MHI Announces Changes in Executive-level Personnel
TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines, Ltd. (MHIAEL), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has announced the appointment of Masanori Ushida as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 1, 2022. He succeeds Katsuyuki Shimauchi, who will continue to serve as Member of the Board of MHIAEL after serving as the first President & CEO of MHIAEL for more than seven years.Mr. Ushida assumes the role of President & CEO after serving as Member of the Board and Senior Vice President of Commercial Engines since October 2020. He brings his more than 30 years of experience in MHI's aerospace business which includes multiple leadership roles ranging from manufacturing engineering, engine design to program management. He has also successfully grown MHIAEL's commercial engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business to become one of the company's core businesses.During his tenure as President & CEO, Mr. Shimauchi has successfully led the establishment of MHIAEL by ways of company split from MHI in October 2014 and managed to grow its revenues in three folds by 2019. He has also su...
