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.
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1. Date of Birth |
March 14, 1946 | |
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2. Education |
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June, 1979 |
Master of Science in Computer Engineering |
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March, 1970 |
Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, |
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3. Business Experience | ||
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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. |
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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. |
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January, 2007 |
Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage |
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April, 2006 |
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America and Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. |
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June, 2005 |
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America and Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. |
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April, 2004 |
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General |
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June, 2003 |
Vice President and Executive Officer, General |
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April, 2003 |
General Manager of Global Business and Chief |
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April, 2002 |
Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of International |
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July, 2001 |
General Manager of International Operations Division, |
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August, 2000 |
Deputy General Manager of Information & |
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June, 1998 |
Managing Director of Hitachi Europe Ltd. |
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February, 1993 |
Deputy General Manager, Omika Works |
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February, 1990 |
Senior Manager of Computer Control Design Department, Omika Works |
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April, 1970 |
Joined 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.
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Hitachi, Ltd.
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Hitachi America, Ltd.
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tadashi.hisanaga@hal.hitachi.com
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