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This follows strengthened collaboration with external Tempo's Holdings, and by leveraging successful cases in the foodservice industry for the company's reforms, the goal is to expedite the pace of earnings recovery.","jir_financial_highlights":"Unknown: Unknown (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#MarcheCorporationIR, #ExecutivePersonnelAnnouncement","jir_key_figures":"New Representative Director and Chairman Kazunari Shimizu: Current position (Chairman, Asakuma Co., Ltd.)\nDirector Atsushi Morishita: Newly appointed director (moved from Representative Director and Chairman)\nRepresentative Director and President Hirotsugu Kato: Continues in office","jir_meta_title":"Marche Corporation: Announcement of Newly Appointed Representative Director and Chairman\uff5c2026-10-16","jir_meta_description":"Marche Corporation's board appointed Kazunari Shimizu as the new Representative Director and Chairman. 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