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Ricoh: New Changes for Organisation and Personnel

Ricoh Company, Ltd. recently made the decision to make the following organisational changes and changes to Corporate Officers as of 1 April  2026.

Organisational change

  1. RICOH Digital Services Business Unit will be discontinued as a separate entity and each organisation of the RICOH Digital Services Business Unit will be transferred to other business units and functional departments according to their respective functions and roles.
  2. RICOH Futures Business Unit will be discontinued as a separate entity and each
    organization of the RICOH Futures Business Unit will be transferred to other business
    units and functional departments according to their respective functions and roles
  3. RICOH Software Business Unit will be newly formed.
  4. Integration Marketing Division will be newly formed.
  5. Corporate Planning Division will be newly formed.
  6. Supply Chain Functions Management Division will be renamed to SCM Division.
  7. Digital Strategy Division will be renamed to Digital Transformation Division.
  8. Technology Management Division will be renamed to Technology Division.

David Mills

David Mills, was considered a Corporate Officer, General Manager of EMEA Management Division, for RICOH Digital Services Business Unit and CEO of Ricoh Europe Plc. He retains all such responsibility, with the exception of the RICOH Digital Services Business Unit, which has been discontinued as a separate business unit entity.

Michael Berger

Michael Berger was the CEO of DocuWare GmbH Group. He retains this title after 1 April 2026, and will also be a Corporate Officer, as well as Co-President Product & Operations of RICOH Software Business Unit.

Corporate Officers and other Personnel Changes

Name New Position Current Position
Takahiro Irisa
  • Senior Corporate Officer
  • Chief Strategy Officer
  • General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
  • Chairperson of Ricoh Japan Corporation
  • Senior Corporate Officer
  • President of RICOH Digital Services Business Unit
  • Chairperson of Ricoh Japan Corporation
Yasuyuki Nomizu
  • Senior Corporate Officer
  • CTO
  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • General Manager of Technology Division
  • President of Ricoh IT Solutions Co., Ltd.
  • Chairperson of Ricoh
  • Software Research Center (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
  • Senior Corporate Officer
  • CTO
  • In charge of Security
  • General Manager of
    Technology Management
    Division
  • General Manager of Digital
    Strategy Division
  • President of Ricoh IT
    Solutions Co., Ltd.
  • Chairperson of Ricoh Software Research Center (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
Kazunori Kobayashi
  • Senior Corporate Officer
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • General Manager of Integration Marketing Division
  • Corporate Officer
  • President of RICOH Futures Business Unit
Carsten Bruhn
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of North America Management Division
  • President and CEO of Ricoh USA, Inc.
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of North America Management Division, RICOH Digital Services Business Unit
  • President and CEO of Ricoh USA, Inc.
Mikako Suzuki
  • Corporate Officer
  • Chief Sustainability & Risk Management Officer
  • General Manager of ESG Strategy Division
  • Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Ricoh Japan Corporation
  • Corporate Officer
  • In charge of ESG and Risk Management
  • General Manager of ESG Strategy Division
  • Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Ricoh Japan Corporation
Keiichiro Uesugi
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of Asia Pacific Management Division
  • President of Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte, Ltd.
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of Asia Pacific Management Division, RICOH Digital Services Business Unit
  • President of Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte, Ltd.
Toru Kasai
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of Japan Management Division
  • President of Ricoh Japan Corporation
  • Corporate Officer
  • General Manager of Japan Management Division, RICOH Digital Services Business Unit
  • President of Ricoh Japan Corporation
Sanae Endo
  • Corporate Officer
  • Co-President Commercial of RICOH Software Business Unit
  • General Manager of Corporate Planning Center
  • Director of Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
Tomohiro Umeda
  • Corporate Secretary
  • General Manager of Board of Directors Office
  • General Manager of Board of Directors Office
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Trish is the Head of Content for In the Channel Media Group as well as being Guest Editor of UC Advanced Magazine.

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