Hitachi promotes Ichiro Iino and Kojin Nakakita

Hitachi has announced the promotion of Ichiro Iino as the Chief Executive for Asia Pacific from Managing Director of Hitachi India, who will be responsible to grow Hitachi’s “Social Innovation Business” in ASEAN, India, Korea and Oceania. Also, Hitachi India announced appointment of Kojin Nakakita as Managing Director who will be responsible to grow Hitachi’s “Social Innovation Business” in India. Currently, Nakakita is the Deputy Managing Director of Hitachi India.

Iino will succeed Kiyoaki Iigaya, who is returning to Japan to assume the post of President of Hitachi Document Solutions Co., Ltd. He will also take over the role as new Chairman of Hitachi Asia Ltd. and Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. from Iigaya.

Nakakita will succeed Ichiro Iino, who will be assigned Chief Executive for Asia Pacific as well as Chairman of Hitachi Asia Ltd. and Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.

Both appointments will be effective April 1, 2015.

Iino most recently served as Managing Director of Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. and has been proactively expanding business opportunities in India for the past four years as the first Managing Director. In this short period of time, he has successfully transformed Hitachi India into a full-fledge regional headquarter by restructuring the organization to generate new businesses addressing regional needs. He also led Hitachi group companies in the South Asia region under the “One Hitachi” initiative, to provide customers with the full value chain of services as one entity. In his new role, Iino will be responsible for business development in four key areas: healthcare solutions, collaborative solutions with developers and conglomerates, and home appliance business targeting the B2B market, and financial solutions.

In his new role, Nakakita will lead Hitachi India to become an independent, self-reliant entity as the Hitachi Group moves towards “autonomous decentralized global management.” He began his career in Hitachi in 1988 when he joined the company’s Heavy Industry Department, Headquarters Sales Office, after graduating from the United State International University with Bachelor of Science. He possesses a strong background in social infrastructure business development, particularly in the water treatment, smart cities and heavy industry equipment industries. His long experience in the Industrial Systems Group also came in handy when steering Hitachi India’s infrastructure business as Deputy Managing Director.