Nitto Denko Corporation announced that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on December 25, 2025, the board decided to change of Representative Directors as follows. The details of the change are that Hideo Takasaki will assume the new position of Chairman, Representative Director, CEO, from his former position as Representative Director, President, CEO, COO, while Tatsuya Akagi will assume the position of Representative Director, President, COO, from his former position as Director, Executive Vice President. The profile of the new President is as follows: Name: Tatsuya Akagi; Date of birth: November 19, 1970; Number of Company shares owned: 30,900.
His brief profile includes joining Nitto Denko Corporation in April 1993; serving as Director, Taiwan Nitto Optical Co. Ltd. in May 2010; General Manager of Sales Management Division, Information Fine Materials Unit, Information Fine Materials Sector in April 2015; General Manager of Business Management Division, Information Fine Materials Unit, Information Fine Materials Sector in April 2016; Deputy General Manager of Information Fine Materials Sector in April 2017; Vice President, General Manager of Information Fine Materials Sector in June 2019; Senior Vice President, General Manager of Information Fine Materials Sector in June 2022; and Director, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Information Fine Materials Sector from June 2024 to the present. Regarding the background of the change, the current medium-term management plan ?Nitto for Everyone 2025,?
which the current president has been promoting, has greatly contributed to the improvement of the Company?s value as the business grows, and fiscal 2025 will be the final year. In formulating and implementing the next medium-term management plan starting in fiscal 2026, the Company intends to promote sustainable growth under a new system under the new president. The effective date of this change will be April 1, 2026.
