TMC announces executive, organisational and personnel changes

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces executive, organizational and personnel changes to become effective on April 1, 2014.  TMC also announces changes to its Board of Directors members and Audit and Supervisory Board members to be submitted for approval at the 110th General Shareholders Meeting. 1. Executive changes effective April 1, 2014 New Senior Managing Officers … Continued

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces executive, organizational and personnel changes to become effective on April 1, 2014.  TMC also announces changes to its Board of Directors members and Audit and Supervisory Board members to be submitted for approval at the 110th General Shareholders Meeting.

1. Executive changes effective April 1, 2014

New Senior Managing Officers

Name Current Title
Satoru Mouri Managing officer
Moritaka Yoshida Managing officer

New Managing Officers

Name Current Title
Kazuhiro Sato Executive general manager, Customer Service Field
(field general manager)
Takashi Yamamoto Executive general manager, Product Planning Group
(executive chief engineer)

Senior Managing Officers Resigning Posts

Tadashi Yamashina
Naoki Miyazaki

Managing Officers Resigning Posts

Yoshihiko Matsuda
Koichi Sugihara
Nobuhiko Murakami

Executives’ areas of responsibility effective April 1, 2014

♦denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)

Executive Vice Presidents

Name Current New
Satoshi Ozawa Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business) Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business)
Nobuyori Kodaira – IT & ITS
– External Affairs & Public Affairs
– General Administration & Human Resources
– Accounting
– IT & ITS
– External Affairs & Public Affairs
– General Administration & Human Resources
– Accounting
Mitsuhisa Kato – Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business, R&D)
– Business Unit Toyota No. 2 (business, R&D)
– TNGA Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business, R&D)
– Business Unit Toyota No. 2 (business, R&D)
– TNGA Planning Div. (chief officer)
Masamoto Maekawa Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business) Business Unit Toyota No. 1 (business)
Yasumori Ihara Business Unit Toyota No. 2 (business) Business Unit Toyota No. 2 (business)
Seiichi Sudo♦ Unit Center – Unit Center
– TNGA Planning Div. (chief officer)

Senior Managing Officers and Managing Officers

1)Senior Managing Officers

Name Current New
Hirofumi Muta♦
– Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group (chief officer)
– Vehicle Production Engineering Field
(field general manager)
– TNGA Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group (chief officer)
Shigeru Hayakawa External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (chief officer) External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (chief officer)
Hisayuki Inoue
– Asia & Middle East Region (CEO, Asia & Middle East Region)
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
– Asia & Middle East Region (CEO, Asia & Middle East Region)
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Didier Leroy – Europe Region (CEO, Europe Region)
– Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA		 – Europe Region (CEO, Europe Region)
– Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Keiji Masui Purchasing Group (chief officer) Purchasing Group (chief officer)
Hiroji Onishi – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.		 – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Koei Sagas♦
– Unit Center (center vice president)
– Drivetrain Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Unit Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Motor Sports Unit Development Div. (chief officer)
– Unit Center (center vice president)
– Unit Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Motor Sports Unit Development Div. (chief officer)
Hiroyuki Yokoyama♦ Customer First Promotion Group (chief officer)
– Customer First Promotion Group (chief officer)
– Customer Service Field (field general manager)
Tokuo Fukuichi♦
– Lexus International (executive vice president)
– Design Group (chief officer)
– Lexus International (president)
– Design Group (chief officer)
Kiyotaka Ise♦
– Lexus International (president)
– Sports Vehicle Management Div.
(chief officer)
– R&D Group (chief officer)
– Material Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Fuel Cell System Engineering Field
(field general manager)
– Sports Vehicle Management Div. (chief officer)
James E. Lentz
– North America Region
(CEO, North America Region)
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– North America Region (CEO, North America Region)
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Soichiro Okudaira♦
– R&D Group (chief officer)
– Material Engineering Field
(field general manager)
– Fuel Cell System Engineering Field
(field general manager)
– China chief technical officer
– Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
– Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd.
– Asia chief technical officer
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
– Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
– Oceania chief technical officer
– Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific Australia Co., Ltd.
Shigeki Terashi♦
– Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Research Div. (chief officer)
– Environmental Affairs Div. (chief officer)
– Product & Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Design Quality Innovation Div. (chief officer)
– Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office
(secretary general)
– Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Research Div. (chief officer)
– Environmental Affairs Div. (chief officer)
– Product & Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Design Quality Innovation Div. (chief officer)
Satoru Mouri♦ Managing officer
Japan Sales Business Group (deputy chief officer)		 Japan Sales Business Group (chief officer)
Moritaka Yoshida
Managing officer
– Product Planning Group (chief officer)
– Chief Safety Technology Officer
– Vehicle Control System Field (field general manager)
– Product Planning Group (chief officer)
– Chief Safety Technology Officer
– Vehicle Control System Field (field general manager)

2)Managing Officers

Name Current New
Kazuhiro Miyauchi♦ Production Control Group (chief officer)
– Product & Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Production Control Group (chief officer)
Osamu Nagata
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Takuo Sasaki Accounting Group (chief officer) Accounting Group (chief officer)
Steve St. Angelo
– Latin America & Caribbean Region (CEO, Latin America & Caribbean Region)
– Toyota do Brasil LTDA.
– Latin America & Caribbean Region (CEO, Latin America & Caribbean Region)
– Toyota do Brasil LTDA.
Johan van Zyl – Africa Region (CEO, Africa Region)
– Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd.		 – Africa Region (CEO, Africa Region)
– Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd.
Hiroyoshi Yoshiki Technical Administration Group (chief officer) Technical Administration Group (chief officer)
Kazuhiro Kobayashi – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.		 – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Kazuo Ohara – Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.		 – Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Satoshi Takae
– Kamigo Plant (plant general manager)
– Shimoyama Plant (plant general manager)
– Shimoyama Plant Administration Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Kamigo Plant (plant general manager)
– Shimoyama Plant (plant general manager)
– Shimoyama Plant Administration Div. (concurrent general manager)
Shigeki Tomoyama – Business Development Group (chief officer)
– IT & ITS Group (chief officer)
– Business Development Group (chief officer)
– IT & ITS Group (chief officer)
Riki Inuzuka
– Research Div. (chief officer)
– Product & Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Toyota Planning Div. 1 (chief officer)
– Research Div. (chief officer)
– Product & Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Toyota Planning Div. 1 (chief officer)
Shinji Kitada TNGA Planning Div. (concurrent general manager) TNGA Planning Div. (concurrent general manager)
Masahisa Nagata Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Takeshi Numa Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Satoshi Ogiso
– Product Planning Group (deputy chief officer)
– Chassis Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Product Planning Group (deputy chief officer)
– Chassis Engineering Field (field general manager)
Hayato Shibakawa – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.		 – China Region (CEO, China Region)
– Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Kazuhiro Sato♦ Executive general manager
Customer Service Field (field general manager)		 Customer First Promotion Group
(deputy chief officer)
Karl Schlicht Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Kyoichi Tanada Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (responsible for Thailand, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos) Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (responsible for Thailand, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos)
Hiroyuki Fukui Pt. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia
(responsible for Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, East Timor and Singapore)		 Pt. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia
(responsible for Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, East Timor and Singapore)
Toshiro Hidaka
– East Asia & Oceania Region (CEO, East Asia & Oceania)
– Africa Div. (chief officer)
– Latin America & Caribbean Div. (chief officer)
– East Asia & Oceania Region (CEO, East Asia & Oceania)
– Africa Div. (chief officer)
– Latin America & Caribbean Div. (chief officer)
Koki Konishi
– External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (deputy chief officer)
– Public Affairs Div. (concurrent general manager)
– External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (deputy chief officer)
– Public Affairs Div. (concurrent general manager)
Shinya Kotera♦
– Corporate Planning Div.(chief officer)
– Toyota Planning Div. 2 (concurrent general manager)
– KD Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
– Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (chief officer)
– Corporate Planning Div． (chief officer)
– Toyota Planning Div. 2 (concurrent general manager)
– KD Business Planning Div. (chief officer)
Tetsuya Otake
– Accounting Group (deputy chief officer)
– Accounting Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Accounting Group (deputy chief officer)
– Accounting Div. (concurrent general manager)
Yasuhiko Sato Japan Sales Business Group (deputy chief officer) Japan Sales Business Group (deputy chief officer)
Masayoshi Shirayanagi Purchasing Group (deputy chief officer) Purchasing Group (deputy chief officer)
Mark S. Templin Lexus International (executive vice president) Lexus International (executive vice president)
Tatsuro Ueda♦
– General Administration & Human
Resources Group (deputy chief officer)
– Toyota Institute (concurrent general manager)
– General Administration & Human
Resources Group (chief officer)
– Toyota Institute (concurrent general manager)
Mitsuru Uno External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (deputy chief officer) External Affairs & Public Affairs Group (deputy chief officer)
Takashi Yamamoto♦ Executive general manager
Product Planning Group (executive chief engineer)
– Lexus International (executive vice president)
– Product Planning Group (primarily weight-reduction promotion)

2. Organizational changes effective April 1, 2014
1) Division not belonging to a group
The Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office will be established to support the Strategic Top Executive Meeting, at which policies concerning mid-to-long-term strategies and business direction—the fundamentals of corporate strategy—are set.

New
Division not belonging to a group
Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (new)

2) Unit Center

In line with the dissolution of the Advanced Engine Development Field, the Advanced Engine Design and Engineering Division and the Advanced Engine Management System Development Division will be transferred to the Engine Engineering Field.

Current New
Unit Center
Advanced Engine Development Field

Advanced Engine Development Field
Advanced Engine Design & Engineering Div.
Advanced Engine Management System Development Div.

 Advanced Engine Development Field (dissolved)

Engine Engineering Field
Advanced Engine Design & Engineering Div. (transferred)
Advanced Engine Management System Development Div., (transferred)

3) Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group

In line with the dissolution of the Machinery & Die Engineering Field, the divisions within the field will be reorganized or transferred.

Current New
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Machinery & Die Engineering Field		 Machinery & Die Engineering Field (dissolved)
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Machinery & Die Engineering Field
Mechatronics Systems Div.
Die & Mold Div.		 Unit Center
Unit Production Engineering Field
Mechatronics Systems Div. (transferred)
Die & Mold Div. (transferred)
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Machinery & Die Engineering Field
Stamping Die & Tool Div.		 Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Vehicle Production Engineering Field
Stamping Die & Tool Div. (transferred)
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Machinery & Die Engineering Field
Teiho Machinery & Die Engineering Administration Div.		 Unit Center

Unit Management Div. (reorganized)
Unit Production Engineering Field
Die & Mold Div. (reorganized)

Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Vehicle Production Engineering Field
Stamping Die & Tool Div. (reorganized)

4) Japan Sales Business Group

The Japan Parts Division will be transferred from the Customer First Promotion Group to the Japan Sales Business Group.

Current New
Customer First Promotion Group
Japan Parts Div.		 Japan Sales Business Group
Japan Parts Div. (transferred)

5) External Affairs & Public Affairs Group

The Tokyo Secretarial Division will be reorganized within the Government & Industrial Affairs Division.

Current New
External Affairs & Public Affairs Group
Government & Industrial Affairs Div.
Tokyo Secretarial Div.		 External Affairs & Public Affairs Group
Government & Industrial Affairs Div. (reorganized)

6) Customer First Promotion Group

The Quality Improvement & Audit Field will be established, and the TQM Promotion Division and the Quality Division will be transferred within the group to under the new field.

Current New
Customer First Promotion Group

TQM Promotion Div.
Quality Div.

 Customer First Promotion Group
Quality Improvement & Audit Field (new)
TQM Promotion Div.
Quality Div.

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will decrease to 228 from the current 229.

3. Personnel Changes

1) Executive General Manager changes effective April 1, 2014

New Executive General Managers

Name Current Title
Yasuo Hojo General manager, Drivetrain System Development &
Engineering Management Div.
Shinji Miyamoto General manager, Quality Div.
Hiroki Nakajima Chief engineer, Product Planning Group
Motoshi Nakamura General manager, Power Train & Chassis Production Engineering Div.
Masamichi Okada General manager, Foundry Engineering Div.

Executive General Managers Resigning Posts

Mitsuyoshi Ohshima

Executive General Managers’ Areas of Responsibility

♦denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)

Name Current New
Shizuo Abe
– Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
Masashi Asakura Tahara Plant (plant general manager) Tahara Plant (plant general manager)
Yuuzou Konishi
– Body Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Body Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Body Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Body Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
Seiya Nakao
– Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Product Planning Group (project general manager)
– Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
– Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
– Product Planning Group (project general manager)
Tetsuya Ohshima Information Systems Field (field general manager) Information Systems Field (field general manager)
Tatsuya Ishikawa♦
– Honsha Plant (plant general manager)
– Partner Robot Div. (chief officer)
– Hirose Plant (plant general manager)
– Honsha Plant (plant general manager)
– Vehicle Production Engineering Field
(field general manager)
– Partner Robot Div. (chief officer)
– Hirose Plant (plant general manager)
Tokuhisa Nomura
– Electronics Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Electronics Management Div.
(concurrent general manager)
– Electronics Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Electronics Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
Osamu Sadakata♦ Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Higashi-Fuji Technical Center (general manager)
Yoshihiro Sawa
– Global Design Planning Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Design Development Div (chief officer)
– Global Design Planning Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Design Development Div (chief officer)
Masanori Sugiyama
– Engine Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Engine Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Unit Management Div. (project general manager)
– Engine Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Engine Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
– Unit Management Div. (project general manager)
Tatsuro Takami♦
– Miyoshi Plant (plant general manager)
– Kinuura Plant (plant general manager)
– Unit Management Div. (project general manager)
– Unit Production Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Unit Management Div. (project general manager)
Toshiaki Tamaki
– Takaoka Plant (plant general manager)
– Tsutsumi Plant (plant general manager)
– Takaoka Plant (plant general manager)
– Tsutsumi Plant (plant general manager)
Yoshihiro Uozumi
– Logistics Field (field general manager)
– Motomachi Plant (plant general manager)
– Logistics Field (field general manager)
– Motomachi Plant (plant general manager)
Yasuo Hojo♦ Drivetrain System Development & Engineering Management Div. (general manager)
– Drivetrain Engineering Field (field general manager)
– Drivetrain System Development & Engineering Management Div. (concurrent general manager)
Shinji Miyamoto♦ Quality Div. (general manager)
– Quality Improvement & Audit Field (field general manager)
– Quality Div. (concurrent general manager)
Hiroki Nakajima♦ Product Planning Group (chief engineer) Product Planning Group (executive chief engineer)
Motoshi Nakamura♦ Power Train & Chassis Production Engineering Div. (general manager) Kinuura Plant (plant general manager)
Masamichi Okada♦ Foundry Engineering Div. (general manager)
– Miyoshi Plant (plant general manager)
– Myochi Plant (plant general manager)

2) Level 1 Personnel Changes Effective April 1, 2014

Name Current New
Hidekuni Hashizume Engine Product Design Div., Engine
Engineering Field (general manager)		 Power Train & Chassis Production
Engineering Div., Unit Production
Engineering Field (general manager)
Naoki Ishii Tokyo Secretarial Div. (general manager) Government & Industrial Affairs Div.
(general manager)
Ryota Isshiki Government & Industrial Affairs Div.
(general manager)		 Government & Industrial Affairs Div. (project general manager)

4. Changes to board members (candidates) as of day of 110th General Shareholders Meeting

Formal appointment of board members, auditors and supervisory board members will be made pending approval at the 110th General Shareholders Meeting.  Formal assignment of responsibilites to board members and the appointment of board members with the legal status to represent TMC (representative directors) will be made at the board of directors meeting following the 110th General Shareholders Meeting.  The resignation of board members resigning their posts will become official on the day of the 110th General Shareholders Meeting.

New Board of Directors Members

Name Current Title New Title
Tokuo Fukuichi Senior managing officer Senior managing officer, member of the
board

Executive General Managers Resigning Posts

Name Current Title
Mamoru Furuhashi Member of the board
Kiyotaka Ise* Senior managing officer, member of the board

*Change to senior managing officer

New Audit and Supervisory Board Members

Name Current Title
Teisuke Kitayama Chairman of the board, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Audit and Supervisory Board Members Resigning Posts

Yoichi Morishita
Akishige Okada

Substitute Auditor

Name Current Title
Ryuji Sakai Attorney at law

Executive lineup (candidates) following 110th General Shareholders Meeting

1) Board of Directors Members (♦denotes new member)

Name Title
Takeshi Uchiyamada Chairman of the board (representative director)
Akio Toyoda President, member of the board (representative director)
Satoshi Ozawa Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Nobuyori Kodaira Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Mitsuhisa Kato Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Masamoto Maekawa Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Yasumori Ihara Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Seiichi Sudo Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director)
Koei Saga Senior managing officer, member of the board
Tokuo Fukuichi♦ Senior managing officer, member of the board
Shigeki Terashi Senior managing officer, member of the board
Yoshimasa Ishii Member of the board
Ikuo Uno* Member of the board
Haruhiko Kato* Member of the board
Mark T. Hogan* Member of the board
*Outside board member under Japanese corporate law (candidate)

2) Audit and Supervisory Board Members

Name Title
Yoichiro Ichimaru Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full time)
Masaki Nakatsugawa Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full time)
Masahiro Kato Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full time)
Kunihiro Matsuo Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Yoko Wake Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Teisuke Kitayama Audit and Supervisory Board Member
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