Toppan announces leadership changes, major business restructuring

Toppan Holdings Inc. announced a significant executive reorganization. Hideharu Maro will transition from representative director, president & CEO to representative director, chairman & CEO. Satoshi Oya, currently representative director, senior managing executive officer & COO, will be appointed representative director, president & COO. These changes are effective April 1, 2026, and reflect a strategic shift to rejuvenate top management and accelerate growth under a new medium-term plan.

The restructuring, also effective April 1, 2026, involves integrating Toppan, Toppan Edge, and Toppan Digital into Toppan Inc. as the surviving company. This transition to a Business Unit (BU) system aims to enhance capital efficiency and corporate value by optimizing individual business operations across three BUs: Information Communication, Lifestyle & Industry, and Electronics. The company anticipates completing structural reforms and transforming into a highly profitable, globally-focused enterprise.

Kazunori Sakai will become director, executive vice president & CHRO, overseeing personnel and labor relations. Concurrent with these changes, several executive appointments and retirements were announced across Toppan Holdings and Toppan Inc. Former representative director and chairman, Shingo Kaneko, will step down to assume the role of director and senior advisor.