Apr. 10, 2009

Toyota Names New Executives

 

Tokyo―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the following executive changes planned to take effect after the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June.

1.  Newly appointed members of the board of directors (8)―Pending approval at this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.

Name Current title New title
Masamoto Maekawa President, Toyota Administa Corp. Senior managing director
Yasumori Ihara President, Toyota Transportation Co., Ltd. Senior managing director
Toshio Furutani Managing officer Senior managing director
Takahiro Iwase Managing officer Senior managing director
Yoshimasa Ishii Managing officer Senior managing director
Takeshi Shirane Managing officer Senior managing director
Yoshimi Inaba President and CEO,
Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.
Director
Nampachi Hayashi Senior technical executive Director
2.  Retiring directors (5)―To retire on the same day as this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.

Name Current title
Hiroshi Takada Senior managing director
Shoji Ikawa Senior managing director
Koichi Ina Senior managing director
Shoichiro Toyoda Honorary chairman
Hiroshi Okuda Senior advisor
3.  New managing officers (18)―Pending approval at a board of directors' meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.

Name Current title (at TMC, unless noted)
Nobuyori Kodaira Advisor
Masahiro Kato President, Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Kenji Suzuki General Manager, Product Management Div.
Mitsuhiro Sonoda President, Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd.
Yoshihiko Matsuda

General manager, Engine Engineering Management Div.,
Engine Engineering Field

Masashi Isogai General manager, Technical Administration Div.
Shunichi Konishi General manager, Japan Sales Planning Div.
Hiroshi Miyata General manager, Electronics Development Div. 1,
Electronics Engineering Field
Koichi Sugihara Senior vice president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Kazuhiro Miyauchi General manager, Global Purchasing Promotion Div.
Takuo Sasaki General manager, Accounting Div.
Satoru Mouri President, FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd
Hiroyoshi Yoshiki General manager, Kinuura Plant Administration Div.
Osamu Nagata General manager, Miyoshi Plant Administration Div.
Moritaka Yoshida General manager, Vehicle Control System Engineering Management Div.
Yoichi Inoue General manager, Die & Mold Div.
Steve St. Angelo President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Johan van Zyl President and CEO, Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd.
4.  Retiring managing officers (14)―To retire on the same day as this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June.

Name
Wahei Hirai
Tatehito Ueda
Takashi Shigematsu
Yuzo Ushiyama
Senta Morioka
Masayuki Nakai
Toshiki Hayama
Akihito Tsuji
Katsunori Itasaka
Tokuyuki Takahashi
Ryoichi Sasaki
Yasuhiko Yokoi
Thierry Dombreval
Katsuyuki Miyabayashi
For reference: Expected executive lineup following June 2009 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 2009.  The managing directors and representative directors 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 (29)
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
Teiji Tachibana Senior managing director
Akira Okabe Senior managing director
Shinzo Kobuki Senior managing director
Akira Sasaki Senior managing director
Tadashi Arashima Senior managing director
Mamoru Furuhashi Senior managing director
Satoshi Ozawa Senior managing director
Iwao Nihashi Senior managing director
Yasuhiko Ichihashi 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
Toshio Furutani* Senior managing director
Takahiro Iwase* Senior managing director
Yoshimasa Ishii* Senior managing director
Takeshi Shirane* 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
*Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act of Japan
iii. Managing officers (50)
Name Title
Nobuyori Kodaira* Managing officer
Takashi Hata Managing officer
Yoshihiko Masuda Managing officer
Tatsuya Kaneko Managing officer
Masanao Tomozoe Managing officer
Real C. Tanguay Managing officer
Seiho Kawakami Managing officer
Takahiro Fujioka Managing officer
Masanobu Kawase Managing officer
Yukio Nishikawa Managing officer
Hirofumi Muta Managing officer
Shigeki Suzuki Managing officer
Katsutada Masumoto Managing officer
Yasushi Kohara Managing officer
Shigeru Hayakawa Managing officer
Hisayuki Inoue Managing officer
Hiroji Onishi Managing officer
Keiji Masui Managing officer
Kenji Miura Managing officer
Kiyotaka Ise Managing officer
Didier Leroy Managing officer
Hiroyuki Yokoyama Managing officer
Koei Saga Managing officer
Naofumi Masuda Managing officer
Shigeki Terashi Managing officer
Takuo Matsui Managing officer
Norihiko Arai Managing officer
Mitsuru Takada Managing officer
Soichiro Okudaira Managing officer
Hiroyuki Ochiai Managing officer
Yasuo Kawada Managing officer
Naoki Miyazaki Managing officer
James (Jim) E. Lentz Managing officer
Masahiro Kato* Managing officer
Kenji Suzuki* Managing officer
Mitsuhiro Sonoda* Managing officer
Yoshihiko Matsuda* Managing officer
Masashi Isogai* Managing officer
Shunichi Konishi* Managing officer
Hiroshi Miyata* Managing officer
Koichi Sugihara* Managing officer
Kazuhiro Miyauchi* Managing officer
Takuo Sasaki* Managing officer
Satoru Mouri* Managing officer
Hiroyoshi Yoshiki* Managing officer
Osamu Nagata* Managing officer
Moritaka Yoshida* Managing officer
Yoichi Inoue* Managing officer
Steve St. Angelo* Managing officer
Johan van Zyl* Managing officer
*Newly appointed