TOKYO (Business Wire) -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)(TSE:6501) today announced the management changes in accordance with a determination at the meeting of Board of Directors held today, etc. The appointment is effective on April 1, 2006.
1. Executive Officers
(Effective April 1, 2006) ((1) Promotion, (2) Reappointment and Promotion, (3) New)
(1) Etsuhiko Shoyama
New: Chairman
Current: President and Chief Executive Officer
(1) Kazuo Furukawa
New: President
Current: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division, in charge of Information & Telecommunication Systems Business, Digital Media Business, Group- Global and Business Development
Michiharu Nakamura
New: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer in charge of Research & Development, Business Incubation, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer and Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer
Current: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Research & Development, Business Incubation
(1) Hiroaki Nakanishi
New: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America, Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
Currently: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America, Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
(1) Takashi Hatchoji
New: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Division, in charge of Corporate Planning & Development, Legal & Corporate Communications, Management Audit, Procurement
Currently: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Group- Legal & Corporate Communications, Compliance Division and Invention Management Division, in charge of Hitachi Group Management, Management Audit
(1) Takashi Miyoshi
New: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters, in charge of Business Development and Finance,
Current: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Group-Finance Strategy Office, in charge of Hitachi Group Management, Finance
(1) Shigeharu Mano
New: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Power Systems Group, President and Director of Babcock-Hitachi K.K.
Current: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Power Systems Group, President and Director of Babcock-Hitachi K.K.
(2) Tadahiko Ishigaki
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group, Group-wide Strategic Sales Office, Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center, in charge of Digital Media Business and Group-Global, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division
Current: President & Director of Hitachi Home & Life Solutions, Inc. and Vice General Manager of Consumer Business Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
(1) Kunihiko Ohnuma
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban Planning and Development Systems Group, in charge of Industrial Systems
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban Planning and Development Systems Group
(1) Manabu Shinomoto
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
(1) Taiji Hasegawa
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Systems Group
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Systems Group
(1) Kazuhiro Mori
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Hitachi Group Companies Management Assistance, President and Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Hitachi Group Companies Management Assistance, President and Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
(1) Shozo Saito
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Production Technology and Power Technology
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Technology
(1) Junzo Kawakami
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group
(1) Minoru Tsukada
New: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive and Chief Innovation Officer for China
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive and Chief Innovation Officer for China
Gaku Suzuki
Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Systems Group, General Manager of Transportation Systems Division
(3) Naoya Takahashi
New: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
Current: Chief Operating Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
(3) Junzo Nakajima
New: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
Current: Chief Operating Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
Kazuo Tachibana
Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Consumer Business Group
Makoto Ebata
Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Ubiquitous Platform Group and Vice General Manager of Consumer Business Group
Masahiro Hayashi
Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai Area
Koichiro Nishikawa
Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business Development
Shinjiro Kasai
Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human Capital, General Manager of Secretarial Office and Head Office Business Support Division
Hiroyuki Fukuyama
Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Production Technology, General Manager of Investment Planning Office and Corporate Quality Assurance Division
2. Resigning Executive Officer (Effective March 31, 2006)
Isao Ono
Current: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Sales, Information & Telecommunication Systems Business, General Manager of Information Security Division
-- Appointed Senior Adviser, Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2006
-- Scheduled to be appointed President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. on June 22, 2006
Masaharu Sumikawa
Current: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Systems and Industrial Systems, Automotive Systems, Production Technology
-- Appointed President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. on April 1, 2006
Takuya Tajima
Current: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group, Group-wide Strategic Sales Office, Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center
-- Appointed Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Japan SERVO Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2006
-- Scheduled to be appointed President and Executive Officer of Japan SERVO Co., Ltd. on the end of June 2006
Iwao Hara
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group and Chief Strategic Officer
-- Appointed Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd. on April 1, 2006
-- Scheduled to be appointed President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd. on the end of June 2006
Takao Suzuki
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Chugoku Area Operation
-- Appointed Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. on April 1, 2006
-- Scheduled to be appointed President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. on the end of June 2006
Yasuo Sakuta
Current: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Intellectual Property Group
-- Appointed Senior Partner, NITTO International Patent Office P.P.C on April 1, 2006
Isao Uchigasaki
Current: Hitachi Group Executive Officer, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarter, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer
-- Concurrently holds the post of Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
-- Concurrently holds Director, Hitachi, Ltd.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 347,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2004 (ended March 31, 2005) consolidated sales totaled 9,027.0 billion yen ($84.4 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 and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Biography of New Executive Officer
Tadahiko Ishigaki
1. Date of Birth : January 14, 1946
2. Education
March, 1968 : Graduated from Faculty of Business and
Commerce, Keio University
3. Business Experience
October, 2004 : President & Director, Hitachi Home & Life
Solutions, Inc. and Vice General Manager of
consumer Business Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
February, 2004 : President & Director, Hitachi Home & Life
Solutions, Inc.
June, 2003 : Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief
Marketing strategy Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2003 : Chief Marketing strategy Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
October, 2002 : General Manager of Marketing Officer Sales
Management Division, Corporate Marketing
Group and Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi,
Ltd.
June, 2001 : Executive Managing Director, Nippon Columbia
Co., Ltd.
April, 1999 General Manager of Digital Media Sales
Management Division, Digital Media Group,
Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 1995 : Managing Director of Hitachi Home Electronics
(Europe) Ltd.
February, 1993 : Deputy Managing Director of Hitachi Home
Electronics (Europe) Ltd.
August, 1987 Senior Manager of Industrial machine
Department, Export Office Division 1,
Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 1968 : Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Naoya Takahashi
1. Date of Birth : October 17, 1948
2. Education
March, 1968 : BS and MS degrees from Electrical Engineering
Keio University
3. Business Experience
April, 2003 : Chief Operating Officer of Information &
Telecommunication Systems Group
April, 2001 : General Manager of Disk Array Systems
Division, Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group
August, 2000 : General Manager of Disk Array Subsystem
Division, Storage System Division,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
August, 1999 : Deputy General Manager of Disk Array Subsystem
Division, Storage System Division,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
February, 1992: Senior Manager of Storage Systems Department
2, Odawara Warks
April, 1973 : Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Junzo Nakajima
1. Date of Birth : February 8, 1949
2. Education
March, 1968 : Graduated from Faculty of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
3. Business Experience
April, 2005 : Chief Operating Officer of Information &
Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2003 : President & Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi
Data Systems Solutions Holding CORP.
April, 2001 : General Manager of Government & Public
Corporation Information Systems Division,
Hitachi, Ltd.
August, 1997 : General Manager of Government & Systems
Division, Government & Public Corporation
Information Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
August, 1992 : Senior Manager of Government & Public Systems
Department 5, Government & Public Corporation
Information Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
May, 1972 : Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Keisaku Shibatani, +81-3-5208-9324 (Japan)
keisaku.shibatani.tj@hitachi.com
or
Hitachi America, Ltd.
Tadashi Hisanaga, +1-650-244-7902 (U.S.)
tadashi.hisanaga@hal.hitachi.com
or
Hitachi (China), Ltd.
Tatsuya Kubo, +86-10-6539-9135 (China)
tkubo@hitachi.cn
or
Hitachi Europe Ltd.
Masanao Sato, +44-1628-585379 (U.K.)
masanao.sato@hitachi-eu.com
