TMC announces regular personnel changes | Automotive World

On August 1, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) intends to make the following personnel changes.

By Maisie Priestner
August 1, 2018

On August 1, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) intends to make the following personnel changes.

Change of responsibility of executive general manager

Name	Current	New
Akira Yoshioka	TPS Group Sales & Office Staff Field (Field General Manager) Sales Logistics IT Kaizen Div. (concurrent General Manager) Information Systems Group External Affairs & Public Affairs Group Information Systems Group	External Affairs & Public Affairs Group Information Systems Group TOYOTA Tokyo Sales Holdings Inc.

Field General Manager posting at sub-executive managerial level

Name	Current	New
Kenichi Kitaaki	Temporary External Transfer to GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.	TPS Group Sales & Office Staff Field (Field General Manager) Sales Logistics IT Kaizen Div. (concurrent General Manager)

Personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level

Name	Current	New
Kazuhiko Asakura	Technology Strategy Dept. (General Manager), TNGA Management Div.	TNGA Management Div. (Project General Manager)
Masashige Ono	Parts Scenario Planning Dept. (General Manager), TNGA Management Div.	Fundamental Kaizen Planning Dept. (General Manager), TNGA Management Div.
Kazuhide Kitahara	Planning Dept. (General Manager), MS Management Div, Mid-size Vehicle Company	Future Production Strategy Dept. (General Manager), TNGA Management Div.
Katsura Yanagisawa	Customer Quality Engineering Div. (General Manager), Customer Service Field Vehicle Dept. No.1 (concurrent General Manager), Customer Quality Engineering Div., Customer Service Field	Customer Quality Engineering Div. (General Manager), Customer Service Field
Tetsuya Yoshida	Managerial Resource Strategy Dept. (General Manager), TNGA Management Div.	MS Body Design Div. (Project General Manager), Mid-size Vehicle Company
Hiroshi Suzuki	Corporate Affairs Dept. (Project General Manager)	CV Management Div. (Project General Manager), CV Company
Takaaki Fukui	Miyoshi Plant / Myochi Plant Planning Dept. (General Manager), Powertrain Company	Powertrain Company (Project General Manager)
Yoshihiko Hamamura	Powertrain Product Planning Div. (Chief Engineer), Powertrain Company	Powertrain Product Planning Div. (Chief Engineer), Powertrain Company Powertrain System Technical Planning Dept. (concurrent General Manager), Powertrain Product Planning Div., Powertrain Company
Kenichi Yasunaga	Fuel Cell System Engineering & Development Div. (General Manager), Powertrain Company Strategic Planning & Administration Dept. (concurrent General Manager), Fuel Cell System Engineering & Development Div., Powertrain Company	Fuel Cell System Engineering & Development Div. (General Manager), Powertrain Company
Masato Kobayashi	Connected Advanced Development Div. (General Manager), Connected Company	Connected Advanced Development Div. (General Manager), Connected Company Advanced Electronics Development Dept. No.2 (concurrent General Manager), Connected Advanced Development Div.,Connected Company
Hiroshi Okajima	R&D and Engineering Management Div. (Project General Manager), Advanced R&D and Engineering Company	Temporary External Transfer to Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.