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Hitachi Asia Ltd. Appoints New Deputy Managing Director (PDF Type, 91 kByte)
April 28, 2011
Hitachi Asia Ltd. Appoints New Deputy Managing Director
Singapore, 28 April 2011 – Hitachi Asia Ltd. today announced the appointment of Mr Kiyoaki Iigaya as its Deputy Managing Director effective 1 July 2011.
Mr Iigaya succeeds Mr Hitoshi Shirai who will be Director and General Manager of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd in Tokyo from 1 July 2011.
Mr Iigaya has extensive experience in Human Resources since joining Hitachi. He is presently General Manager of Human Capital Office, Human Capital Group in Hitachi, Ltd.
In 2007, Mr Iigaya was General Manager of Employee Relations & Human Resources Department as well as Senior Manger of Human Resources Service Centre in the same department.
Prior to that, Mr Iigaya was in charge of Human Resources at Hitachi Europe Ltd. from August 2000 to September 2002.
Mr Iigaya joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1979 after graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo.
Biography of Kiyoaki Iigaya
| 1. Date of Birth |
May 9, 1954 |
|---|---|
| 2. Education |
March, 1979 |
| 3. Business Experience |
April, 2011 December, 2010 April, 2007 April, 2006 April, 2003 October, 2002 April, 1979 |
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.
About Hitachi Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.
