Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. TSE:6305

Hitachi Construction Machinery : Notice of Change of Representative Executive Officer & Executive Changes(264 KB)

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Source: MarketScreener

February 27, 2026

Corporate name Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

(Code: 6305, Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) Name of representative Masafumi Senzaki

President and Executive Officer, COO

Notice of Change of Representative Executive Officer & Executive Changes

We, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. ("the Company") hereby announces that we have decided to transfer Representative Executive Officer and the following executive changes which will be effective on April 1, 2026 at Board of Directors held on February 27, 2026, as described below.

  1. Change of Representative Executive Officer
    1. Reasons for the change

      To change the organization of executive officers due to the expiration of the term

    2. Details of the change（as of April 1 , 2026）

      Name

      （Date of Birth）

      New Position

      Current Position

      Yuusuke Kajita (October 7, 1961)

      -

      Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer

      Yoshihiro Narukawa

      （February 23, 1967）

      Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer

      Vice President and Executive Officer

      * Due to this change, the representative executive officers as of April 1, 2026 will be Kotaro Hirano, Masafumi Senzaki, and Yoshihiro Narukawa.

    3. Career Summary of Newly Appointed Representative Executive Officer

    Yoshihiro Narukawa

    April, 2024 Vice President and Executive Officer [incumbent] Officer responsible for MONOZUKURI [incumbent]

    President of Production & Procurement Group [incumbent] April, 2022 Executive Officer,

    Deputy General Manager, Production & Procurement Div.

    July, 2020 Associate General Manager, Production & Procurement Div. April, 1990 Joined the Company

    * Number of shares owned: 4,235 shares (as of February 27, 2026)

  2. Executive Officers (Effective on April 1, 2026)

*1 Listed by position and in Japanese alphabetical order of surname within each position.

*2 The underlined parts are changes.

*3 New Position & Responsibility are as of February 27, 2026.

  1. Executive Officer Structure as of April 1, 2026

    P: Promotion / R: Responsibility Change / N: New Appointment

    Name

    New Position & Responsibility

    Current Position & Responsibility

    Kotaro Hirano

    Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, Executive Officer and Director, CEO

    Same as on the left

    Masafumi Senzaki

    Representative Executive Officer, President and Executive Officer and Director, COO

    Same as on the left

    P, R

    Yoshihiro Narukawa

    Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Officer responsible for MONOZUKURI, Officer responsible for Security Trade Control and President of Construction Business Unit

    Vice President and Executive Officer, Officer responsible for MONOZUKURI, President of Production & Procurement Group

    R

    Itaru Nishizawa

    Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, CTO and CDIO

    Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, CTO and President of Research &

    Development Group

    Hidehiko Matsui

    Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of North America Business Div. and Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc.

    Same as on the left

    P

    Takeshi Arai

    Vice President and Executive Officer, CSO, President of Corporate Strategy Group

    Executive Officer,

    CSO, President of Corporate Strategy Group

    Keiichirou Shiojima

    Vice President and Executive Officer, Director CFO, President of

    Financial Strategy Group

    Same as on the left

    Kazunori Nakamura

    Vice President and Executive Officer, President of Power & Info Control Platform Business Unit

    Same as on the left

    Tetsuya Hamabe

    Vice President and Executive Officer, CRO and Governing External Affairs

    Same as on the left

    Eiji Fukunishi

    Vice President and Executive Officer, President of Mining Business Unit

    Same as on the left

    Kazuhiro Ichimura

    Executive Officer,

    President of Compact Business Unit and President and Director,

    Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.

    Same as on the left

    Hiroshi Kanezawa

    Executive Officer,

    Vice President of Mining Business Unit

    Same as on the left

    N

    Yasumasa Zaizen

    Executive Officer,

    Vice President of Global Marketing Group

    General Manager of Asia Business Div., Global Marketing Group and Director & CEO of P.T. Hexindo Adiperkasa Tbk

    Makoto Sawada

    Executive Officer,

    CHRO, President of Human Capital Group

    Same as on the left

    R

    Tooru Takatani

    Executive Officer,

    President of Global Marketing Group

    Executive Officer,

    President of Global Marketing Group and Rental & Used Equipment Business Unit

    Hiroshi Hosokawa

    Executive Officer,

    President of Spare Parts & Service Business Unit

    Same as on the left

    N

    Makoto Matsushita

    Executive Officer, President of Research & Development Group

    Vice President of Construction Business Unit

    Satoshi Yamanobe

    Executive Officer,

    President of Safety / Health & Compliance Group

    Same as on the left

    Ray Kitic

    Executive Officer,

    General Manager of Oceania Business Div., Vice President of Mining Business Unit and Managing Director of Hitachi Construction Machinery Oceania Pty., Ltd, Managing Director of Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia Pty.,

    Ltd.

    Same as on the left

    Sandeep Singh

    Executive Officer,

    General Manager of India Business Div., and President & Director of Tata

    Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Private Limited

    Same as on the left

    *4 Regarding Abbreviations

    C E O ＝ Chief Executive Officer C O O ＝ Chief Operating Officer C T O ＝ Chief Technical Officer

    C D IO ＝ Chief Digital & Information Officer C S O ＝ Chief Strategy Officer

    C F O ＝ Chief Financial Officer

    C R O ＝ Chief Risk management Officer CHRO ＝ Chief Human Resources Officer



  2. Resigning Officers (Effective on March 31, 2026)

    Name

    Current Title

    Notes (Effective on April 1, 2026)

    Yuusuke Kajita

    Representative Executive Officer,

    Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Officer

    responsible for Security Trade Control, President of Construction Business Unit

    Advisor

    Seimei Toonishi

    Executive Officer

    CDIO, President of New Business Creation Unit

    Advisor

  3. Biography of New Executive Officers

    Yasumasa Zaizen

    1. Date of Birth: April 6, 1970

    2. Business Experience

April, 2024 General Manager, Asia Business Div., Global Marketing Group and Director & CEO of P.T. Hexindo Adiperkasa Tbk

April, 2018 General Manager, Mining Sales and Service Div., Mining Group April, 2016 General Manager, Used Equipment Planning Dept.,

Marketing Div., Marketing Group

April, 1994 Joined the Company

Makoto Matsushita

  1. Date of Birth: July 11, 1970

  2. Business Experience

April, 2025 Vice President, Construction Business Unit

April, 2024 General Manager, Development Div., Construction Business Unit October, 2021 Associate General Manager, Construction Business Div.,

Research & Development Group

August, 2017 General Manager, Development Center, Application, New Product & Construction Equipment Div., Research & Development Div., Development & Production Group

April, 1993 Joined the Company