Notice of Changes of Representative Directors
TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Advantest Corporation hereby announces that the Board of Directors at its meeting held on February 28, 2024, resolved to change the Company’s Representative Directors as follows.
1. Reason for the changes
As the Company’s next mid-term management plan starts in FY2024, the Chief Executive Officer of the Advantest Group and the President of Advantest Corporation are to be changed in order to realize even greater progress for the Advantest Group in the rapidly changing, fast-growing semiconductor industry.
2. Changes of Representative Directors
| Name | New Title | Present Title |
| Douglas Lefever | Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer, Group CEO | Representative Director, Corporate Vice President, Group COO |
| Koichi Tsukui | Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer and President, Group COO | Representative Director, Corporate Vice President, Group Co-COO |
| Yoshiaki Yoshida | Director, Chairperson of the Board | Representative Director, President, Group CEO |
3. Effective Date
April 1, 2024
[Reference Materials] Brief biographies of the new Group CEO and Group COO
| Name (Date of Birth) | Brief biography | |
| Douglas Lefever (December 10, 1970) | May 1993 May 1995 June 1998 September 2008 June 2021 | Completed BSE of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan Completed Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Joined Advantest America, Inc. Completed Master of Business Administration (MBA) Northwestern University Vice President, Business Development, Advantest America, Inc. Executive Officer, Advantest Corporation Director, President and CEO, Advantest America, Inc. Managing Executive Officer, Advantest Corporation Executive Vice President, System Test Business Unit (present position) Director, Managing Executive Officer Customer Relations & Corporate Strategy Leader, Applied Research & Venture Team Director, Senior Executive Officer CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) Representative Director, Corporate Vice President, Group COO (present position) |
| Koichi Tsukui (December 11, 1964) | March 1987 April 1987 June 2013 June 2014 June 2019 June 2021 January 2023 | Graduated from Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Gunma University Joined Advantest Corporation Seconded Advantest (Europe) GmbH (currently Advantest Europe GmbH） Leader, New Business Enabling Division, New Concept Product Initiative Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations Group Executive Vice President, Memory Test Business Unit, ATE Business Group In Charge of DH Business Group Director, Managing Executive Officer Test Technology Leader, ATE Business Group Director, Senior Executive Officer CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Representative Director, Corporate Vice President, Group Co-COO (present position) |
CONTACT:
Yasuo Mihashi
Senior Executive Officer
CFO & CSO
Phone: +81-(0)3-3214-7500
