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| ANA Names Mineo Yamamoto New President and CEO
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| TOKYO January 18, 2005 - At a meeting of the
ANA Board of Directors today, ANA Senior Executive Vice President
Mineo Yamamoto was named as President and CEO of ANA with effect
from April 1 this year. |
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| An ANA veteran of 35 years, Mr Yamamoto’s career has spanned
senior appointments in Inflight Services, Corporate Planning, Legal
Affairs and Personnel, amongst others. His roles have brought him
to the forefront of issues facing employees and the airline industry,
and as such he has been a key figure in cost reduction initiatives
and union negotiations crucial to ANA’s recent financial turnaround.
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| While continuing to guide ANA through its restructuring efforts,
his vision is to secure a stronger competitive base and seize developments
in Japan’s airport infrastructure, such as the 2009 expansion
and internationalisation of Haneda airport, to spring-board ANA
into a period of growth on both international and domestic fronts.
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| Mr Yamamoto will succeed Yoji Ohashi, who has led ANA since April
1, 2001. Mr Ohashi’s Presidency encompassed the four most
turbulent years in aviation history, through which he successfully
led a turnaround of ANA’s fortunes. Mr Yamamoto has been widely
credited with the implementation and realisation of Mr Ohashi’s
policies. |
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| Under Mr Ohashi, the company underwent a wide-ranging restructuring
programme that incorporated sweeping cost-cutting measures, rationalisation
of the ANA fleet, and large investment in new aircraft and airport
facilities. The fruits of his tenure include a return to profit
in fiscal 2003, the resumption of dividend payments to shareholders
for the first time in seven years, and ANA’s first profitable
operations on international routes. The decision to become the launch
customer of the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner was also made under Mr Ohashi. |
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| Mr Ohashi will become ANA Chairman from April 1, succeeding Kichisaburo
Nomura, who in turn will be appointed Executive Advisor |
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| Curriculum Vitae of Mineo
Yamamoto |
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| Date of birth: |
July 22, 1945 |
| Education: |
Graduated Faculty of Law, Kyoto University |
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| Employment History |
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| Apr 1970 |
Joined ANA |
| Jul 1986 |
Senior Manager, Inflight Services, Tokyo Airport |
Jul 1988
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Senior Manager, Fukuoka Sales Office |
| Jul 1990 |
Senior Manager, Flight Operations Planning |
| Jul 1992 |
Director, Inflight Services, Tokyo Airport |
Jun 1995
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Director, Legal Affairs |
| Jun 1997 |
Director, General Administration |
Jul 1998
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Director, Personnel & Employee Relations |
Apr 1999
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Director, Corporate Planning |
Jun 1999
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Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning |
| Apr 2001 |
Executive Vice President, Personnel & Employee Relations,
Legal Affairs |
| Apr 2003 |
Member of the Board of Directors
Senior Executive Vice President, Personnel & Employee
Relations |
| Apr 2004 |
Member of the Board of Directors
Senior Executive Vice President, ANA Research Institute,
Head of Compliance Committee |
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