shareholders, they will be appointed Senior Vice Presidents. The Company will also nominate Hideki Fukuda, President of Kobe University as Outside Director and Takashi Torizumi as Corporate Auditor at that meeting. Kyohei Matsuoka, Hiroshi Takata, Minoru Makimutra and Shigehiko Kiyama will resign as Directors, and Michio Oka will resign as Corporate Auditor in late June 2015. Matsuoka and Takata will become Senior Strategic Advisors, and Makimura and Kiyama will become Advisors after resignation.

New directors to be nominated

Toshiyuki Kuyama
President
Gas Turbine & Machinery Company

Kazuo Ota
General Manager
Corporate Planning Division

Outside director to be nominated

Hideki Fukuda
President of Kobe University

Corporate auditor to be nominated

Takashi Torizumi

Resigning directors

Kyohei Matsuoka
Hiroshi Takata
Minoru Makimura
Shigehiko Kiyama

Resigning corporate auditor

Michio Oka

Proposed Board members
Shigeru Murayama President
Joji Iki Senior Executive Vice President
Eiji Inoue Senior Vice President
Yoshinori Kanehana Senior Vice President
Akio Murakami Senior Vice President
Munenori Ishikawa Senior Vice President
Kazuo Hida Senior Vice President
Kenji Tomida Senior Vice President
Toshiyuki Kuyama Senior Vice President
Kazuo Ota Senior Vice President
Yoshihiko Morita Outside Director
Hideki Fukuda Outside Director