Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following personnel changes, effective October 1, 2017.
1. Personnel Changes
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Executive Officer In charge of ASEAN Business; President, Mazda South East Asia Ltd. |
Managing Executive Officer In charge of ASEAN Business; General Manager, ASEAN Business Office; President, Mazda South East Asia Ltd. |
Hiroshi Inoue |
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept. |
General Manager Product Planning Dept. |
Toshifumi Nishioka |
| Program Manager Technology Planning Dept. |
Senior Principal Engineer Integrated Control System Development Div. |
Takahiro Tochioka |
| General Manager ASEAN Business Office |
General Manager R&D Technical Administration Div. |
Susumu Niinai |
| Staff Manager ASEAN Business Office |
Deputy General Manager ASEAN Business Office |
Choichi Yuki |
| General Manager R&D Technical Administration Div. |
Deputy General Manager and Program Manager Vehicle Development Div. |
Yoshiyuki Maeda |
| General Manager Product Planning Dept. and Deputy General Manager, Product Div. |
General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept. |
Ayumu Doi |
| Deputy General Manager and Program Manager Vehicle Development Div. |
General Manager NVH Performance Development Dept. |
Yoshio Oda |
| General Manager NVH Performance Development Dept. |
Manager NVH Performance Development Dept. |
Masahiro Yanagisawa |
| Technical Fellow Technical Research Center |
General Manager Technical Research Center |
Hiroyuki Yamamoto |
| General Manager Technical Research Center |
Deputy General Manager Technical Research Center |
Akihide Takami |
| Deputy General Manager Technical Research Center |
Senior Principal Engineer Technical Research Center |
Toshihide Yamamoto |
| Staff Manager Production Engineering Div. |
Dispatched to Mazda de México Vehicle Operation (Vice President) |
Shigenori Kawasaki |
| Staff Manager, Hiroshima Plant | General Manager Vehicle Production Dept. No.1, Hiroshima Plant |
Takayuki Seto |
| General Manager, Vehicle Production Dept. No.1, Hiroshima Plant |
Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd. |
Masataka Wakabayashi |
| Dispatched to Mazda de México Vehicle Operation (Vice President) |
Staff Manager, Production Engineering Div. | Takashi Sazaki |
| – | Dispatched to Mazda Ace Co., Ltd. (Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer) (To retire on September 30, 2017) |
Chiaki Sakamoto |
