PC Panasonic Corp.

Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic)(NYSE:PC), today announced the following changes of the members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers, effective April 1, 2010, and proposed changes of the members of the Board of Directors, effective June 25, 2010. These proposed changes will be submitted for and subject to approval at the company's ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 25, 2010.

1 . Members of the Board of Directors (Effective April 1)

Title   Name   Responsibilities Chairman of the Board   Kunio Nakamura     Vice Chairman of the Board   Masayuki Matsushita     President   Fumio Ohtsubo     Executive Vice Presidents   Koshi Kitadai       Toshihiro Sakamoto  

In charge of Domestic ConsumerMarketing / General Director,Consumer Products Marketing / Incharge of Domestic CustomerSatisfaction and Design

  Takahiro Mori  

In charge of Planning, CorporateDivision for Promoting Systems &Equipment Business, ElectricalSupplies Sales, Project Sales andBuilding Products Sales

  Yasuo Katsura

(promoted)

 

Representative in Tokyo / Director,Corporate Division for Government &Public Affairs

Senior Managing Directors

 

  Hitoshi Otsuki   In charge of Overseas Operations   Ken Morita   President, AVC Networks Company   Ikusaburo Kashima

(promoted)

 

In charge of Legal Affairs, IntellectualProperty, Corporate Business Ethics,Legal Consultation & Solutions Centerand Corporate International Affairs

  Junji Nomura

(promoted)

 

In charge of Technology and CorporateDivision for Promoting EnergySolutions Business

Managing Directors   Kazunori Takami  

President, Home Appliances Company/ In charge of Lighting Company

  Makoto Uenoyama

(promoted)

 

In charge of Accounting, Finance andInformation Systems

  Masatoshi Harada

(promoted)

 

In charge of Personnel, General Affairs,Social Relations and e-Work PromotionOffice

Directors   Ikuo Uno       Masayuki Oku       Masashi Makino  

In charge of Manufacturing Innovation,Facility Management, QualityAdministration, FF Customer Support &Management and Environmental Affairs/ Director, Corporate EnvironmentalAffairs Division

Honorary Chairman of the

Board and Executive Advisor,

Member of the Board

  Masaharu Matsushita    

Notes: The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally represent the company.

Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.

2. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective April 1)

        Title       Name       Responsibilities        

Senior Corporate Auditors

      Kenichi Hamada      

Chairman, Panasonic Group Auditors

Meeting

              Masahiro Seyama                 Corporate Auditors   Yasuo Yoshino                   Ikuo Hata                       Hiroyuki Takahashi                

Note: Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.

3. Executive Officers (Effective April 1)

Title   Name   Responsibilities Managing Executive Officers   Yoshihiko Yamada   In charge of Industrial Sales   Kazuhiro Tsuga  

President, Automotive SystemsCompany

 

  Takumi Kajisha  

In charge of Corporate Communications,Advertising, Corporate Citizenship andCSR Office

  Ikuo Miyamoto  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for Asia and Oceania /Managing Director, Panasonic AsiaPacific Pte. Ltd.

  Yoshiiku Miyata  

Senior Vice President / Director, VisualProducts and Display Devices BusinessGroup / In charge of PDP Business andOverseas Operations, AVC NetworksCompany

  Yutaka Takehana  

Representative in Kansai / In charge ofCorporate Risk Management andCorporate Information Security

  Toshiaki Kobayashi

(promoted)

 

President, Panasonic Electronic DevicesCo., Ltd.

Executive Officers   Masaaki Fujita  

In charge of Global Procurement /Director, Corporate ProcurementDivision / In charge of Global Logistics /Director, Corporate Global LogisticsDivision / In charge of Trading Company

  Yoshihisa Fukushima  

In charge of Intellectual Property /Director, Corporate Intellectual PropertyDivision / President, Intellectual PropertyRights Operations Company

  Naoto Noguchi   President, Energy Company   Osamu Waki  

President, Panasonic MobileCommunications Co., Ltd.

  Joseph Taylor  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for North America / Chairman &CEO, Panasonic Corporation of NorthAmerica

  Takashi Toyama  

President, System Networks Company /President, Panasonic System NetworksCo., Ltd.

  Jun Ishii  

In charge of New Business Promotion/President, Panasonic ConsumerMarketing Co., Ltd. / In charge ofCorporate CS Division

  Toshiro Kisaka  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for China and Northeast Asia /Chairman, Panasonic Corporation ofChina

  Masato Tomita  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for CIS, the Middle East & Africa

  Hideaki Kawai  

General Manager, Corporate Finance &IR Group / In charge of FinancialOperations Center

  Takeshi Uenoyama  

In charge of Device Technology /General Manager, Device StrategyOffice / In charge of AdvancedTechnology Research Laboratories /Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory

 

  Shiro Nishiguchi  

Director, Corporate Marketing Divisionfor Digital AVC Products, ConsumerProducts Marketing

  Yoshiyuki Miyabe  

In charge of Digital Network & SoftwareTechnology, Tokyo R&D Center,Overseas R&D Centers, New BusinessStrategy Office, Panasonic Spin-up Fundand acTVila Business Promotion

  Laurent Abadie  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for Europe / Chairman & CEOPanasonic Europe Ltd.

  Yorihisa Shiokawa  

COO, Panasonic Europe Ltd. / ManagingDirector, Panasonic Marketing EuropeGmbH

  Yoshio Ito   President, Lighting Company   Hidetoshi Osawa  

Director, Corporate CommunicationsDivision

  Yoshiaki Nakagawa  

General Manager, Corporate PlanningGroup

  Mamoru Yoshida  

Senior Vice President / Director, NetworkBusiness Group, AVC NetworksCompany

  Tsuyoshi Nomura  

Director, Corporate ManufacturingInnovation Division / President,Advanced Production SystemsDevelopment Company

  Nobuharu Akamine

(newly appointed)

 

Executive Senior Vice President, SystemNetworks Company and PanasonicSystem Networks Co., Ltd.

  Kuniaki Okahara

(newly appointed)

 

Director, Corporate Engineering QualityAdministration Division / In charge ofCorporate FF Customer Support &Management Division

  Yukio Nakashima

(newly appointed)

 

Director, Home Appliances and WellnessProducts Marketing Division, ConsumerProducts Marketing

Note: Effective March 31, 2010, Hideo Kawasaki, Shigeru Omori and Koji Itazaki will retire from the office of Executive Officer.

4. Resignation and Appointments of the Members of the Board of Directors

     

(Effective June 25)

Resignation:         Title       Name     Responsibilities         Executive Vice President       Koshi Kitadai    

To be appointed Corporate Advisor,Panasonic Corporation

                  Appointments:         Title       Name     Responsibilities (as of April 1)         Managing Director       Yoshihiko Yamada     In charge of Industrial Sales         Director       Takashi Toyama    

President, System Networks Company /President, Panasonic System NetworksCo., Ltd.

       

5. Members of the Board of Directors (Effective June 25)

Title   Name   Responsibilities Chairman of the Board   Kunio Nakamura     Vice Chairman of the Board   Masayuki Matsushita     President   Fumio Ohtsubo     Executive Vice Presidents   Toshihiro Sakamoto  

In charge of Domestic ConsumerMarketing / General Director, ConsumerProducts Marketing / In charge ofDomestic Customer Satisfaction andDesign

  Takahiro Mori  

In charge of Planning, CorporateDivision for Promoting Systems &Equipment Business, Electrical SuppliesSales, Project Sales and BuildingProducts Sales

  Yasuo Katsura  

Representative in Tokyo / Director,Corporate Division for Government &Public Affairs

Senior Managing Directors   Hitoshi Otsuki   In charge of Overseas Operations   Ken Morita   President, AVC Networks Company   Ikusaburo Kashima  

In charge of Legal Affairs, IntellectualProperty, Corporate Business Ethics,Legal Consultation & Solutions Centerand Corporate International Affairs

  Junji Nomura  

In charge of Technology and CorporateDivision for Promoting Energy SolutionsBusiness

Managing Directors   Yoshihiko Yamada

(newly appointed)

  In charge of Industrial Sales   Kazunori Takami  

President, Home Appliances Company /In charge of Lighting Company

  Makoto Uenoyama  

In charge of Accounting, Finance andInformation Systems

  Masatoshi Harada  

In charge of Personnel, General Affairs,Social Relations and e-Work PromotionOffice

Directors   Ikuo Uno       Masayuki Oku    

 

  Masashi Makino  

In charge of Manufacturing Innovation,Facility Management, QualityAdministration, FF Customer Support &Management and Environmental Affairs/ Director, Corporate EnvironmentalAffairs Division

  Takashi Toyama

(newly appointed)

 

President, System Networks Company /President, Panasonic System NetworksCo., Ltd.

Honorary Chairman of the

Board and Executive Advisor,

Member of the Board

  Masaharu Matsushita    

Notes: The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Managing Directors are Representative Directors and severally represent the company.

Ikuo Uno and Masayuki Oku are outside directors of the company as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Company Law of Japan.

6. Members of the Board of Corporate Auditors (Effective June 25)

      Title       Name         Responsibilities       Senior Corporate Auditors       Kenichi Hamada        

Chairman, Panasonic Group AuditorsMeeting

            Masahiro Seyama                 Corporate Auditors   Yasuo Yoshino                   Ikuo Hata                       Hiroyuki Takahashi                

Note: Yasuo Yoshino, Ikuo Hata and Hiroyuki Takahashi are outside corporate auditors.

7. Executive Officers (Effective June 25)

Title   Name   Responsibilities Managing Executive Officers   Kazuhiro Tsuga  

President, Automotive SystemsCompany

  Takumi Kajisha  

In charge of Corporate Communications,Advertising, Corporate Citizenship andCSR Office

  Ikuo Miyamoto  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for Asia and Oceania /Managing Director, Panasonic AsiaPacific Pte. Ltd.

  Yoshiiku Miyata  

Senior Vice President / Director, VisualProducts and Display Devices BusinessGroup / In charge of PDP Business andOverseas Operations, AVC NetworksCompany

 

  Yutaka Takehana  

Representative in Kansai / In charge ofCorporate Risk Management andCorporate Information Security

  Toshiaki Kobayashi  

President, Panasonic Electronic DevicesCo., Ltd.

Executive Officers   Masaaki Fujita  

In charge of Global Procurement /Director, Corporate ProcurementDivision / In charge of Global Logistics /Director, Corporate Global LogisticsDivision / In charge of Trading Company

  Yoshihisa Fukushima  

In charge of Intellectual Property /Director, Corporate Intellectual PropertyDivision / President, Intellectual PropertyRights Operations Company

  Naoto Noguchi   President, Energy Company   Osamu Waki  

President, Panasonic MobileCommunications Co., Ltd.

  Joseph Taylor  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for North America / Chairman &CEO, Panasonic Corporation of NorthAmerica

  Jun Ishii  

In charge of New Business Promotion /President, Panasonic ConsumerMarketing Co., Ltd. / In charge ofCorporate CS Division

  Toshiro Kisaka  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for China and Northeast Asia /Chairman, Panasonic Corporation ofChina

  Masato Tomita  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for CIS, the Middle East & Africa

  Hideaki Kawai  

General Manager, Corporate Finance &IR Group / In charge of FinancialOperations Center

  Takeshi Uenoyama  

In charge of Device Technology /General Manager, Device StrategyOffice / In charge of AdvancedTechnology Research Laboratories /Acting Director, The Nakao Laboratory

  Shiro Nishiguchi  

Director, Corporate Marketing Divisionfor Digital AVC Products, ConsumerProducts Marketing

  Yoshiyuki Miyabe  

In charge of Digital Network & SoftwareTechnology, Tokyo R&D Center,Overseas R&D Centers, New BusinessStrategy Office, Panasonic Spin-up Fundand acTVila Business Promotion

  Laurent Abadie  

Director, Corporate ManagementDivision for Europe / Chairman & CEOPanasonic Europe Ltd.

  Yorihisa Shiokawa  

COO, Panasonic Europe Ltd. / ManagingDirector, Panasonic Marketing EuropeGmbH

  Yoshio Ito   President, Lighting Company   Hidetoshi Osawa  

Director, Corporate CommunicationsDivision

 

  Yoshiaki Nakagawa  

General Manager, Corporate PlanningGroup

  Mamoru Yoshida  

Senior Vice President / Director, NetworkBusiness Group, AVC NetworksCompany

  Tsuyoshi Nomura  

Director, Corporate ManufacturingInnovation Division / President,Advanced Production SystemsDevelopment Company

  Nobuharu Akamine  

Executive Senior Vice President, SystemNetworks Company and PanasonicSystem Networks Co., Ltd.

  Kuniaki Okahara  

Director, Corporate Engineering QualityAdministration Division / In charge ofCorporate FF Customer Support &Management Division

  Yukio Nakashima  

Director, Home Appliances and WellnessProducts Marketing Division, ConsumerProducts Marketing

About Panasonic

Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 7.77 trillion yen (US$78.4 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE:PC) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net.