OREANDA-NEWS. March 22, 2012. NEC Corporation today announced the following executive personnel changes. The changes in Corporate Officers were approved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors on March 22, 2012, and will become effective as of April 1, 2012. The changes in the Members of the Board will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2012.
1. CORPORATE OFFICERS (Effective as of April 1, 2012)

Changes in Executive AppointmentsName and Current Title New Appointment
Kaoru Yano, Chairman of the Board(Representative Director) Chairman of the Board
Takashi Niino, Senior Vice President and Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
Junji Yasui, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)


New Corporate Officer AppointmentsName and Current Title New Appointment
Shinichi Shoji, President, NEC Infrontia Corporation Associate Senior Vice President
Kimiya Matsushita, General Manager, Minami-Kanto Branch Division Associate Senior Vice President
Kazuhiro Takada, General Manager, Transportation and Public Network Division Associate Senior Vice President
Shinya Oda, Vice President, Sales Business Unit Associate Senior Vice President
Nobuhiro Odake, General Manager, Software Purchasing Division Associate Senior Vice President


Retiring Corporate OfficersName Current Title
Tomonori Nishimura Senior Vice President
Naoki Yoshimura Associate Senior Vice President
Masahiro Annaka Associate Senior Vice President
Masao Wada Associate Senior Vice President


Chief Officers
 (Effective as of April 1, 2012) CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) Takashi Niino, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CIO (Chief Information Officer) Takashi Niino, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer) Junji Yasui, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Toshiyuki Mineno, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Isamu Kawashima, Associate Senior VicePresident and Member of the Board


Executives in Charge of Business Units
 (Effective as of April 1, 2012) Sales Business Unit Manabu Kinoshita, Senior Vice President
International Sales and Operations Business Unit Takayuki Morita, Senior Vice President
IT Services Business Unit Takaaki Shimizu, Senior Vice President
Platform Business Unit Shinichi Shoji, Associate Senior Vice President
Carrier Network Business Unit Shunichiro Tejima, Senior Vice President
Social Infrastructure Solutions Business Unit Tomonori Nishimura, Senior Vice President
Personal Solutions Business Unit Takemitsu Kunio, Senior Vice President

2. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

(Effective following the adoption of the resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June, 2012)


New Members of the BoardName and Current Title New Appointment
Hitoshi Ogita, Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. Member of the Board
Kaori Sasaki, President and CEO, ewoman, Inc. Member of the Board


Retiring Members of the BoardName Current Title
Toshimitsu Iwanami Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
Yukihiro Fujiyoshi Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)
Yoshinari Hara Member of the Board
Sawako Nohara Member of the Board


Reference
Appointments after retirementToshimitsu Iwanami Executive Advisor
Yukihiro Fujiyoshi Executive Advisor
Tomonori Nishimura Advisor
Naoki Yoshimura Member of the Board, NEC Logistics, Ltd.
Masahiro Annaka Advisor, NEC Capital Solutions Limited
Masao Wada Advisor, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation

 Please see the attachment for brief biographies of the newly appointed Members of the Board.