Notice Regarding Personnel Change of Representative Director
TOKYO, January 30, 2023 – Ricoh Company, Ltd. (“Ricoh”) announces a personnel change of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, as approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today, January 30, 2023.
1. Reason for the change
This change aims to further increase Ricoh’s corporate value and achieve sustainable growth by strengthening and improving the Ricoh Group’s management structure.
2. Content of change
| Name | New | Current |
| Yoshinori Yamashita | Representative Director
Chairperson | Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Akira Oyama | Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer | Director
Executive Corporate Officer President of RICOH Digital Services Business Unit |
3. Profile of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
See attachment
4. Effective date
April 1, 2023
(Attachment)
Profile of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Name
- Akira Oyama
- Date of Birth
- January 1961
- Place of Birth
- Yamagata, Japan
- Education
- Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics
- Career
- July 1986
- Joined the Company
- April 2011
- President and COO of Ricoh Europe Plc
- August 2012
- Group Executive Officer
General Manager of Europe Marketing Group CEO of Ricoh Europe Plc
Chairperson of Ricoh Europe B.V.
- April 2014
- Corporate Senior Vice President
General Manager of Corporate Division
- April 2015
- President of Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.
- June 2015
- Director
- September 2015
- General Manager of New Business Development Division
- June 2016
- Corporate Executive Vice President
- April 2017
- CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
General Manager of CEO Office
- April 2018
- General Manager of Sales and Marketing Group
- April 2019
- CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
- April 2020
- General Manager of Workplace Solutions Business Group
- April 2021
- Executive Corporate Officer (Current)
President of RICOH Digital Services Business Unit (Current)
- June 2021
- Director (Current)
- April 2022
- Director and Chairperson of Ricoh Japan Corporation (Current)
- Number of shares held
- 28,300 shares (as of the end of December 2022)
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| About Ricoh |
Ricoh is a leading provider of integrated digital services and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation of workplaces, workspaces and optimise business performance.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh’s global operation reaches customers in approximately 200 countries and regions, supported by cultivated knowledge, technologies, and organisational capabilities nurtured over its 85-year history. In the financial year ended March 2025, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,527 billion yen (approx. 16.8 billion USD).
It is Ricoh’s mission and vision to empower individuals to find Fulfillment through Work by understanding and transforming how people work so we can unleash their potential and creativity to realise a sustainable future.
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