Hitachi High-Tech Announces Executive Changes

Tokyo – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation today announced the change of Executive Officers as follows.

  1. Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2022) The underlined parts are changes effective April 1, 2022.
Title Name                             Responsibilities
                                                                             
President and Chief Takashi Iizumi   (Overall Management Execution)
Executive Officer  
                                                                     
                                                               
            CLBO, Deputy General Manager, Value
                                                                             
            Chain Solution Business Group, and
Senior Vice                                                                    
    President, Hitachi High-Tech Solutions
President and Hidetoshi Miura   Corporation
Executive Officer    
    (Lumada Business, New Business
           
                                                                         
            Creation, and Value Chain Solution
                                                                     
            Business)  
                                           
            CMO, General Manager, Digital
Senior Vice       Transformation Project, and General
                                                                     
    Manager, Value Chain Solution Business  
President and   Masahiro Taniguchi  
  Group  
Executive Officer  
   
【Promotion】       (Corporate Business Innovation, Sales
                                                       
            Strategy, Value Chain Solution Business,
                                                   
            and Export Control Officer)
                           
Senior Vice       CSO, and General Manager, Corporate
                                       
President and   Yoshito Nejime   Strategy Div.
                                                                           
Executive Officer   (Corporate Strategy, Group Company
     
【Promotion】                                
    Management)
                 
            CDO, and Deputy General Manager,
                             
            Digital Transformation Project, and
                       
Vice President and     General Manager, Analytical & Medical
Yoshimitsu Takagi   Solution Business Group
Executive Officer  
    (Corporate Business Innovation, Digital
           
                         
            Strategy, and Analytical & Medical Solution
                 
            Business)
            CTrO, and General Manager,
            Manufacturing & Technology Business
Vice President and Atsushi Takane   Group
Executive Officer   (Service Business, Smart Transformation
   
            Promotion, and Manufacturing and Quality
            Assurance Officer)

 

Vice President and       Human Resources & General Affairs Div.    
      (Secretary, Legal, Compliance, Corporate  
Executive Officer     Takeshi Iizuka    
                                                                                       
  Communications , Sustainability ,   Internal        
【New appointment】          
               
                                                               
          Control, Risk Management, and Human  
                                                                     
          Resources & General Affairs)  
Vice President and       General Manager, Nano-Technology    
      Solution Business Group  
Executive Officer     Osamu Komuro    
                                                                                       
  (Nano-Technology Solution Business,  
【Promotion】  
       
          Coretechnology & Solutions Business)  
          CFO, Deputy General Manager, Digital  
                                                               
Vice President and       Transformation Project, and General  
                                                                                       
      Manager, Accounting & Finance Div.  
Executive Officer     Masahiro Hashimoto    
      (Corporate Business Innovation,                        
【Promotion】                        
                       
      Accounting & Finance, Trade Compliance  
           
          Management)  
          CTO, and Deputy General Manager,  
                                                     
          Manufacturing & Technology Business    
          Group, and Deputy General Manager,  
                                               
Executive Officer   Taku Sakazume   Analytical & Medical Solution Business  
    Group  
           
          (Intellectual Property, Manufacturing  
                                               
          (R&D), and Analytical & Medical Solution  
                                       
          Business)  
          President, Hitachi High-Tech (Shanghai)    
Executive Officer   Go Shimazu   Co., Ltd.    
          (Growth Strategy in China)    
               
          General Manager, Supply Chain Platform  
          Business Group, and Deputy General  
Executive Officer                              
  Toshiaki Ishitani   Manager, Value Chain Solution Business  
                                                                                         
【New appointment】 Group    
       
           
          (Supply Chain Platform Business, Value  
                         
          Chain Solution Business)  
Executive Officer       President & CEO, Hitachi High-Tech  
  Craig Kerkove   America, Inc.  
         
【New appointment】  
      (Growth Strategy in America)  
           
                                                                                         
  Executive Officer       Deputy General Manager, Value Chain  
Nobuaki Takahashi   Solution Business Group  
       
  【New appointment】
      (Value Chain Solution Business)
           
                       
            Deputy General Manager, Supply Chain  
            Platform Business Group, and Deputy
                                     
  Executive Officer       General Manager, Manufacturing &  
Masaaki Hanawa   Technology Business Group
       
  【New appointment】
                                           
      (Supply Chain Platform Business
           
                             
            (Procurement), Manufacturing (Common
                           
            Design & Manufacturing))
                   
  Executive Officer       Managing Director of Hitachi High-Tech
Dawn Brooks   Analytical Science Ltd.
       
  【New appointment】
      (Environment Business)
           
                 
  Executive Officer       President, Hitachi High-Tech Europe
Kazuyoshi Matsukaze   GmbH                              
                                     
  【New appointment】                              
                                           
      (Growth Strategy in Europe)
           
                                             
(Note)                                            
CLBO: Chief Lumada Business Officer CMO: Chief Marketing Officer CSO: Chief Strategy Officer
CDO: Chief Digital Officer   CTrO: Chief Transformation Officer CHRO: Chief Human Resources Officer
CRO: Chief Risk management Officer CFO: Chief Financial Officer CTO: Chief Technology Officer

2. Retirement (Effective March 31, 2022)

Name Current position
  Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Joji Honda Deputy General Manager, Digital Transformation Project, and
President, Hitachi High-Tech Fine Systems Corporation
  * To be appointed as Corporate Adviser of Digital Transformation Project,
  Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, effective April 1, 2022.
   
  Senior Vice President and Executive Officer
Futoshi Ishiwa General Manager, Nano-Technology Solution Business Group
* To be appointed as Corporate Adviser of Global Business Strategy Div.,
 
  Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, effective April 1, 2022.
   
  Senior Vice President and Executive Officer
Kazuo Karasawa General Manager, Industrial Solution Business Group
* To be appointed as Corporate Adviser of Hitachi High-Tech Solutions
 
  Corporation, effective April 1, 2022.
   
  Senior Vice President and Executive Officer
Shinji Sakurai CFO, General Manager, Accounting & Finance Div., and Deputy
General Manager, Digital Transformation Project
  * Scheduled to be appointed as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
  Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., effective April 1, 2022.
  Vice President and Executive Officer,
Akira Ietsugu CHRO, CRO, and General Manager, Human Resources & General
Affairs Div.
  * Scheduled to be appointed as  President  of  Hitachi Futo,  CO.,  Ltd.,
  effective April 1, 2022.
   
Hitoshi Kato Vice President and Executive Officer,
CSO, and General Manager, Corporate Strategy Div.
 
   
  Executive Officer,
Keita Miyoshi Chairman, Hitachi High-Tech Korea Co., Ltd.
* To be appointed as Representative Chairman of the Board & CEO,
 
  Hitachi High-Tech Korea Co., Ltd., effective April 1, 2022.

(Note)

CFO: Chief Financial Office/CHRO: Chief Human Resources Officer/CRO: Chief Risk management Officer/CSO: Chief Strategy Officer

  1. Personal History of New Executive Officers Takeshi Iizuka (Date of birth: August 25, 1961)

April 2019                  CHRO, Systems & Services Business Division, and General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Division of Systems & Services Business, Hitachi, Ltd.

December 2010        Administration Division Manager, Urban Planning & Development Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.

April 1985                  Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

Toshiaki Ishitani (Date of birth: November 8, 1966)

April 2018                   General Manager, Procurement Div.

June 2017                  General Manager, Value Chain Solution Div., Advanced Industrial Products Business Group

April 1990                   Joined Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)

Craig Kerkove (Date of birth: October 10, 1960)

April 2014                  President & CEO, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.

April 2002                  Senior Vice President & General Manager, Semiconductor Equipment Division, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.

April 1997                  Director, Customer Support, Hitachi America, Ltd.

Nobuaki Takahashi (Date of birth: October 4, 1967)

April 2019                  President, Hitachi High-Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

April 2016                  General Manager, Value Chain Solution Div., Advanced Industrial Products Business Group

April 1990                  Joined Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)

Masaaki Hanawa (Date of birth: May 4, 1964)

April 2021                  General Manager, Naka Manufacturing Div., Corporate Manufacturing Business Group, Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

April 2018                  President, Hitachi Instruments (Dalian) Co., Ltd.

April 1991                  Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

Dawn Brooks (Date of birth: March 30, 1960)

July 2017                   Managing Director of High-Tech Analytical Science Ltd.

2006                           Nanoscience Business Unit, Sales and Marketing Director, Oxford Instruments plc

2000                           Head of Marketing, Avery Weigh-Tronix

Kazuyoshi Matsukaze (Date of birth: January 30, 1967)

April 2020                  General Manager, Metrology and Analysis Systems Div., Nano-Technology Solution Business Group

April 2018                  General Manager, Semiconductor Process Control Systems Div., Electronic Device Systems Business Group

April 1990                  Joined Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)

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