New leadership model aligns strategy and execution to accelerate growth, AI innovation, and customer value
Santa Clara, Calif. and Dallas, Texas – August 23, 2026 – Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic today announced that Anand Birje, recently appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hitachi’s Digital Engineering & AI Solutions (DEAI) business unit (BU), will concurrently serve as CEO of the combined Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic organization, effective September 1, 2026.
The leadership evolution comes as the integration of Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic moves from establishing its foundation into its next phase – accelerating execution, growth, and innovation across AI-native software engineering, physical AI, data and intelligence, and managed services. Under a single leader, the new model more closely aligns the combined organization’s strategy, investment, and execution with the DEAI BU. This change is designed to help our teams move faster, unlock new growth opportunities, and deliver greater value and more innovative solutions and measurable outcomes for our customers and partners worldwide.
With this announcement, Anand will oversee governance and operations across the DEAI BU and the combined organization. With a track record of more than 25 years building and scaling global digital engineering, cloud, data, AI and digital services businesses, including those at the intersection of physical and digital technologies, Anand has the experience needed to shape and execute strategy; drive growth; align investment to strategic priorities; accelerate innovation; and maintain global consistency and operational excellence.
Also effective September 1, 2026, Srini Shankar, who currently leads Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic as CEO of both organizations, will transition to an Executive Advisor role, partnering closely with Anand and providing strategic counsel, continuity, and deep institutional knowledge as the integration continues.
Comments from Jun Abe, Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Digital Systems & Services, Hitachi, Ltd.: Under Srini’s leadership, our teams have made great progress in bringing Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic together and establishing a strong foundation for future growth. Together, we are strengthening our ability to help customers navigate the accelerating adoption of AI and the convergence of physical and digital worlds. We thank Srini for his leadership and are pleased that he will continue supporting the organization as Executive Advisor.
As the organization enters its next phase, Srini, Anand and I have aligned on an evolution of the leadership model to more closely connect our digital strategies, execution, and growth priorities.
With the leadership, experience, and complementary strengths of Anand and Srini, we are well positioned to accelerate growth, deliver greater value to customers, and help shape the future of digital engineering, digital services, and AI across Hitachi and for our customers worldwide.
Comments from Anand Birje, CEO of Hitachi’s Digital Engineering & AI Solutions Business Unit: Hitachi is unlike any other company in the world. It brings together deep industrial expertise across energy, mobility, and other critical industries with digital engineering, scalable IT services, and AI-powered innovation like HMAX. I’m excited to join Hitachi at
a pivotal moment when we are just scratching the surface of what is possible as the physical and digital worlds converge.
The combined Hitachi Digital Services and GlobalLogic organization will play a critical role in unlocking the full potential of Hitachi’s capabilities, connecting the physical and digital worlds through cloud, data and AI to scale Hitachi’s digital business and deliver innovation, measurable outcomes and greater value for customers and partners around the world.
About Anand Birje
Anand Birje is an accomplished global technology executive with more than 25 years of experience building and scaling global businesses and driving organizational transformations across cloud, data, AI, and digital engineering. Before joining Hitachi in August 2026, Birje served as CEO of Encora, an AI-native digital engineering company, where he led the company through significant growth and its $2.35B acquisition by Coforge in April 2026. Prior to Encora, he spent more than 15 years at HCL Technologies, holding several senior leadership positions, most recently serving as President of Digital Business Services, where he led global digital applications and data analytics businesses and strategic acquisitions that expanded the company’s global consulting and delivery capabilities. He was also among the founding leaders of HCL Tech’s infrastructure services business, helping scale it to more than $2.5B in annual revenue within a decade. Earlier in his career, he focused on industrial control systems, SCADA, and manufacturing execution systems (MES) for Emerson Electric and Cap Gemini, gaining valuable experience in the convergence of operational and digital technologies. Birje has also contributed to industry research with UC Irvine and Columbia Business School and served as a strategy officer for the World Economic Forum’s Industry 4.0 and Digital Workforce groups.
About Hitachi Digital Services Hitachi Digital Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is a global systems integrator powering mission-critical platforms with people and technology. We help enterprises build, integrate, and run physical and digital systems with tailored solutions in cloud, data, IoT, and ERP modernization, underpinned by advanced AI. By combining Information Technology and Operational Technology (ITxOT), we drive efficiency, innovation, and growth across industries. With over 110 years of Hitachi Group’s engineering and technology leadership, Hitachi Digital Services is powering smarter platforms for a safer, more sustainable future. For more information on Hitachi Digital Services, please visit the company’s website at www.hitachids.com.
About GlobalLogic
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a leading digital engineering partner that helps the world’s most forward-thinking companies design and build innovative, AI- powered products, platforms, and digital experiences. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution, now accelerating clients’ transitions into tomorrow’s AI- driven businesses by integrating experience design, complex engineering, AI, and data expertise. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), which contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through AI and technology as the Social Innovation Business. www.GlobalLogic.com
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi aims to be a global leader in continuously transforming social infrastructure through digital, contributing to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates worldwide across four sectors – Digital Systems & Services (DSS), Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – as well as a Strategic SIB Business Unit focused on new growth areas. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi creates value by combining data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY25 (ended March 31, 2026) totaled 10,586.7 billion yen, with 606 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 290,000 employees worldwide. www.hitachi.com.
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