Apr. 20, 2010
TMC Names New Executives
Toyota City, Japan―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces the following executive changes.
1) From May 1, 2010
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
| Name | Current title | New title |
| Satoshi Ozawa | Senior managing director | Executive vice president and representative director |
2) Pending Approval of June 2010 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting
Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (2)
Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (2)
| Name | Current title | New title |
| Nobuyori Kodaira | Managing officer | Senior managing director |
| Mitsuhisa Kato | President, Toyota Technocraft Co., Ltd. | Senior managing director |
Retiring Senior Managing Directors (4)
| Name |
| Teiji Tachibana |
| Tadashi Arashima |
| Yasuhiko Ichihashi |
| Toshio Furutani |
New Managing Officers (7) [Pending approval of Board of Directors Meeting After June 2010 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting]
| Name | Current title (at TMC, unless noted) |
| Kunihiko Ogura | President, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. |
| Kazuhiro Kobayashi | General manager, Product & Project Planning Div. |
| Kazuo Ohara | General manager, Lexus Product & Marketing Planning Div. |
| Shuichi Koyama | General manager, Body Engineering Management Div. |
| Shigeki Tomoyama | Assistant president, Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Satoshi Takae | General manager, Production Engineering Planning Div. |
| Kazuya Inagaki | Project general manager, Toyota Passenger Vehicle Development Center 2 |
Retiring Managing Officers (5)
| Name |
| Yoshihiko Masuda |
| Seiho Kawakami |
| Masanobu Kawase |
| Yukio Nishikawa |
| Naofumi Masuda |
Reference 1: Changes to Executive Vice President Responsibilities From May 1, 2010
| Former | New | |
| Takeshi Uchiyamada | - Product Management - Research & Development |
- Product Management - Research & Development |
| Yukitoshi Funo | - Government & Public Affairs - Operation Planning and Support - China - Asia and Oceania - Middle East, Africa and Latin America |
- Government & Public Affairs - Operation Planning and Support - Asia and Oceania - Middle East, Africa and Latin America |
| Atsushi Niimi | - Production Planning - Production Engineering - Production - North America |
- Production Planning - Production Engineering - Production - North America - China |
| Shinichi Sasaki | - Corporate Planning - Business Development - IT & ITS - Information Systems - Purchasing - Customer Service Operations - Quality - Europe |
- Business Development - IT & ITS - Information Systems - Purchasing - Customer Service Operations - Quality |
| Yoichiro Ichimaru | - General Administration & Human Resources - Accounting - Japan Sales Operations |
- Corporate Planning - Japan Sales Operations |
| Satoshi Ozawa | ― | - General Administration & Human Resources - Accounting - Europe |
Reference 2: Expected Executive Lineup Following June 2010 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting
The appointment of the members of the board and corporate auditors is to be officially approved by the shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June 2010. The managing directors, representative directors and managing officers are to be officially approved by the members of the board at the board of directors meeting held following the ordinary general shareholders meeting.
The appointment of the members of the board and corporate auditors is to be officially approved by the shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June 2010. The managing directors, representative directors and managing officers are to be officially approved by the members of the board at the board of directors meeting held following the ordinary general shareholders meeting.
i. Board of Directors (27)
| Name | Title |
| Fujio Cho | Chairman and representative director |
| Katsuaki Watanabe | Vice chairman and representative director |
| Kazuo Okamoto | Vice chairman and representative director |
| Akio Toyoda | President and representative director |
| Takeshi Uchiyamada | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Yukitoshi Funo | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Atsushi Niimi | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Shinichi Sasaki | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Yoichiro Ichimaru | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Satoshi Ozawa*(from May 1, 2010) | Executive vice president and representative director |
| Nobuyori Kodaira* | Senior managing director |
| Akira Okabe | Senior managing director |
| Shinzo Kobuki | Senior managing director |
| Akira Sasaki | Senior managing director |
| Mamoru Furuhashi | Senior managing director |
| Iwao Nihashi | Senior managing director |
| Tadashi Yamashina | Senior managing director |
| Takahiko Ijichi | Senior managing director |
| Tetsuo Agata | Senior managing director |
| Masamoto Maekawa | Senior managing director |
| Yasumori Ihara | Senior managing director |
| Takahiro Iwase | Senior managing director |
| Yoshimasa Ishii | Senior managing director |
| Takeshi Shirane | Senior managing director |
| Mitsuhisa Kato* | Senior managing director |
| Yoshimi Inaba | Director |
| Nampachi Hayashi | Director |
*Newly promoted/appointed
ii. Corporate Auditors (7)
| Name | Title |
| Yoshikazu Amano | Full-time corporate auditor |
| Chiaki Yamaguchi | Full-time corporate auditor |
| Masaki Nakatsugawa | Full-time corporate auditor |
| Yoichi Kaya | Corporate auditor |
| Yoichi Morishita | Corporate auditor |
| Akishige Okada | Corporate auditor |
| Kunihiro Matsuo | Corporate auditor |
iii. Managing Officers (49)
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*Newly appointed
