• Sumitomo named Kotaro Kobayashi head of its Digital Business Strategy Unit, adding to his role as group CFO of the Digital AI Group, effective Aug. 1.
• Kensuke Kawata took up a new assignment in the Digital Strategic Business Unit in Tokyo, moving from leading the Digital Business Strategy Unit.

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