MC News Matsushita Announces Proposed Senior Management Changes

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Date: February 26, 2007 07:48:00 AM

MC News Matsushita Announces Proposed Senior Management Changes

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Matsushita) (NYSE:MC), best known for its Panasonic brand, today announced the following changes of the members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers, effective April 1, 2007, and proposed changes of the members of the Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors, effective June 27, 2007.

These proposed changes will be submitted for and subject to approval at the company’s ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 27, 2007.

1. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective April 1)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board	Kunio Nakamura
Vice Chairman of the Board	Masayuki Matsushita
President	Fumio Ohtsubo
Executive Vice Presidents	Takami Sano	Representative in Tokyo, in charge of Automotive Electronics Business, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd., Panasonic System Solutions Company, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., Corporate eNet Business Division, ep Business Integration Center, and Corporate Construction Business Promotion Division
	Susumu Koike	In charge of Technology and Semiconductor Company
	Tetsuya Kawakami	In charge of Accounting

Executive Vice Presidents	Shunzo Ushimaru (promoted)	In charge of Domestic Consumer Marketing, Electrical Supplies Sales, Project Sales and Building Products Sales, Advertising and Design, Chairman, Corporate Brand Committee
Senior Managing Director	Toshihiro Sakamoto	President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
Managing Directors	Takahiro Mori	In charge of Planning, Associate Director, Corporate IT Innovation Division, in charge of Panasonic Start-up Fund Vice Chairman, Corporate Brand Committee
	Shinichi Fukushima	In charge of Personnel, General Affairs and Social Relations, in charge of e-Work Promotion Office
	Junji Esaka	In charge of Home Appliances Business President, Matsushita Home Appliances Company, in charge of Lighting Company and Matsushita Refrigeration Company
	Ikusaburo Kashima (promoted)	In charge of Legal Affairs, Corporate Risk Management, Corporate Information Security and Corporate Business Ethics, Legal Consultation & Solutions Center, and Corporate International Affairs
Directors	Ikuo Uno
	Yoshifumi Nishikawa
	Hidetsugu Otsuru	In charge of Facility Management, Quality Assurance, Corporate FF Customer Support & Management Division, Environmental Affairs, and Recycling Business Promotion
	Mikio Ito	In charge of Public and Private Institutions
Honorary Chairman of the Board and Executive Advisor, Member of the Board	Masaharu Matsushita

Notes: The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally represent the company.

Ikuo Uno and Yoshifumi Nishikawa are outside directors.

2. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective April 1)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Senior Corporate Auditors	Kazumi Kawaguchi	Chairman, Matsushita Group Auditors Meeting
Senior Corporate Auditors	Yukio Furuta
Corporate Auditors	Yasuo Yoshino
	Ikuo Hata
	Hiroyuki Takahashi

Note: Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.

3. Executive Officers (Effective April 1)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Koshi Kitadai	President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company In charge of: Industrial Sales
Managing Executive Officers	Yasuo Katsura	Director, Tokyo Branch
	Nobutane Yamamoto (promoted)	In charge of Global Procurement Director, Corporate Procurement Division, in Charge of Global Logistics
	Hitoshi Otsuki (promoted)	In charge of Overseas Operations
	Yoshinobu Sato (promoted)	Director, Corporate Sales Strategy Division for National/Panasonic Retailers, in charge of Corporate CS Division and Showroom Strategic Planning Office, Chairman, Showroom Strategic Committee
	Yoshihiko Yamada (promoted)	Director, Corporate Management Division for North America, and Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of North America
	Ken Morita (promoted)	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, Director, Visual Products and Display Devices Business Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
Executive Officers	Yoshitaka Hayashi	Director, Corporate Management Division for China and Northeast Asia, Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of China
	Fujio Nakajima	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, Director, Technology Planning & Development Center, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, General Manager, Digital Broadcasting Business Promotion Office
	Takae Makita	In charge of Information Systems Associate Director, Corporate IT Innovation Division
	Masashi Makino	Director, Corporate Manufacturing Innovation Division
	Joachim Reinhart	COO, Panasonic Europe Ltd.
	Yutaka Mizuno	Vice President in charge of Sales, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company
	Kazuhiro Tsuga	In charge of Digital Network & Software Technology, Overseas R&D Centers, and Digital Network Strategic Planning Office
	Ikuo Miyamoto	President, Motor Company
	Hideo Kawasaki	President, Semiconductor Company
	Shigeru Omori	Director, Corporate Industrial Marketing & Sales Division

Executive Officers	Takumi Kajisha	In charge of Corporate Communications Division, Director, Corporate Communications Division, in charge of CSR Office, Advertising Group, and Corporate Citizenship Group, Vice Chairman, Showroom Strategic Committee
	Masaaki Fujita	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, and Director, Visual Products and Display Devices Business Group, and PDP TV Business Unit, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
	Kazunori Takami	In charge of Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Home Appliances and Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Wellness Products, Director, Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Home Appliances
	Yoshihisa Fukushima	In charge of Intellectual Property Director, Corporate Intellectual Property Division, and President, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company
	Makoto Uenoyama	In charge of Accounting and Finance
	Masatsugu Kondo (newly appointed)	President, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd., and President, Rechargeable Battery Company, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.
	Naoto Noguchi (newly appointed)	Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs Division, in charge of Corporate Quality Administration Division
	Osamu Waki (newly appointed)	President, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
	Toshiaki Kobayashi (newly appointed)	President, Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
	Joseph Taylor (newly appointed)	COO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
	Yoshiiku Miyata (newly appointed)	Director, Corporate Management Division for Europe, and Chairman, Panasonic Europe Ltd.
	Takashi Toyama (newly appointed)	President, Panasonic System Solutions Company, and Director, Corporate Construction Business Promotion Division
	Jun Ishii (newly appointed)	Associate Director, Corporate Sales Strategy Division for National/Panasonic Retailers
	Toshiro Kisaka (newly appointed)	Director, Corporate Management Division for Asia and Oceania, and President, Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Note: Effective March 31, 2007, Yoshiaki Kushiki, Tameshige Hirata, Toru Ishida and Katsutoshi Kanzaki will retire from the office of Managing Executive Officer, Tomiyasu Chiba, Kazuyoshi Fujiyoshi and Tomio Kawabe will retire from the office of Executive Officer and Hajime Sakai will retire from the office of Corporate Advisor.

4. Resignations and Appointments of the Members of the Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors (Effective June 27)
Resignations:
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Executive Vice President	Tetsuya Kawakami	To be appointed Corporate Advisor, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., and President, Matsushita Accounting College
Director	Mikio Ito	To retain his position as Executive Officer, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Senior Corporate Auditor	Kazumi Kawaguchi

Appointments:
Title	Name	Former (Current) Responsibilities
Senior Managing Director	Koshi Kitadai	Currently Senior Managing Executive Officer and President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company, in charge of Industrial Sales
Managing Directors	Yasuo Katsura	Currently Managing Executive Officer and Director, Tokyo Branch
Managing Directors	Hitoshi Otsuki	Currently Managing Executive Officer in charge of Overseas Operations
Director	Makoto Uenoyama	Currently Executive Officer, in charge of Accounting and Finance
Senior Corporate Auditor	Kenichi Hamada	Formerly Executive Vice President, Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.

5. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective June 27, 2007)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board	Kunio Nakamura
Vice Chairman of the Board	Masayuki Matsushita
President	Fumio Ohtsubo
Executive Vice Presidents	Takami Sano	Representative in Tokyo, in charge of Automotive Electronics Business, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd., Panasonic System Solutions Company, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., Corporate eNet Business Division, ep Business Integration Center, and Corporate Construction business Promotion Division
	Susumu Koike	In charge of Technology and Semiconductor Company
	Shunzo Ushimaru	In charge of Domestic Consumer Marketing, Electrical Supplies Sales, Project Sales and Building Products Sales, Advertising, and Design Chairman, Corporate Brand Committee
Senior Managing Directors	Koshi Kitadai (newly appointed)	President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company, and in charge of Industrial Sales
Senior Managing Directors	Toshihiro Sakamoto	President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
Managing Directors	Yasuo Katsura (newly appointed)	Director, Tokyo Branch
	Takahiro Mori	In charge of Planning, Associate Director, Corporate IT Innovation Division, in charge of Panasonic Start-up Fund, Vice Chairman, Corporate Brand Committee
	Shinichi Fukushima	In charge of Personnel, General Affairs and Social Relations, in charge of e-Work Promotion Office
	Junji Esaka	In charge of Home Appliances Business President, Matsushita Home Appliances Company In charge of Lighting Company and Matsushita Refrigeration Company
	Hitoshi Otsuki (newly appointed)	In charge of Overseas Operations
	Ikusaburo Kashima	In charge of Legal Affairs, Corporate Risk Management, Corporate Information Security and Corporate Business Ethics, Legal Consultation & Solutions Center, and Corporate International Affairs
Directors	Ikuo Uno
	Yoshifumi Nishikawa
	Hidetsugu Otsuru	In charge of Facility Management, Quality Assurance, Corporate FF Customer Support & Management Division, Environmental Affairs, and Recycling Business Promotion
	Makoto Uenoyama (newly appointed)	In charge of Accounting and Finance
Honorary Chairman of the Board and Executive Advisor, Member of the Board	Masaharu Matsushita

Ikuo Uno and Yoshifumi Nishikawa are outside directors.

6. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors(Effective June 27)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Senior Corporate Auditors	Yukio Furuta
Senior Corporate Auditors	Kenichi Hamada (newly appointed)	Chairman, Matsushita Group Auditors Meeting
Corporate Auditors	Yasuo Yoshino
	Ikuo Hata
	Hiroyuki Takahashi

Note: Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.

7. Executive Officers(Effective June 27)
Title	Name	New Responsibilities
Managing Executive Officers	Nobutane Yamamoto	In charge of Global Procurement Director, Corporate Procurement Division In Charge of Global Logistics
	Yoshinobu Sato	Director, Corporate Sales Strategy Division for National/Panasonic Retailers In charge of Corporate CS Division and Showroom Strategic Planning Office Chairman, Showroom Strategic Committee
	Yoshihiko Yamada	Director, Corporate Management Division for North America and Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of North America
	Ken Morita	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, and Director, Visual Products and Display Devices Business Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
Executive Officers	Yoshitaka Hayashi	Director, Corporate Management Division for China and Northeast Asia, and Chairman, Panasonic Corporation of China
	Fujio Nakajima	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, and Director, Technology Planning & Development Center, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, and General Manager, Digital Broadcasting Business Promotion Office
	Takae Makita	In charge of Information Systems Associate Director, Corporate IT Innovation Division
	Masashi Makino	Director, Corporate Manufacturing Innovation Division
	Joachim Reinhart	COO, Panasonic Europe Ltd.
	Yutaka Mizuno	Vice President in charge of Sales, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company
	Mikio Ito	In charge of Public and Private Institutions
	Kazuhiro Tsuga	In charge of Digital Network & Software Technology, Overseas R&D Centers, and Digital Network Strategic Planning Office
	Ikuo Miyamoto	President, Motor Company
	Hideo Kawasaki	President, Semiconductor Company
	Shigeru Omori	Director, Corporate Industrial Marketing & Sales Division
	Takumi Kajisha	In charge of Corporate Communications Division, Director, Corporate Communications Division, in charge of CSR Office, Advertising Group, and Corporate Citizenship Group, Vice Chairman, Showroom Strategic Committee

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Executive Officers	Masaaki Fujita	Senior Vice President, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, and Director, Visual Products and Display Devices Business Group, and PDP TV Business Unit, Panasonic AVC Networks Company
	Kazunori Takami	In charge of Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Home Appliances and Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Wellness Products, Director, Corporate Marketing Division for National Brand Home Appliances
	Yoshihisa Fukushima	In charge of Intellectual Property Director, Corporate Intellectual Property Division, and President, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company
	Masatsugu Kondo	President, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd., and President, Rechargeable Battery Company, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.
	Naoto Noguchi	Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs Division, in charge of Corporate Quality Administration Division
	Osamu Waki	President, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
	Toshiaki Kobayashi	President, Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
	Joseph Taylor	COO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
	Yoshiiku Miyata	Director, Corporate Management Division for Europe; and Chairman, Panasonic Europe Ltd.
	Takashi Toyama	President, Panasonic System Solutions Company; Director, Corporate Construction Business Promotion Division
	Jun Ishii	Associate Director, Corporate Sales Strategy Division for National/Panasonic Retailers
	Toshiro Kisaka