Toyota City, Japan, May 31, 2019―On June 1, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) intends to make the following organizational changes, as well as changes regarding an operating officer's areas of responsibility and personnel changes at the general manager level.

  1. Organizational changes
Organizational changes

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will increase to 219 from the current 218.

  1. Changes regarding operating officer's areas of responsibility
Name Current New
Koji Kobayashi
(TMC Executive Vice President)
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Risk Officer
(TMC Executive Vice President)
  • Sustainability Management Dept.
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Risk Officer
  1. Personnel changes at the general manager, chief engineer, and chief professional engineer level
Name Current New
Keiji Nemoto Sustainability Audit Dept. (Project General Manager) Sustainability Management Dept. (General Manager)
Seiji Sakai Engineering Information Div. No.2 (General Manager),
Information Systems Field
  • Engineering Information Div. No.2 (General Manager),
    Information Systems Field
  • PDM Planning & Development Dept. (General Manager), Engineering Information Div. No.2, Information Systems Field
Masaya Uchiyama Chassis Engineering Dept. (General Manager), No.2 Lexus Chassis Engineering Div., Lexus International Co. CV Chassis Engineering Div. (General Manager), CV Company
Hiroyuki Koba
  • Temporary External Transfer to TOYOTA MOTORSPORT GMBH
  • Concurrently GR Project Operation Div. (Project General Manager), GR Development Field, GAZOO Racing Company
GR Project Operation Div. (Chief Engineer), GR Development Field, GAZOO Racing Company
Yoji Uchida CV Chassis Engineering Div., CV Company (General Manager) Temporary External Transfer to CENTRAL MOTOR WHEEL CO., LTD.

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