Hitachi Capital Corporation announced the appointment of Ryoji Satoh and Satoshi Inoue as executive officers. Ryoji Satoh is currently senior corporate officer, corporate sales & marketing group, in charge of China, chairman, Hitachi Capital Leasing (China) Co. Ltd. and chairman, Hitachi Capital Factoring (China) Co. Ltd. Satoshi Inoue is corporate officer, co-head of finance division, Management Bases Initiatives Group and general manager, finance dept., finance division. The company appointed Chihiro Shirai as senior vice president and executive officer and Yoshikazu Ohashi as vice president and executive officer. The promotions are effective April 1, 2017. The company also announced the resignations of: Hironori Tozawa as senior vice president and executive officer, head of corporate sales & marketing group, in charge of ASEAN and CEO & managing director, Hitachi Capital Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.; Kiyoshi Kojima as senior vice president and executive officer; Jun Kataoka as vice president and executive officer, co-head of corporate sales & marketing group, in charge of Japan, head of customer E&E Business Division, head of environment and energy business division. The resignations are effective March 31, 2017.