PC Panasonic Corp.

Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic)(NYSE:PC), today announced that at the Board of Directors' Meeting held on December 21, 2009, the following management changes were made, effective December 21, 2009, and February 1, 2010. Please be also informed that at the Board of Directors' Meeting of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) held on today, appointments of managements were approved as follows.

1. Resignation of Director, Member of the Board (Effective January 31, 2010):

Title

 

Name

 

Responsibilities

Executive Vice President   Susumu Koike  

To be appointed Corporate Advisor,Panasonic Corporation.

    2. Responsibility of Directors, Member of the Board (Effective February 1, 2010):

Title

 

Name

 

Responsibilities

Managing Director   Junji Nomura  

In charge of Technology

 

  3. Appointments of Management at SANYO (Effective February 1, 2010):

Title

 

Name

 

Responsibilities

Senior Executive VicePresident

  Susumu Koike  

General Manager of Corporate Planning H.Q.

Executive Vice President   Junji Esaka  

Head of Consumer Business

 

Senior Vice President   Kenjiro Matsuba  

General Manager of Finance H.Q.

 

Corporate Advisor  

Takae Makita

 

    Corporate Advisor  

Yoshinobu Sato

 

      4. Responsibility of Executive Officers (Effective December 21, 2009):

Title

 

Name

 

Responsibilities

Executive Officer   Masaaki Fujita  

Director, Corporate Procurement Divisionand Corporate Global Logistics Division, Incharge of Trading Company

Executive Officer  

Koji Itazaki

 

 

Assistant to Masashi Makino, Director,Member of the Board