News Releases

2/04/2010

Hitachi Announces Changes to Top Managements

Tokyo, February 4, 2010 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT/TSE:6501) today announced the change of President in accordance with a resolution passed by a meeting of the Board of Directors held today.

Effective April 1, 2010
< Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer >
Takashi Kawamura : currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,

< Representative Executive Officer and President >
Hiroaki Nakanishi : currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer

Hiroaki Nakanishi will be proposed as a Director candidate. After approval at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in late June, Mr. Nakanishi will be appointed as a Director.

Hiroaki Nakanishi


1. Date of Birth		March 14, 1946
2. Education
	June, 1979	Master of Science in Computer Engineering Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
	March, 1970	Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
3. Business Experience
	December, 2009	Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Systems Business, Industrial Systems Business, Automotive Systems Business and Production Technology, General Manager of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI and Corporate Quality Assurance Division, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
	April, 2009	Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Systems Business, Industrial Systems Business, Automotive Systems Business and Production Technology, General Manager of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI, Supervisory Office for Transportation Systems and Corporate Quality Assurance Division, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
	January, 2007	Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
	April, 2006	Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America and Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
	June, 2005	Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America and Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
	April, 2004	Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Group - Global Business and Chief Executive for North America and Europe
	June, 2003	Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Global Business and Chief Executive for Europe
	April, 2003	General Manager of Global Business and Chief Executive for Europe
	April, 2002	Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of International Operations Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
	July, 2001	General Manager of International Operations Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
	August, 2000	Deputy General Manager of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
	June, 1998	Managing Director of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
	February, 1993	Deputy General Manager, Omika Works
	February, 1990	Senior Manager of Computer Control Design Department, Omika Works
	April, 1970	Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 400,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2008 (ended March 31, 2009) consolidated revenues totaled 10,000 billion yen ($102.0 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Contacts

Japan: Masanao Sato
Hitachi, Ltd.
+81-3-5208-9324
masanao.sato.sz@hitachi.com

U.S.: Dash Hisanaga
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987
tadashi.hisanaga@hal.hitachi.com