February 25, 2022

TOKYO, Japan, February 25, 2022 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today made the following decisions at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 25, concerning Member of the Board, Corporate Auditors, and Corporate Officers. The changes in Member of the Board and Corporate Auditors will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the 20th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on March 30, 2022.

1. Outline of the Change in Member of the Board (As of March 30, 2022)

Note: Asterisk (*) indicates position currently held.

(1) Retiring Member of the Board
Tetsuro Toyoda, Outside Director*

2. Outline of the Change in Corporate Auditors (As of March 30, 2022)

Note: Asterisk (*) indicates position currently held.

(1) New Corporate Auditor
Miya Miyama, Outside Corporate Auditor

(2) Retiring Corporate Auditor
Takeshi Sekine, Outside Corporate Auditor*

(3) 
Brief Biography of the Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor

Name Brief Biography
Miya Miyama October 2002 Prosecutor. Served several posts, including District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo, Chiba, Okayama, Osaka, and Saitama
July 2016 Retirement as a Prosecutor
July 2016 Registered as a lawyer, joined City-Yuwa Partners (to present)
May 2018 Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, RoomClip, Inc.
April 2020 Vice Chair, Gender Equality Committee of Kanto Federation of Bar Associations (to present)
June 2020 Auditor, Japan International Cooperation System (to present)
June 2021 Outside Director, Totetsu Kogyo, Co., Ltd. (to present)

3. Outline of the Change in Corporate Officers

Note: Asterisks (*) indicate position currently held.

(1) New Corporate Officer (As of April 1, 2022)
Eizaburo Shono, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Production and Technology Unit   
Andrew Cowell, Senior Vice President of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power, IoT and  Infrastructure Business Unit

(2) Retiring Corporate Officer (As of March 31, 2022)
Masahiko Nozaki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Production Technology Unit*
Jason Hall, Senior Vice President and CLO*

(3) Brief Biography of the Newly Appointed Corporate Officers

Name Brief Biography
Eizaburo Shono April 1990 Joined Hitachi, Ltd
April 2011 Senior Manager, Production Planning Department, MCU Marketing & Production Planning Division, Sales Management Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
August 2013 Department Manager, Strategic Planning Department, Sales Strategic Planning Division, Sales Management & Marketing Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
June 2015 Department Manager, Corporate Strategy & Operations Department, Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
March 2017 Senior Director, Global Sales Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
January 2019 Vice President, Supply Chain Management Operations Division 1, Supply Chain Management Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
January 2020 Vice President, Supply Chain Management Division, Renesas Electronics Corporation
November 2021 Acting Head of Production and Technology Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation (to present)

 

Name Brief Biography
Andrew Cowell August 1985 Joined Advance Power Supplies Ltd.
September 1991 Joined Siliconix Inc.
May 1998 Head of Marketing and Applications for Analog Power Group, Micrel Inc.
November 2007 Vice President of Analog Power, Micrel Inc.
June 2011 Senior Vice President, Power Management, Intersil Corporation
April 2017 Vice President and General Manager of Battery & Optical Systems, Broad-Based Solution Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
October 2019 Vice President and General Manager of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power Division, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation (to present)

(Reference) Executive team as of April 1, 2022

Position Name
Representative Director, President and CEO Hidetoshi Shibata
Outside Director Jiro Iwasaki
Outside Director Selena Loh LaCroix
Outside Director Arunjai Mittal
Outside Director Noboru Yamamoto
Corporate Auditor (full-time) Kazuki Fukuda
Outside Corporate Auditor Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
Outside Corporate Auditor Tomoko Mizuno
Outside Corporate Auditor Miya Miyama
Executive Vice President, General Manager of IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit Sailesh Chittipeddi
Senior Vice President, Information Technology (IT) Hiroto Nitta
Senior Vice President and CTO Shinichi Yoshioka
Senior Vice President, Head of Sales and Corporate Digital Marketing, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit Chris Allexandre
Senior Vice President, Head of MCU Business, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit Roger Wendelken
Senior Vice President and CFO Shuhei Shinkai
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Solution Business Unit Takeshi Kataoka
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager of Automotive Solution Business Unit Vivek Bhan
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Production and Technology Unit Eizaburo Shono
Senior Vice President of Mobility Infrastructure and Industrial Power, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit Andrew Cowell

 

About Renesas Electronics Corporation

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) delivers trusted embedded design innovation with complete semiconductor solutions that enable billions of connected, intelligent devices to enhance the way people work and live. A global leader in microcontrollers, analog, power, and SoC products, Renesas provides comprehensive solutions for a broad range of automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT applications that help shape a limitless future. Learn more at renesas.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.

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