1. Executive Changes [Effective April 1, 2011]
(1) Promotion
Koji Tanaka
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Systems Business, Industrial & Social Systems Business, Transportation Systems Business, Urban Planning and Development Systems Business and Defense Systems Business
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Power Systems Company, Deputy General Manager of Smart City Business Management Division, General Manager of Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Division, Power Systems Company
Junzo Nakajima
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Information & Telecommunication Business, Information & Control Systems Business and Information Technology, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Information Security Officer and General Manager of Smart City Business Management Division
Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
Shigeru Azuhata
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Environmental Strategies, Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group, Supervisory Office for Business Coordination and Medical Systems Business Division, Deputy General Manager of Water Environment Solutions Division
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Environmental Strategies, General Manager of Research & Development Group and Medical Systems Business Division, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Coordination and Water Environment Solutions Division
Shinjiro Iwata
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Service & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
Makoto Ebata
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Procurement and Consumer Business
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Procurement
Toshiaki Kuzuoka
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human Capital, Government & External Relations and Corporate Auditing, General Manager of Legal and Communications Group, Legal Division, Compliance Division and Centennial Project Division
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Auditing, General Manager of Legal and Communications Group, Legal Division, Compliance Division and Centennial Project Division
(2) Reappointment
Toshiaki Higashihara
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Industrial & Social Systems Business, President and Representative Director of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
Current Position: President and Representative Director of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
(3) New Executive Officers
Toshio Ikemura
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Urban Planning and Development Systems Company
Current Position: President and Representative Director of Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.
Tatsuro Ishizuka
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Power Systems Company and Deputy General Manager of Smart City Business Management Division
Current Position: General Manager of Hitachi Works, Power Systems Company
Yoshifumi Kanda
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Power Systems Sales Management Division, Power Systems Company
Current Position: General Manager of Chugoku Area Operation
Kazuhiro Kurihara
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Chubu Area Operation
Current Position: General Manager of Chubu Area Operation
Yasuo Tanabe
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Government & External Relations
Current Position: Assistant to the Executive Vice President
Toshikazu Nishino
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Management Strategy
Current Position: Senior Manager of Strategy & Project Office, Supervisory Office for Management Reforms
Masaharu Hanyu
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Systems and General Manager of Nuclear Systems Division, Power Systems Company
Current Position: President and Representative Director of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
Naoki Mitarai
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Capital Group
Current Position: General Manager of Corporate Administration Division, Human Capital Group
(4) Changes of Position
Hiroaki Nakanishi
New Position: Representative Executive Officer and President
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer and President, in charge of Power Systems Business, Industrial & Social Infrastructure Systems Business and Automotive Systems Business, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Overseas Plant Construction Business
Takashi Miyoshi
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Management Strategy, Finance and Corporate Pension System, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Management Reforms and General Manager of Strategy & Project Office
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Management Reform, Finance, Corporate Pension System, Business Development and Consumer Business, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Management Reforms and General Manager of Strategy & Project Office
Nobuo Mochida
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of High Functional Materials & Components, Production Engineering and Automotive Systems Business, General Manager of Corporate Quality Assurance Division and Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning, High Functional Materials & Components and Production Engineering, General Manager of Corporate Quality Assurance Division and Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
Kazuhiro Mori
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Battery Systems Business, Sales Operations, Hitachi Group Global Business, Medical Systems Business and Business Incubation, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Sales and Promotion and Corporate Export Regulation Division
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Motor Power Systems, Battery Systems Business, Sales Operations, Hitachi Group Global Business, Procurement, Medical Systems Business and Business Incubation, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Sales and Promotion and Corporate Export Regulation Division
Yoshito Tsunoda
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Battery Systems Company and General Manager of Motor Power Systems Division
Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Battery Systems Company, General Manager of Motor Power Systems Division, President and Representative Director of Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
2. Resignation [Effective March 31, 2011]
Takashi Kawamura currently Director, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Management Reforms
-- Scheduled to be appointed Chairman of the Board of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Naoya Takahashi, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Information & Telecommunication Business, Information & Control Systems Business, Research & Development and Information Technology, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Coordination, Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Information Security Officer and General Manager of Smart City Business Management Division
-- Scheduled to be appointed Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Electronics Services Co., Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Takashi Hatchoji, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Urban Planning and Development Systems Business, Defense Systems Business, Corporate Planning, Environmental Strategies, Human Capital, Legal and Corporate Communications, Corporate Brand and Corporate Auditing, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Product Environmental Information
-- Scheduled to be appointed Group Chairman for the Americas, effective on April 1, 2011
-- Will be appointed as a Director if he is proposed as a Director candidate and approved at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in late June
Tadahiko Ishigaki, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive for the Americas
-- Scheduled to be appointed Associate of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Stephen Gomersall, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive for Europe
-- Scheduled to be appointed Group Chairman for Europe, effective on April 1, 2011
-- Will be appointed as a Director if he is proposed as a Director candidate and approved at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in late June
Kenji Ohno, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Capital Group
-- Scheduled to be appointed Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Takao Koyama, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai Area Operation and Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group
-- Scheduled to be appointed Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Gaku Suzuki, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Industrial & Social Infrastructure Systems Company and General Manager of Intercity Express Programme Division
-- Scheduled to be appointed Senior Technical Executive (tentative name) for Transportation Systems Business of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Hideaki Takahashi, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Urban Planning and Development Systems Company
-- Scheduled to be appointed Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Cable, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011
Akira Maru, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Systems and General Manager of Nuclear Systems Division, Power Systems Company
-- Scheduled to be appointed Senior Technical Executive (tentative name) for Power Systems Business of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2011