Takashi Kawamura (川村隆, Kawamura Takashi, born December 19, 1939) ComIH is a director and the chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO), a semi-nationalized electric utility company responsible for causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the former chairman and president of Hitachi, Ltd., the Japanese multinational electronics and engineering conglomerate.
He had worked at Hitachi for his entire business career and retired as senior adviser to the company in June 2016.
[1][2][3][4] On request of the Japanese government, Kawamura has served as chairman of the electric power company since June 2017.
Kawamura attended the University of Tokyo, receiving a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1962.
He rose up through the ranks, becoming general manager of the Hitachi Works (turbine and electric generator factory in Hitachi, Ibaraki) in 1992, executive of the Electric Utility Sales Operations Group in 1995, managing director of the Power Group in 1997, and vice president in 1999.