Hitachi Announces Executive Changes

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501) today announced the following executive changes in accordance with a resolution passed by a meeting of the Board of Directors held today. The appointments take effect on April 1, 2007. 1.  Promotion (Effective April 1, 2007) Kunihiko Ohnuma New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Industrial Infrastructure Business (Automotive Systems Business), Life Infrastructure Business (Urban Planning and Development Business, Consumer Business), Procurement Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Industrial Systems Business, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban Planning and Development Systems Group, General Manager of Motor Power Systems Division   Junzo Kawakami New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Infrastructure Technology/Product Business, Research & Development, Business Incubation, Quality Assurance and Production Technology, Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of Medical Systems Business Division Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group, Medical Systems Business Division, in charge of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI and Supervisory Office for Power Systems   Manabu Shinomoto New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Information Infrastructure Business (Information Business), President & Chief Executive Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Masahiro Hayashi New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Sales, Global Group Management, Legal & Corporate Communications and Management Audit, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group and Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division and Compliance Division Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai Area Operation   Naoya Takahashi New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Chief Executive Officer of Platform Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Koichiro Nishikawa New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business Development Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business Development   2.  New Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2007) Toyoaki Nakamura New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance Department I, in charge of Pension, Group Management and Business Development Current Position: General Manager of Finance Department I   Koji Tanaka New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Works and Executive Vice President of Power Systems Group Current Position: General Manager of Hitachi Works and Executive Vice President of Power Systems Group   Toshiaki Higashihara New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Power Systems Group Current Position: Chief Operating Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Hideaki Takahashi New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban Planning and Development Systems Group and General Manager of Motor Power Systems Division Current Position: President and Director of Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.   Mitsuo Yamaguchi New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Service & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group Current Position: Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, General Manager of Global Solutions Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Yasuhiko Honda New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Systems Group Current Position: General Manager of Electric Powertrain Systems Division, Automotive Systems Group   Eiji Takeda New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group and Semiconductor Business Division, in charge of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI and Supervisory Office for Power Systems Current Position: President and Director of Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Semiconductor Business Division, Hitachi, Ltd.   Takao Koyama New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai Area Operation Current Position: General Manager of Kanto Area Operation   Kiyoshi Kozuka New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, General Manager of Information Security Division, in charge of Group Management Current Position: General Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office   Kenji Ohno New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human Capital, General Manager of Head Office Business Support Division Current Position: President and Director of Hitachi Electric Railway Co., Ltd.   Toshiaki Kuzuoka New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Legal Division and Deputy General Manager of Compliance Division, in charge of Management Audit Current Position: General Manager of Legal Division   Masao Hisada New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group, General Manager of Group-wide Strategic Sales Office and Global Business Division Current Position: General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division   3.  Change of Position (Effective April 1, 2007) Kazuhiro Mori New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Social Infrastructure Business (Power Systems Business and Industrial Systems Business) and General Manager of Supervisory Office for Power Systems Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Power Systems and General Manager of Supervisory Office for Power Systems   Shozo Saito New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Quality Assurance, Production Technology, Power Technology and Supervisory Office for Power Systems Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Quality Assurance, Production Technology, Power Systems Business, Power Technology and Supervisory Office for Power Systems   Tadahiko Ishigaki New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group, Chief Executive for North America, General Manager of Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center, in charge of Digital Media Business and Global Group Management, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division   Junzo Nakajima New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group and Chief Executive Officer of System Solutions Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Makoto Ebata New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Business Group Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Consumer Business Group, President & Chief Executive Officer of Ubiquitous Platform Group   Kazuhiro Tachibana New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Consumer Business Group Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Strategic Marketing and Planning   4.  Resignation (Effective March 31, 2007) Etsuhiko Shoyama, currently Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Director --Appointed Chairman of the Board, Hitachi, Ltd. on April 1, 2007   Michiharu Nakamura, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Research & Development and Business Incubation, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of Information Security Division --Appointed Fellow of Hitachi, Ltd. on April 1, 2007   Takashi Hatchoji, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning & Development, Legal & Corporate Communications, Management Audit, Procurement, General Manager of Compliance Division and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd. --Continues to serve as Director, Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd. --Scheduled to be appointed President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd. on June 1, 2007   Takashi Miyoshi, currently Executive Vice President and Executive Officer and Director, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters, in charge of Business Development, Finance and Pension --Continues to serve as Director, Hitachi, Ltd.   Taiji Hasegawa, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Systems Group --Appointed Chairman of Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. on April 1, 2007   Shinjiro Kasai, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human Capital, General Manager of Head Office Business Support Division --Appointed President and Director of Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2007 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. Executive Officers [Effective April 1, 2007] [(b) Promotion/ (c) New Executive Officer]   Kazuo Furukawa   Representative Executive Officer, President, General Manager of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI   Kazuhiro Mori   Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Social Infrastructure Business (Power Systems Business and Industrial Systems Business) and General Manager of Supervisory Office for Power Systems (b) Kunihiko Ohnuma   Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Industrial Infrastructure Business (Automotive Systems Business), Life Infrastructure Business (Urban Planning and Development Business, Consumer Business), Procurement (b) Junzo Kawakami   Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Infrastructure Technology/Product Business, Research & Development, Business Incubation, Quality Assurance and Production Technology, Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of Medical Systems Business Division (b) Manabu Shinomoto   Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Information Infrastructure Business (Information Business), President & Chief Executive Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group (b) Masahiro Hayashi   Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Sales, Global Group Management, Legal & Corporate Communications and Management Audit, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group and Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division and Compliance Division (b) Naoya Takahashi   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Chief Executive Officer of Platform Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group (b) Koichiro Nishikawa   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business Development (c) Toyoaki Nakamura   Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance Department I, in charge of Pension, Group Management and Business Development   Shozo Saito   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Quality Assurance, Production Technology, Power Technology and Supervisory Office for Power Systems   Tadahiko Ishigaki   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for North America   Minoru Tsukada   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive and Chief Innovation Officer for China   Stephen Gomersall   Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for Europe   Akira Maru   Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Power Systems Group and General Manager of Power & Industrial Systems Business Administration Division, in charge of Supervisory Office for Power Systems, (c) Koji Tanaka   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Hitachi Works and Executive Vice President of Power Systems Group (c) Toshiaki Higashihara   Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Power Systems Group   Gaku Suzuki   Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Systems Group and General Manager of Transportation Systems Division, Deputy General Manager of Power & Industrial Systems Business Administration Division (c) Hideaki Takahashi   Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban Planning and Development Systems Group and General Manager of Motor Power Systems Division   Junzo Nakajima   Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group and Chief Executive Officer of System Solutions Business of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group (c) Mitsuo Yamaguchi   Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Service & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group   Makoto Ebata   Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Business Group   Kazuhiro Tachibana   Vice President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Consumer Business Group (c) Yasuhiko Honda   Vice President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Systems Group (c) Eiji Takeda   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group and Semiconductor Business Division, in charge of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI and Supervisory Office for Power Systems (c) Takao Koyama   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai Area Operation (c) Kiyoshi Kozuka   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, General Manager of Information Security Division, in charge of Group Management (c) Kenji Ohno   Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human Capital, General Manager of Head Office Business Support Division (c) Toshiaki Kuzuoka   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Legal Division and Deputy General Manager of Compliance Division, in charge of Management Audit (c) Masao Hisada   Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group, General Manager of Group-wide Strategic Sales Office and Global Business Division   Hiroyuki Fukuyama   Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI, Production Technology, General Manager of Investment Planning Office and Corporate Quality Assurance Division