IWATA Shinjiro

Date of Birth: Jun. 6, 1948


Apr. 1972 Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Sep. 2001 CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
Oct. 2007 Executive Vice President of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. (currently HGST, Inc.)
Apr. 2009 Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Service & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group of Hitachi, Ltd.
Apr. 2011 Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Information & Communication Systems Company
Apr. 2013 Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer CIO*1 and CISO*2 of Hitachi Group
Jun. 2013

Outside Director of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. Outside Director of Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. (Member of Nomination Committee, Compensation Committee) (retired in June 2014)

Jun. 2014

Retired from Outside Director of Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.

Outside Director of Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Oct. 2014

Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.

CIO, CTrO*3, and General Manager of Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division

Jun. 2015

Retired from Outside Director of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.

Chairman of the Board & Director of Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (Outside Director)

Apr. 2016 Adviser (part-time) of Hitachi, Ltd. (retired in June 2018) Director of Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (retired in March 2017)
Jun. 2016 Director and Chairman (Outside Director) of Benesse Holdings, Inc. (retired in June 2020), Chairman of the Board & Director of Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (retired in March 2017) Outside Director of the Board (Outside Director) Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. (retired in June 2018)
Jun. 2017 External Director of JVCKENWOOD Corporation
Feb. 2018 Director of the Board of NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP. (Outside Director) (retired in April 2019)
Jul. 2018 Director of the Board of A. L. I. Technologies Inc. (Outside Director) (retired in March 2022)
Jun. 2021 External Director, Chairman of the Board of JVCKENWOOD Corporation (current position)

*1:Chief Information Officer

*2:Chief Information Security Officer

*3:Chief Transformation Officer