OREANDA-NEWS. 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 27, 2015, and will become effective as of April 1, 2015. The changes in Corporate Auditors will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2015.

    CORPORATE OFFICERS (Effective as of April 1, 2015)


    Changes in Executive Appointments
    Name and Current Title New Appointment
    Isamu Kawashima, Senior Vice President and Member of the Board Executive Vice President and Member of the Board

    New Corporate Officer Appointments

    Name and Current Title New Appointment
    Katsuhiro Sasaki, Vice President, Telecom Carrier Business Unit Senior Vice President
    Chikara Nakamata, General Manager, Government and Public Sales Division Senior Vice President
    Hiroshi Kodama, Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit Senior Vice President

    Retiring Corporate Officer

    Name Current Title
    Masanobu Yamaguchi Senior Vice President

    Chief Officers
    (Effective as of April 1, 2015)

    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, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board
    CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Isamu Kawashima, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board

    Executives in Charge of Units, Business Units and Central Research Laboratories
    (Effective as of April 1, 2015)

    Business Innovation Unit Takaaki Shimizu, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board
    System Integration, Services & Engineering Operations Unit Masato Yamamoto, Executive Vice President
    Supply Chain Management Unit Nobuhiro Odake, Senior Vice President
    Corporate Sales and Sales Operations Unit Manabu Kinoshita, Executive Vice President
    Global Business Unit Takayuki Morita, Executive Vice President
    Public Business Unit Tomonori Nishimura, Executive Vice President
    Enterprise Business Unit Chikara Ishii, Senior Vice President
    Telecom Carrier Business Unit Shunichiro Tejima, Executive Vice President
    Smart Energy Business Unit Takemitsu Kunio, Senior Vice President
    System Platform Business Unit Shinichi Shoji, Executive Vice President
    Central Research Laboratories Katsumi Emura, Senior Vice President