SATO announced the appointment of Mr. Nobuo Miyagi as Head of the Business Development Office at SATO Holdings Corporation. In this role, Mr. Miyagi will take overall responsibility for driving SATO's M&A strategy from planning, identification of opportunities, evaluation, negotiation, due diligence, execution, to management of post-acquisition integration processes, ensuring that the M&A delivers its full value including realization of the targeted strategic and operational synergies. Mr. Miyagi has more than 12 years of hands-on M&A experiences including a successful career with Mitsubishi Corporation where he led an international consortium project to acquire United Utilities Australia's water businesses.