Hitachi, Ltd. announced the following executive changes. Appointment of Yasuki Imai as Vice President and Executive Officer, Head of Digital Systems & Services APAC Business, and CEO of Financial Institutions Business Unit, effective October 1, 2024. Position & Responsibility (as of September 30, 2024): COO of Cloud Services Platform Business Unit.
Resignation of Tatsuro Ueda as Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Head of Digital Systems & Services APAC Business, and CEO of Financial Institutions Business Unit, effective October 01, 2024. Position & Responsibility as of September 30, 2024: Digital Systems & Services Executive Advisor. Biography of Yasuki Imai: Date of Birth is January 24, 1976.
Education: March, 2001, Master of Engineering Science of Environment and Mathematical Modeling, Doshisha University. Business Experience: April, 2024 COO of Cloud Services Platform Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd. April, 2022 President, Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. April, 2021 Chief Lumada Business Officer, Hitachi Global Digital Holdings LLC. April, 2020 Senior Vice President, Hitachi Vantara LLC.
April, 2019 Senior Director, Hitachi America, Ltd. April, 2018 Senior Manager of Business Planning Unit, Financial Information Systems Sales Management Division, Financial Institutions Business Unit. April, 2017 Senior Manager of Financial Information Systems Business Unit 1 Department 3, Financial Information Systems 1st Division, Financial Institutions Business Unit. April, 2001 Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).
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