NTT DOCOMO Announces New Management Team

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that its board of directors has met and proposed the following changes in executive positions for official approval at the shareholders and board of directors meetings scheduled on June 18, 2013.
New Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)
(Name) (Current Position)
Kiyoshi Tokuhiro Executive Vice President
Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office
Teruyasu Murakami123 Director, Research Institute for Industrial Strategy
Takashi Nakamura1 General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
1 External board member candidates
2 The company intends to file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) the notification of Mr. Teruyasu
Murakami as an independent director as defined by TSE regulations.
3 Mr. Teruyasu Murakami is currently a member of the seventh Advisory Board of NTT DOCOMO, INC., but is expected to resign from the position at the close of the shareholders meeting to be held on June 18, 2013.
New Audit & Supervisory Board Members (candidates)
(Name) (Current Position)
Kenji Ota Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DOCOMO Business Net Inc.
Naoto Shiotsuka4 President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICE Corporation
4 External audit & supervisory board member candidate
New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates)
(Name) (Current Position)
Ichiro Nishino General Manager, Gunma Branch
Kouji Furukawa Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department I
Kyoji Murakami Senior Director of Frontier Services Department
(Senior Executive Vice President, docomo Healthcare, Inc.)
Resigning Members of the Board of Directors
(Name) (Current Position)
Kiyohito Nagata Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors
[expected to become Executive Vice President, Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office]
Hiroo Kusumoto Member of the Board of Directors
Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Members
(Name) (Current Position)
Shuro Hoshizawa Audit & Supervisory Board Member
[expected to become Advisor]
Kyouichi Yoshizawa Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Resigning Senior Vice Presidents
(Name) (Current Position)
Katsuhiro Nakamura Executive Vice President
[expected to join NTT LEARNING SYSTEMS CORPORATION]
Masaki Yoshikawa Executive Vice President
[expected to join Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited]
Toshinari Kunieda Senior Vice President
[expected to join DOCOMO Engineering Inc.]
Yasuhiro Taguchi Senior Vice President
[expected to join DOCOMO Service Kansai Inc.]
Expected Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 18, 2013
Position(s) Name Organizational Responsibilities
President and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors Kaoru Kato
Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Board of Directors Kazuto Tsubouchi Responsible for:
Global business
Corporate
Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Privacy Officer
Member of the Board of Directors Fumio Iwasaki Responsible for:
Multimedia
Technology
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Tsutomu Shindou Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division
Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department II
Managing Director of TOHOKU Reconstruction Support Office
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Takashi Tanaka Responsible for:
Consumer sales
Branches in Kanto and Koshinetsu areas
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Kazuhiro Yoshizawa Managing Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
Responsible for:
Mobile Society Research Institute
Executive Vice President
Chief Technical Officer
Member of the Board of Directors Seizo Onoe Managing Director of R&D Center
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Wataru Kagawa5 Managing Director of General Affairs Department
Managing Director of Corporate Citizenship Department
Managing Director of Improvement Action Office
Responsible for:
CSR
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Kiyoshi Tokuhiro5 Managing Director of Network Department
Responsible for:
Network
Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Hirotaka Sato Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department
Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors Kazuhiro Takagi Managing Director of Human Resources Management Department
Member of the Board of Directors Ryuji Yamada Chief Strategic Adviser
Member of the Board of Directors Teruyasu Murakami56
Member of the Board of Directors Takashi Nakamura5
Executive Vice President Kiyohito Nagata5 Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office
Executive Vice President Hiroyasu Asami Responsible for:
Multimedia services
Executive Vice President
Chief Information Officer Seiji Nishikawa Managing Director of Information Systems Department
Senior Vice President Tomohiro Kurosawa Managing Director of Hokkaido Regional Office
Senior Vice President Koji Aoyama Managing Director of Tohoku Regional Office
Senior Vice President Kei Irie Managing Director of Tokai Regional Office
Senior Vice President Ichiro Nishino5 Managing Director of Hokuriku Regional Office
Senior Vice President Kiyohiro Omatsuzawa Managing Director of Chugoku Regional Office
Senior Vice President Shoji Suto Managing Director of Shikoku Regional Office
Senior Vice President Kazunori Yamamoto Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office
Senior Vice President Akiko Ide President and Chief Executive Officer, Radishbo-ya Co., Ltd.
Engages in:
Commerce Business Promotion
Senior Vice President Minoru Etoh Managing Director of R&D Strategy Department
Senior Vice President Yuji Araki Managing Director of Strategic Marketing Department
Senior Vice President Toshiki Nakayama Managing Director of Frontier Services Department
Senior Vice President Yohji Maruyama Managing Director of Network Service Operation Department
Senior Vice President Syohei Sakaguchi Managing Director of Front Support Center
Senior Vice President Morikazu Takahashi Deputy Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division
Senior Vice President Kouji Furukawa5 Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department I
Senior Vice President Hajime Kii Managing Director of Global Business Division
Senior Vice President Mitoshi Hirokane Managing Director of Information Security Department
Senior Vice President Kyoji Murakami5 Senior Executive Vice President, docomo Healthcare, Inc.
Engages in:
Medical / Healthcare Business Promotion
Position Name
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takanori Utano
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kenji Ota5
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Haruo Morosawa6
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Naoto Shiotsuka5
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Eiko Tsujiyama6
5 Newly appointed or promoted.
6 Independent director / audit & supervisory board member
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient and secure mobile services that enable smarter living for each customer. The company serves over 61 million mobile customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the world's first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS, mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring, smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/ for more information.