Hideaki Omiya
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined in June 1969 and in June 1999 served as Deputy General Manager of the Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works. He moved to Deputy General Manager of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems Headquarters in April 2002 and General Manager in April 2003, became Managing Executive Officer in June 2005 and Executive Vice President in April 2007, and President in April 2008. His career took him from aircraft to the air-conditioning and refrigeration business and from there back to head office.
Selection
In April 2008 he succeeded Kazuo Tsukuda as President. In the fiscal year ended March 2008, the year before, consolidated net sales were ¥3,203.0 billion, operating income ¥136.0 billion and net income ¥61.3 billion, the highest of the preceding five years. In FY ended March 2010, the year after he took office, net sales fell to ¥2,940.8 billion and operating income to ¥65.7 billion.
Initiatives
In summer 2011 a full business integration with Hitachi was reported, but it was denied, citing differences in scale and other reasons, and fell through. Negotiations were restructured around thermal power alone, and on November 29, 2012 a basic agreement was reached on integrating the thermal power systems businesses, with ownership set at 65% Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and 35% Hitachi. In shipbuilding, the company withdrew from general-purpose merchant ships in 2012 with a policy of concentrating on technically demanding ship types with few competitors, and in 2011 it took an order for two large cruise ships from Europe's AIDA Cruises.
Career
Career
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 1969 | Joined |
| Jun 1999 | Deputy General Manager, Nagoya Airlines Space Systems Works Office |
| Apr 2001 | Deputy Division General Manager, Industries Equipment Division |
| Apr 2002 | Deputy General Manager, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2002 | Director, Deputy General Manager, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Business Headquarters |
| Apr 2003 | Director, General Manager, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2005 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Business Headquarters |
| Apr 2007 | Director and Executive Vice President, Executive Officer |
| Apr 2008 | President |
| Apr 2013 | Stepped down as President |