Kawasaki Heavy Industries to change its Directors & Executive Officers

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced that, based on decisions made at a Board of Directors meeting earlier today, the following Directors will be appointed following positions effective April 1, 2015:

Joji Iki Senior Executive Vice President * (currently Senior Vice President *)
Kenji Tomida Senior Vice President * (currently Senior Vice President)
Kyohei Matsuoka Director (currently Senior Executive Vice President *)
Hiroshi Takata Director (currently Senior Executive Vice President *)
Minoru Makimura Director (currently Senior Vice President)
Shigehiko Kiyama Director simutaniously appointed Advisor, Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd. (currently Senior Vice President *)
* Representative Director

The Company also announced today that the following management changes will become effective April 1, 2015:

Executive officers to be appointed new positions

Joji Iki Senior Executive Vice President in charge of technology, sales and procurement (currently President Gas Turbine & Machinery Company)

Kenji Tomida President Motorcycle & Engine Company (currently General Manager Corporate Planning Division)

Genichi Abe Deputy General Manager Marketing Division (currently General Manager Project Division Ship & Offshore Structure Company)

Tatsuya Watanabe Vice President Plant & Infrastructure Company (currently General Manager Energy Plant Engineering Division Plant & Infrastructure Company)

New managing executive officers to be appointed

Toshiyuki Kuyama President Gas Turbine & Machinery Company (currently General Manager Gas Turbine Division Gas Turbine & Machinery Company)

Kazuo Ota General Manager Corporate Planning Division also in charge of finance & accounting and personnel & labor administration divisions (currently General Manager Planning & Control Division Aerospace Company)

Ikuhiro Narimatsu in charge of CSR, legal, and general administration divisions (currently General Manager Personnel & Labor Administration Division)

Koji Kadota General Manager Corporate Technology Division (currently Deputy General Manager Corporate Technology Division)

New executive officers to be appointed

Katsuhisa Yamada General Manager Gas Turbine Division Gas Turbine & Machinery Company (currently Deputy General Manager Gas Turbine Division Gas Turbine & Machinery Company)

Sukeyuki Namiki Vice President Aerospace Company (currently in charge of next large aircraft project Aerospace Company)

Yoshinori Mochida Vice President Ship & Offshore Structure Company (currently special assignment Ship & Offshore Structure Company)

Toshifumi Kojima special assignment Aerospace Company (currently General Manager Marketing & Sales Division Aerospace Company)

Kenichi Fukushima General Manager Personnel & Labor Administration Division (currently Deputy General Manager General Administration Division)

Hisashi Yamaji General Manager Planning & Control Division Ship & Offshore Structure Company (currently same as above)

Katsuya Yamamoto General Manager Planning & Control Division Precision Machinery Company (currently same as above)

Eiichi Harada Deputy General Manager Corporate Technology Division (currently same as above)

Kazutoshi Honkawa General Manager Planning & Control Division Aerospace Company (currently Deputy General Manager Planning & Control Division Aerospace Company)

Yuji Horiuchi
General Manager
Research & Development Division Motorcycle & Engine Company (currently same as above)

Retiring executive officers (as of March 31, 2015)

Shinsuke Tanaka
Shiro Nakabayashi
Kaoru Kawabe
Hirokazu Komaki
Masafumi Nakagawa
Masayoshi Maeda