Jul. 31, 2020

TMC Announces Organizational, Senior Management, and Personnel Changes

News Release Organizational and Personnel Information

Toyota City, Japan, July 31, 2020―On August 1, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) intends to make the following organizational, senior management, and personnel changes.

Organizational changes

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will decrease from the current 208 to 206.

Personnel changes at the General Manager level

Name	Current	New
Masatoshi Tashiro	ZEV B&D Lab, Toyota ZEV Factory (Chief Engineer)	ZEV B&D Lab, Toyota ZEV Factory (Project General Manager)
Masayuki Soga	Advanced Project Promotion Div., Technical Project Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chief Professional Engineer) and concurrently, Advanced Chassis Development Div., Vehicle Technology Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chief Professional Engineer) and concurrently, E/E Architecture Development Div., E/E Architecture Field, Vehicle Development Center (Chief Professional Engineer)	Advanced Chassis Development Div., Vehicle Technology Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chief Professional Engineer) and concurrently, Advanced Project Promotion Div., Technical Project Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chief Professional Engineer) and concurrently, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development Div., Advanced Safety System Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chief Professional Engineer)
Takeshi Tokuda	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.4, Powertrain Planning & System Development Field, Vehicle Development Center (General Manager)	TNGA Management Div., Vehicle Development Center (Project General Manager)
Takashi Uehara	Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Engineer) and concurrently, Electric Powertrain Development Management Dept., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (General Manager)	Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Engineer) and concurrently, Electric Powertrain Development Management Div., Powertrain System Development Field (General Manager)
Hideto Hanada	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.3, Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (General Manager)	Electric Powertrain Control Function Development Div., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (General Manager)
Shinichi Abe	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.1, Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Professional Engineer) and concurrently, Powertrain Product Planning Div., Powertrain Planning & System Development Field, Vehicle Development Center (Chief Professional Engineer)	Electric Powertrain Control Function Development Div., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Professional Engineer)
Keizo Hiraku	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.3, Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Professional Engineer)	Electric Powertrain Control Function Development Div., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Chief Professional Engineer)
Tomokazu Muraguchi	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.2, Powertrain Planning & System Development Field, Vehicle Development Center (General Manager)	Electric Powertrain Performance Development Div., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (General Manager)
Tatsuya Ozeki	Electric Powertrain System Development Div. No.1, Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (General Manager)	Electric Powertrain Performance Development Div., Powertrain System Development Field, Powertrain Company (Project General Manager)
Michael John Sweers	Temporary External Transfer (TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.) and concurrently, CVZ, CV Company (Chief Engineer)	TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.