Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has announced that Munenori Ishikawa and Yoshinori Kanehana has appointed as Senior Executive Vice President of the company. Munenori and Yoshinori currently Senior Vice Presidents of the company. The new positions are effective from April 1, 2016.

The Board of Directors also decided that effective in late June 2016, president Shigeru Murayama will become chairman and senior vice president Yoshinori Kanehana will become new president. The company also appointed Makoto Ogawara as President of Rolling Stock Company, currently Makoto is a Vice President Rolling Stock Company. Sukeyuki Namiki has appointed as President of Aerospace company, currently Namiki is a Vice President Aerospace Company.

Tatsuya Watanabe has been appointed as President of Plant & Infrastructure Company, currently Watanabe is a Vice President Plant & Infrastructure Company. Akio Nekoshima appointed as General Manager of Marketing Division, currently Akio is a General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division. The company also appointed Kazutoshi Honkawa as Vice President of the Aerospace Company, currently Honkawa is a General Manager Planning & Control Division of the Aerospace Company, Keiji Matsumura as Deputy General Manager of the Marketing Division, currently Keiji is a General Manager of Marketing & Sales Division Plant & Infrastructure Company, Ichiro Kono as Vice President of the Ship & Offshore Structure Company, currently Ichiro is a General Manager Kobe Shipyard Ship & Offshore Structure Company, Akira Matsufuji as Vice President of the Rolling Stock Company, currently Akira is a General Manager Project Management Division Rolling Stock Company and Hiroshi Nakatani as Deputy General Manager of the Corporate Technology Division, currently Hiroshi is a Deputy General Manager Corporate Technology Planning Center Corporate Technology Division.

The company also announced retirement of Yukinobu Kono and Genichi Abe as managing executive officers, Effective from March 31, 2016.