Hitachi announced several management changes after its board of directors meeting recently that will take effect April 1.
Among the many moves, current president and CEO Etsuhiko Shoyama was promoted to chairman. Kazuo Furukawa, Hitachi’s current executive VP and executive officer, general manager of corporate export regulation division, was appointed to president. Current Senior VP and executive officer, chief executive for North America and chief executive officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hiroaki Nakanishi was promoted to executive VP of the same group.
Current COO of the information and telecommunication systems group Naoya Takahashi was appointed VP and executive officer, executive VP and CTO of the group. Current COO of information and telecommunication Junzo Nakajima was appointed to VP and executive officer, executive VP and chief innovation officer of information and telecommunication systems group.
