Hitachi Announces New Executive Officer
1.New Executive Officer (Effective October 1, 2006)
Stephen Gomersall
New Position; Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief
Executive for Europe
Current Position; Chief Executive for Europe
2.Executive Officers (Effective October 1, 2006)
((a)New/(b)Effective September 15, 2006)
Etsuhiko Shoyama Chairman
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Kazuo Furukawa President,
General Manager of Supervisory Office for
MONOZUKURI(b)
and Supervisory Office for Power Systems(b)
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Michiharu Nakamura Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Research & Development, Business
Incubation, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation
Officer and Hitachi Group Chief Technology
Officer
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Hiroaki Nakanishi Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive for North America, Chief
Executive Officer of Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies, Inc.
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Takashi Hatchoji Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Compliance Division, in charge
of Corporate Planning & Development, Legal &
Corporate Communications, Management Audit,
Procurement
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Takashi Miyoshi Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters, in charge of
Business Development and Finance
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Tadahiko Ishigaki 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
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Kunihiko Ohnuma Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban
Planning and Development Systems Group, in charge
of Industrial Systems, General Manager of Motor
Power Systems Division
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Manabu Shinomoto Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Technology Officer of Information &
Telecommunication Systems Group
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Taiji Hasegawa Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive
Systems Group
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Kazuhiro Mori Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Hitachi Group Companies Management
Assistance, President and Director of Hitachi
Displays, Ltd.
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Shozo Saito Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Power Systems Business, Production
Technology, Power Technology
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Junzo Kawakami Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Research & Development Group
and Medical Systems Business Division
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Minoru Tsukada Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive and Chief Innovation Officer for
China
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(a)Stephen Gomersall Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive for Europe
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Akira Maru Vice President and Executive Officer, President
& Chief Executive Officer of Power Systems Group,
General Manager of Power & Industrial Systems
Business Administration Division
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Gaku Suzuki Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Industrial
Systems Group, General Manager of Transportation
Systems Division, Vice General Manager of Power &
Industrial Systems Business Administration
Division
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Naoya Takahashi Vice President and Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer of Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group
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Junzo Nakajima Vice President and Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation
Officer of Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group
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Kazuhiro Tachibana Vice President and Executive Officer,General
Manager of Consumer Business Group
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Makoto Ebata Vice President and Executive Officer,
Vice General Manager of Consumer Business Group,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Ubiquitous
Platform Group
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Masahiro Hayashi Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Kansai Area
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Koichiro Nishikawa Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Business Development
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Shinjiro Kasai Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Human Capital, General Manager of
Secretarial Office and Head Office Business
Support Division
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Hiroyuki Fukuyama Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Production Technology, General
Manager of Investment Planning Office
and Corporate Quality Assurance Division
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3. Biography of New Executive Officer
Stephen Gomersall
-- Born 17 January 1948, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
-- Educated at Forest School Snaresbrook, and Queens' College
Cambridge, graduating in 1969 with a BA First Class in Modern
Languages.
-- Obtained MA in International Studies from Stanford University,
California, 1970.
-- Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970.
-- Assigned to Japan from 1972-77 (Political officer), 1986-90
(Economic Counselor), and as Ambassador from 1999-2004.
-- Also served in the United States in Washington (Political
officer 1982-6), and as Deputy Permanent Representative to the
United Nations in New York from 1994-98.
-- Worked on Rhodesia during the transition to independence, as
Private Secretary to the Deputy Foreign Minister dealing with
European affairs from 1977-82, and as Head of Department for
international security affairs during the immediate post-Cold
War period. Knighted in 2000.
-- Sir Stephen Gomersall retired from the Foreign Office in July
2004 and took up his present position as Chief Executive for
Europe, Hitachi, in October. In that role he is responsible
for the Hitachi Group's overall European strategy and
promotion of their businesses.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 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.
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