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April 2, 2009 TRANS GENIC INC. |
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Notice of Change of CEO
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| We hereby announce that the Board of Directors' Meeting held in April 2, 2009 resolved a change of CEO as follows. |
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| 1. Reason for Change | |||
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To accede to a proposal of former CEO, Michita Sato, to resign his position for personal reasons. To improve our technologies as a university-launched bio-venture company with the cooperation of universities and research institutions and to be ready to launch new business to improve business performance and quickly respond to changes in business circumstances. |
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| 2. Details of Change | |||
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CEO |
Ken-ichi YAMAMURA Michita SATO |
(Former Director) (Former CEO) |
| 3. Brief Biography of New CEO | |||
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Name: | Ken-ichi YAMAMURA | |
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Date of birth: | October 10, 1948(60 years old) | |
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Final education: | Ph.D. Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Osaka University | |
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Career in brief: | ||
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April,1986 |
Professor, School of Medicine, Kumamoto University | |
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April,2000 |
Professor, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, | |
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Kumamoto University | |
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August, 2002 |
Director, TRANSGENIC INC. | |
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November, 2002 |
Vise President, Kumamoto University | |
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April, 2009 |
Trustee and Vise President, Kumamoto University | |
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Professor, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University Professor, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University |
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| 4. Date of Change | |||
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April 2, 2009 | ||
| 5. Notes | |||
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New CEO, Ken-ichi Yamamura serves concurrently as Vice President of Kumamoto University but it will have no effect on the performance of his duties as CEO. A conflict of interest does not presently exist between Kumamoto University and TRANS GENIC INC. |
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