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Hitachi Asia Ltd. Appoints New Managing Director (PDF Type, 26 kByte)

December 13, 2010

Hitachi Asia Ltd. Appoints New Managing Director

13 December 2010, SINGAPORE — Hitachi Asia Ltd. today announced the appointment of Mr Makoto Nagashima, Chief Representative for Middle East, General Manager for Middle East and Riyadh Branches in Hitachi, Ltd., as Managing Director of Hitachi Asia Ltd., with effect from 1 January 2011.

Prior to Mr Nagashima’s appointment as Chief Representative for Middle East, General Manager for Middle East and Riyadh Branches Systems in Hitachi, Ltd., he was the General Manager of the Middle East Branch, Corporate Marketing Group in 2007.

In 2002, Mr Nagashima was appointed Senior Manager of International Sales Department, Business Planning Division in the Building Systems Group of Hitachi, Ltd. From March 1995 to February 2002, Mr Nagashima was Deputy General Manager of Elevators and Escalators Division in Hitachi Asia Ltd.

Mr Nagashima joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1980 after graduating from the Department of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics in Waseda University.

Biography of Makoto Nagashima
1. Date of Birth

January 30, 1957

2. Education

March, 1980
Graduated from Department of Economics, The School of Political
Science and Economics, Waseda University

3. Business Experience

November, 2010
Chief Representative for Middle East, General Manager of Middle East Branch and Riyadh Branch, International Strategy Division

October, 2009
Chief Representative for Middle East and General Manager of Middle East Branch, International Strategy Division

April, 2007
General Manager of Middle East Branch, Corporate Marketing Group

February, 2002
Senior Manager of International Sales Department, Business Planning Division, Building Systems Group

March 1995 to February 2002
Deputy General Manager, Elevators and Escalators Division, Hitachi Asia Ltd.

April, 1980
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

About Hitachi Asia Ltd.

Hitachi Asia Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., established in Singapore in 1989, operates across seven Asian countries (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). Business includes information systems, power and industrial systems, digital media systems, and international procurement. For more information about Hitachi Asia, please visit the website at https://www.hitachi.com.sg.