NEC Announces Executive Personnel Changes

*** For immediate use February 28, 2013

TOKYO, February 28, 2013 --- NEC Corporation today announced the following executive personnel changes. The changes in Corporate Officers were approved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors on February 28, 2013, and will become effective as of April 1, 2013. The changes in the Members of the Board and Corporate Auditors will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2013.

 

1. CORPORATE OFFICERS

(Effective as of April 1, 2013)

Changes in Executive Appointments

Name and Current Title	New Appointment
Shinichi Shoji, Associate Senior Vice President	Senior Vice President

New Corporate Officer Appointments

Name and Current Title	New Appointment
Hajime Kinoshita, General Manager, Legal Division	Associate Senior Vice President
Makoto Sato, Vice President and Executive General Manager, Government and Public Solutions Operations Unit	Associate Senior Vice President
Masakazu Yamashina, Vice President and Senior General Manager, Personal Solutions Operations Unit	Associate Senior Vice President
Toshiya Matsuki, Vice President, International Sales and Operations Business Unit	Associate Senior Vice President
Kimihiko Fukuda, Vice President and Senior General Manager, IT Software Operations Unit	Associate Senior Vice President
Chikara Ishii, General Manager, Global Retail and Service Solutions Division	Associate Senior Vice President
Kazuhiro Sakai, Vice President and Senior General Manager, OMCS, Carrier and Media Solutions Operations Unit	Associate Senior Vice President

Retiring Corporate Officers

Name	Current Title
Fujio Okada	Senior Vice President
Takashige Mouri	Associate Senior Vice President
Nobuyuki Yanaginuma	Associate Senior Vice President
Hirokazu Takahara	Associate Senior Vice President
Takao Maruyama	Associate Senior Vice President

Chief Officers
(Effective as of April 1, 2013)

CSO (Chief Strategy Officer)	Takashi Niino, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CIO (Chief Information Officer)	Takashi Niino, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer)	Junji Yasui, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)	Takaaki Shimizu, Senior Vice President
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)	Isamu Kawashima, Associate Senior Vice President and Member of the Board

Executives in Charge of Units, Business Units and Central Research Laboratories
(Effective as of April 1, 2013)

Business Innovation Unit	Takashi Niino, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
SI and Services Operations Unit	Takaaki Shimizu, Senior Vice President
Supply Chain Management Unit	Junji Yasui, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
Corporate Sales and Sales Operations Unit	Manabu Kinoshita, Senior Vice President
Global Business Unit	Takayuki Morita, Senior Vice President
Public Business Unit	Tomonori Nishimura, Senior Vice President
Enterprise Business Unit	Manabu Kinoshita, Senior Vice President
Telecom Carrier Business Unit	Shunichiro Tejima, Senior Vice President
Smart Energy Business Unit	Takemitsu Kunio, Senior Vice President
System Platform Business Unit	Shinichi Shoji, Senior Vice President
Central Research Laboratories	Katsumi Emura, Associate Senior Vice President

 

2. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

(Effective following the adoption of the resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2013)

New Members of the Board

Name and Current Title	New Appointment
Takaaki Shimizu, Senior Vice President	Senior Vice President and Member of the Board
Motoyuki Oka, Senior Adviser, Sumitomo Corporation	Member of the Board
Kunio Noji, President and CEO, Komatsu Ltd.	Member of the Board

Retiring Members of the Board

Name	Current Title
Toshiyuki Mineno	Executive Vice President and Member of the Board
Kenji Miyahara	Member of the Board
Hideaki Takahashi	Member of the Board

Note: Toshiyuki Mineno will continue to be Executive Vice President.

 

 

3. CORPORATE AUDITORS

(Effective following the adoption of the resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2013)

New Corporate Auditor and Current Title
Fujio Okada, Senior Vice President  * Advisor as of April 1, 2013

Retiring Corporate Auditor
Konosuke Kashima

Reference
Appointments after retirement

Takashige Mouri	Member of the Board, NEC System Technologies, Ltd.
Nobuyuki Yanaginuma	Chief Marketing Executive
Hirokazu Takahara	Member of the Board, Nippon Computer System Co., Ltd.
Takao Maruyama	Advisor  *He will be appointed as Managing Director, NEC Platform Technologies Hong Kong Limited in June 2013.

Please see the attachment for brief biographies of the newly appointed Members of the Board and a Corporate Auditor.


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