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Benesse announces personnel change of representative directors
Release Date : 2007/02/21
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Benesse Corporation resolved to change representative director, president and CEO appointment.
1. Name and career of the new Representative Director to be appointed on February 21, 2007.
New title:Representative Director, Chairman, President and CEO
Current position:Representative Director, Chairman
Name:Soichiro Fukutake
Birthplace:Okayama
Education:Graduated Waseda University, Major in Science & Engineering
Birthdate:Dec. 14, 1945
Career:
April 1973 Joined Benesse Corporation
April 1974 Director, General Manager of Tokyo Branch
May 1976 Managing Director
May 1980 Senior Managing Director
May 1985 Director, Vice President
May 1986 Representative Director, President
April 2003 Representative Director, Chairman, President and CEO
June 2003 Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
June 2006 Representative Director, Chairman Currently in office
2.Reason for change
Former representative director, president & CEO Masayoshi Morimoto announced resignation of his position on February 21, 2007. In response to his announcement, Benesse Corporation resolved to change representative director, president and CEO appointment at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today.
3. New management setup
Chairman, President and CEO Fukutake continues the management reform.