KUALA LUMPUR: AEON Co. (M) Bhd has named Naoya Okada as its new managing director, effective March 1, 2024.
Okada has been the company's deputy managing director and chief operating officer since 2022.
AEON chairman Datuk Iskandar Sarudin said Okada has been instrumental in AEON's transformational journey.
"His strategic insights have bolstered AEON's resilience and adaptability to future challenges," he added.
Okada will succeed Keiji Ono, who will be returning to AEON Japan to take on a new assignment.
Ono has served as managing director of AEON since June 2022, and prior to that he was the president and representative director of AEON Cambodia and joined AEON from his role as president and representative director of AEON Ryukyu Co. Ltd in Japan.