Hitachi Announces Director Candidates
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced director candidates in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachi's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2011.
1. Director Candidates -Proposed at Hitachi's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2011 [* New]
Chairman of the Board
oTakashi Kawamura, currently Chairman of the Board
Outside Director
oYoshie Ota, currently Outside Director
oMitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Advisor of Showa Denko K.K.
o*Nobuo Katsumata, currently Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
oTohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Lawyer, Partner, Ihara & Motobayashi
Director
oIsao Ono, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
o*Stephen Gomersall, currently Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Group Chairman for Europe)
oTadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director
oMasaharu Sumikawa, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
oHiroaki Nakanishi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer and President
oMichiharu Nakamura, currently Director
o*Takashi Hatchoji, currently Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for the Americas)
oTakashi Miyoshi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
2. Resigning Directors
oAkihiko Nomiyama, currently Outside Director, Honorary Executive Consultant, JX Holdings, Inc.
oKenji Miyahara, currently Outside Director, Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Corporation
3. Biography of New Director Candidates
Nobuo Katsumata
1. Date of Birth December 5, 1942
2. Education
March, 1966 Graduated from the faculty of economics, Keio University
3. Business Experience
April, 2008 Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
April, 2003 President & CEO, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
April, 2001 Senior Vice President, Director of Marubeni Corporation
April, 1999 Corporate Vice President, Director of Marubeni Corporation
June, 1996 Director of Marubeni Corporation
April, 1966 Joined Marubeni-Iida Co., Ltd. (currently Marubeni Corporation)
Stephen Gomersall
1. Date of Birth January 17, 1948
2. Education
June, 1970 Graduated from Stanford University, MA in International Studies May, 1969 Graduated from Queens' College Cambridge, BA in Modern Languages
3. Business Experience
April, 2011 Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Group Chairman for Europe)
October, 2006 Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
November, 2005 Chief Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
October, 2004 Chief Executive for Europe of Hitachi, Ltd.
July, 2004 Retired Ambassador to Japan
July, 1999 Ambassador to Japan
April, 1994 Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
September, 1970 Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
Takashi Hatchoji
1. Date of Birth January 27, 1947
2. Education
March, 1970 Graduated from the Department of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
3. Business Experience
April, 2011 Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for the Americas)
April, 2009 Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Product Environmental Information
December, 2007 President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd., Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.
June, 2007 President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd. April, 2007 Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
April, 2006 Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Division
April, 2004 Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Group‐Legal and Corporate Communications, Hitachi Group Headquarters, Compliance Division and Invention Management Division
June, 2003 Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Legal and Corporate Communications and Corporate Auditing
April, 2003 General Manager of Legal and Corporate Communications and Corporate Auditing
April, 2002 Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Information &Telecommunication Systems Group, General Manager of Business Solution Systems Division
April, 2001 General Manager of Business Solution Systems Division, System Solutions
November, 1997 General Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office, Hitachi, Ltd., Executive Vice President of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
February 1995 Department Manager of Business Development Department, Industrial Processing Division
April, 1970 Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com.
