Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited (Toshiba Water) today announced the appointment of Hiroaki Kobayashi as the Chairperson and Managing Director.
Kobayashi will lead Toshiba Water to the path of next level of growth across company’s water & wastewater businesses in India and overseas.
A commerce graduate from Doshisha University in Japan, Kobayashi brings a rich and extensive experience of over two decades in business development and strategic planning in wastewater management industry. He specialises in managing EPC contracts for large water and wastewater plants in India as well as abroad.
Kobayashi has succeeded Koichi Matsui who was at the helm of Toshiba Water affairs for more than five years.
On his appointment, Kobayashi stated, “Toshiba Water has established India as the International Business Centre for its water & wastewater management business. Furthering our commitment to provide the latest technologies and solutions for India and the world, we are introducing and implementing IoT as a service for O&M of wastewater plants,”
“As I take over this huge responsibility from Matsui, I reiterate Toshiba Water commitment to India and other overseas territories and look forward to reinforcing our long-term partnership with customers and partners to turn on the promise of a new day for India and the World.” He added.
Across his over two decades of experience, Kobayashi has held various leadership roles in international operations, business development, sales, and other commercial functions in the water & wastewater management business across Asia.
He spent seven years in Japan and two years in China as in-charge of their domestic municipal water & wastewater market. Also spent 3 years developing new market in Southeast Asia including Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and so on.
His first association with India’s wastewater industry dates back to 2010, where he was overseeing business development for Toshiba’s wastewater management business in India.
In addition to developing Toshiba Water international business strategy, Kobayashi was instrumental in securing the JICA-funded projects like the Chandrawal Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) in Delhi, the TK Hali WTP in Karnataka.
