News Release
July 30, 2021

Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd.
President & COO Representative Director / Shoichi Mure

Notice of Change in Board of Directors and Corporate Officers
Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hirakata-City, Osaka), a groupcompany of Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative
Executive Officer & Co-President: Yuichiro Wakatsuki/ Wee Siew Kim), which produces automotive
coatings, announces the change of Board of Directors and Corporate Officers effective August 1,2021 as follows.
1. Change of Representative DirectorNameNew Title

Former Title

Shinji Takedagawa

President andRepresentative Director of theBoard
Director of the Board,
Deputy Chairman
Office of the Chairman

Deputy President and Executive
Corporate Officer
Head for Japan
President & COO
Representative Director

Shoichi Mure

2. Change of role of Corporate Officers
Name

New Title

Former Title

Hu Zhao Hui

Deputy President and Executive
Corporate Officer
Head for Asia
Deputy President and Executive
Corporate Officer
In charge of corporate function
cum GM, Corporate Planning
Executive Corporate Officer
Division Director, Technology
cum GM, 4M/BCP/Reborn
Primary in charge of Film business
Executive Corporate Officer
Division Director, OEM Sales

Deputy President and Executive
Corporate Officer
Head for China and Taiwan
Corporate Officer
Division Director,
Corporate Planning

Naoya Hiramatsu

Koichi Ohara

Masayuki Tanaka

Motoshi Hagiwara

Corporate Officer
GM, Quality Assurance

Hiroshi Takenaka

Corporate Officer
Division Director, PARTS Sales
Secondary in charge of Filmbusiness

Executive Corporate Officer
Division Director, Technology

Executive Corporate Officer
Division Director, Corporate Sales
Division I
Corporate Officer
Division Director, Safety Quality
Environment
Corporate Officer
Division Director,
Sales Management

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3. Newly‐appointed Corporate Officers
Name

New TitleFormer Title

Takahiro Mukae

Corporate Officer
Division Director,Corporate Management
Corporate Officer
Division Director, Production

Executive
GM, Corporate Managementcum GM, General affair
Executive
Division Director, Production

TsuyoshiHarakawa

4. Resignation of Corporate Officers
Name

New Title

Former Title

Atsushi Nagasaka

Adviser
In charge of supporting OEM Sales

Executive Corporate Officer
Division Director,
Corporate Sales Division II

Shae Toh Hock―Corporate Officer
Joint GM, Corporate Planning

Grace Tan―

Corporate Officer
Joint GM, Finance & Accounting

5. Transfer of Executives
Name

New Title

Former Title

Tetsuji Nitta

Executive
Deputy Division Director,
Global R&D（Global Innovation）
cum GM, Innovation（JP）
Executive
4M/BCP/Reborn

Executive
Joint Deputy Division Director, R&D

Kensuke Tojima

Executive
GM, Overseas Business

Executive
GM, International Affairs

Ayako Iwakoshi

Executive
Deputy Division Director,
Global R&D（Global Core R&D）
cum Deputy Division Director,
Technology Strategy Planning
cum GM, Core R&D（JP）
Executive
GM, Primer/Topcoat

Executive
Deputy Division Director, R&D

Masato Kurokawa

Koki Hayashi

Executive
GM, Primer/Topcoat Technology

Executive
GM, Re-born Project Managementcum GM, Primer/Topcoat
Development

6. Resignation of Executives
NameNew Title

Former Title

Toshiyuki Ishii

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd

Executive
GM, Technology Management &Planning

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Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd.
2-14-1 Shodai Otani, Hirakata-City, Osaka 573-1153 Japan
E-mail: info.npau@nipponpaint.jp
Contact person: Mari Kurokawa