TOKYO -- Hitachi President Keiji Kojima will succeed Toshiaki Higashihara as the company's new chief executive officer, Nikkei learned on Wednesday.
Kojima, who joined Hitachi in 1982, was involved in the launch of Hitachi's key Internet of Things platform, called Lumada, in 2016. He will be tasked with steering the company as it accelerates its shift toward IT services.
