NEC Philippines welcomes new President

MANILA, 4 MAY 2010 – NEC Philippines, Inc (“NEC Philippines”), a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, welcomed today Mr Takuo Shioda as its new President, who will head the subsidiary with effect from 1 May.

Mr Shioda, who has been working in NEC since 1988, has served at several NEC overseas subsidiaries (outside Japan) prior to taking on his latest role as President. He brings with him more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in telecommunications products and IT solutions, and is a veteran in the telecommunications sector in this region. Mr Shioda takes over from Mr Kiyofumi Kusaka, the previous President, who will focus on his role as the CEO for NEC Asia Pacific based in Singapore.

NEC Philippines was incorporated with NEC Corporation Manila Branch, another NEC branch office in the Philippines on 1 April 2010. Under this new arrangement, NEC Corporation Manila Branch which specializes in providing carrier network solutions and services, was reorganized as a business unit of NEC Philippines.

The realignment of NEC’s operations in the Philippines is in line with the “One NEC” concept listed in the Mid-Term Growth Plan set by NEC Corporation, which seeks to realign and integrate its regional subsidiaries so as to establish a stronger presence in their respective regions, and in compliance with corporate governance policies.

“NEC has a strong footprint and rich customer base in Philippines. At the same time, we still have a large potential to further grow our presence in this competitive environment. I believe that NEC Philippines will take an important role in the region for NEC to achieve its targets set out in our V2012 .” says Mr Shioda.

About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company’s experience and global resources, NEC’s advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

About NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
NEC Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation (HQ: Japan) based in Singapore, is NEC’s regional headquarters for Asia Pacific, providing regional sales and services support and consultancy for world-class identity solutions, enterprise turnkey implementation of mission-critical systems, project management, business process outsourcing and maintenance services in South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

NEC provides an extensive portfolio of solutions and services integrating the best-of-breed technologies available for the government, financial, retail and hospitality, telecommunications, manufacturing and other business verticals. Being a leading global technology provider and systems integrator, NEC creates solutions on global identity, RFID, enterprise server, unified communications and multimedia display, which are supported by NECare Service Centres.

In line with the NEC Group Vision to realize an information society friendly to humans and the earth, NEC also embarks on corporate social responsibilities (CSR) initiatives to support and “make a difference” to the Nature (environment), Education and Community. For more information, please visit www.nec.com.sg.

About NEC Philippines, Inc
NEC Philippines is the local subsidiary of NEC Asia Pacific (HQ: Singapore) and was incorporated in Philippines on January 11, 1996. It officially started operations in April 1996, though prior to this, NEC was already present in the Philippines through its Manila Representative Office since the 1960s. NEC Philippines provides sales, marketing & services support for telecommunications equipment, network, IP and Data Networks, ICT Integration, IT solutions and services, among others. NEC Philippines also operates the NECare Center, a 24x7 support center that not only provides after-sales and warranty support, but also offers other services like IT integration, project management and other IT- and networking-related services.

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NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Ms Masako Hirano
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Ms Eliza Lim
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Email : Eliza@NEC.com.sg

NEC Philippines, Inc
Ms Rell Baylon
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Email : rell_baylon@necph.nec.co.jp