プレスリリース PRESS RELEASE


New Appointment of Executives April 3, 2006

Japan Air Gases is pleased to announce the following appointments after its shareholders meeting and Board meeting that took place on March 30th, 2006.
 
Personnel changes of Executive Officers(As of April 1, 2006)
 
Newly appointed Formerly titled Name
 
Vice President,General Manager,Electronics Business Division Senior Executive Officer,General Manager, Electronics Business Development Division    Akihiko Morisha
 
Executive Officer,in charge of Industrial Customers, Healthcare, and Network Executive Manager,General Manager,Industrial Customers / Healthcare Business Development Division Jean-Francois Lecouffe
 
 
Personnel changes of Executive Managers & Senior Managers(As of April 1, 2006)
 
Newly appointed Formerly titled Name
 
Executive Manager,General Manager,Equipment Sales Division Senior Manager,General Manager, Gas Sourcing Department Hiroyuki Araki
 
Senior Manager,General Manager,Procurement and Gas Sourcing Division, andin charge of Administration & Legal, Intellectual Property, and Communication Senior Manager,General Manager, Administration, IT Division & Communication Department Masakazu Tanaka
 
Senior Manager,General Manager,Network Business Division enior Manager,Deputy General Manager, Dealers & Equipment Sales Division, Department Manager, Industry Relations Department, Dealers & Equipment Sales Division Hidetoshi Kadogaki
Senior Manager,Region Manager, Kinki Region Region manager, Kinki region Tsuneo Matsuo
 
Senior Manger,General Manager,ESG & New Precursors Marketing Manager, ESG & Cylinder Marketing Department, Electronics Business Development Division Takako Kimura
 
Retired (appointed as a new position in Air Liquide Group) Executive Manager,General Manager, Large Industries Special Projects Toshiaki Totani
 
Retired as an Senior Manager (appointed as a new position in Air Liquide Group) Senior Manager,General Manager, Procurement Department Hitomi Ishiguro
 
Please refer to the attachment for other executives.
 

 
Directors & Executive Officers
 
Director, Chairman of the Board Toyofumi Shimohata
 
Director,
Representative Executive Officer,
President & CEO
Guy Salzgeber
 
Director,
Executive Officer,
Vice President & CFO
Susan Robertson
 
Director,
Executive Officer,
Vice President General Manager,
Electronics Business Division
Akihiko Morisha
 
Director, Managing Director Hiroji Hamaguchi
 
Director,
Executive Officer,
in charge of Production & Industrial Operations Division
Bernard Dhainaut
 
Executive Officer,
in charge of Human Resources Division
Toshinobu Iwasaki
 
Executive Officer,
in charge of Safety, Risk & Industrial Regulatory Compliance Division
Eiji Hayashitani
 
Executive Officer,
in charge of Industrial Customers, Healthcare,
and Network
Jean-Francois Lecouffe
 
Director (external) Jean-Pierre Duprieu
 
Director (external) John Bevan
 
Director (external) John Glen
 
Director (external) Krishnamulthy Rajagopal
 
 
Members of the Executive Team
 
Executive Manager,
General Manager,
Region Sales Division
Tomohiro Shimatani
 
Executive Manager,General Manager,
Equipment Sales Division
Hiroyuki Araki
Senior Manager,General Manager, Large Industries Division Hideki Kawamur
 
Senior Manager,
General Manager,
Large Industries Division
Hideki Kawamura
 
Senior Manager,
General Manager,
Gas Sourcing & Procurement Division,
and in charge of Administration & Legal,
Intellectual Property,
and Communication
Masakazu Tanaka
 
General Manager,
Strategic Planning Division
Jean-Baptiste Dellon
 
Operations Controller,
and in charge of Information Management Technology
Matthieu Baumgartner
 
Senior Manager,
Region Manager,
Chugoku Region
Takeshi Hiramatsu
 
Senior Manager,
General Manager,
Network Business Division
Hidetoshi Kadogaki
 
Senior Manager,
Manager,
Primary Production & On-Site Department,
Production & Industrial Operations Division
Shunichi Miyamoto
 
Senior Manager,
Manager,
Total Gas Management Department,
Electronics Business Division
Keisuke Matsumura
 
Senior Manager,
Deputy General Manager,
Production & Industrial Operations Division,Manager,
ESG Supply Chain Department
Shigeru Sagami
 
Senior Manager,
Region Manager,
Kinki Region
Tsuneo Matsuo
 
Senior Manager,
General Manager,
ESG & New Precursors Marketing,
Electronics Business Division
Takako Kimura


Contact: Toyoyama Shun, Communication Dept, Japan Air Gases Ltd.
TEL:03-3536-2642



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