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April 25, 1997
Hitachi, Ltd. announced today the following changes to the Board of Directors scheduled to become effective as of June 27.
- Newly-nominated directors - Kyohei Kasaba Kazuo Sato Kaichi Murata Jushi Ide Katsukuni Hisano Hiroshi Inomata Kotaro Muneoka Takao Kato Kosei Nomiya Takao Matsui Masaaki Hayashi Toshihiko Odaka - Directors leaving the Board - Iwao Matsuoka (Executive Vice-President and Representative Director) Takashi Kashiwagi (Executive Vice-President and Representative Director) Asahiko Isobe (Senior Executive Managing Director) Takashi Nonouchi (Senior Executive Managing Director) Satoshi Ninomiya (Executive Managing Director) Yoshiteru Miki (Executive Managing Director) Tomoyoshi Takahashi (Board Director) Shigemi Sumi (Board Director) Reiji Tagaya (Board Director) Makoto Endo (Board Director) Ichiro Nagata (Board Director) Nobuo Gouji (Board Director) Taizoh Nauchi (Board Director) - Directors nominated for promotion - Shiro Kawate (currently Senior Executive Managing Director) to Executive Vice-President and Representative Director Tadahiko Shinohara (currently Senior Executive Managing Director) to Executive Vice-President and Representative Director Kunio Hamada (currently Senior Executive Managing Director) to Executive Vice-President and Representative Director Etsuhiko Shoyama (currently Senior Executive Managing Director) to Executive Vice-President and Representative Director Yoshiki Yagi (currently Executive Managing Director) to Senior Executive Managing Director Shigemichi Matsuka (currently Executive Managing Director) to Senior Executive Managing Director Yoshiro Kuwata (currently Executive Managing Director) to Senior Executive Managing Director Tsugio Makimoto (currently Executive Managing Director) to Senior Executive Managing Director Kazuo Kumagai (currently Board Director) to Executive Managing Director Takashi Kawamura (currently Board Director) to Executive Managing Director Kenichi Furumaya (currently Board Director) to Executive Managing Director Tadashi Ishibashi (currently Board Director) to Executive Managing Director - Background of newly-nominated directors - (as of April 25, 1997) Kyohei Kasaba b. March 1938 March 1961 Graduated from Kyoto University April 1961 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. August 1994 General Manager, Consumer Products & Information Media Systems Group Kazuo Sato b. July 1937 March 1960 Graduated from Iwate University April 1960 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1993 General Manager, Project Coordination Department Kaichi Murata b. March 1941 March 1963 Graduated from Meiji University April 1963 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1991 General Manager, Finance Department Jushi Ide b. May 1941 March 1964 Graduated from The University of Tokyo April 1964 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1995 General Manager, Industrial Processing Division, Industrial Systems & Equipment Group Katsukuni Hisano b. March 1940 March 1962 Graduated from The University of Tokyo April 1962 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1995 General Manager, Hitachi Works Hiroshi Inomata b. December 1938 March 1961 Graduated from Niigata University April 1961 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1995 General Manager, Instrument Division Kotaro Muneoka b. October 1940 March 1964 Graduated from The University of Tokyo April 1964 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. August 1994 General Manager, Corporate Employee Relations Department Takao Kato b. January 1942 March 1965 Graduated The University of Tokyo April 1965 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1995 General Manager, Telecommunications Division Kosei Nomiya b. September 1940 March 1964 Graduated from Tohoku University April 1964 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1995 General Manager, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits Division Takao Matsui b. March 1939 March 1963 Graduated from Waseda University April 1963 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1993 General Manager, Kansai Area Operation Masaaki Hayashi b. December 1940 March 1963 Graduated from The University of Tokyo April 1963 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. June 1996 General Manager, Data Storage & Retrieval Systems Division Toshihiko Odaka b. February 1942 March 1966 Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (Master of Engineering) April 1966 Entered Hitachi, Ltd. August 1992 General Manager, General Purpose Computer Division
