Nov. 27, 2024
TMC Announces Executive and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes
Toyota City, Japan, November 27, 2024―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it intends to implement executive and senior professional/senior management employee changes as described below, effective January 1, 2025.
- Executives
- New Operating Officers
| Name | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) | |
| Kenta Kon | Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer |
|
- Resigning Executive
| Name | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Jun Nagata | Operating Officer Chief Risk Officer Chief Compliance Officer |
|
- Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Nakajima | Operating Officer (Executive Vice President) Chief Technology Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) |
Operating Officer (Executive Vice President) Chief Technology Officer |
|
| Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) |
Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) |
|
| Kenta Kon |
Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer |
Operating Officer Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer |
|
| Kazuaki Shingo |
Operating Officer Chief Production Officer Toyota Compact Car Company (President) |
Operating Officer Chief Production Officer |
|
| Yumi Otsuka |
Senior Fellow Chief Sustainability Officer |
Chief Sustainability Officer Sustainability Management Div. (Senior General Manager) |
|
- Operating Officers' Areas of Responsibility
* newly appointed♦ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Sato | President Chief Executive Officer |
President Chief Executive Officer |
|
| ♦ | Hiroki Nakajima | Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) |
Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer |
| Yoichi Miyazaki | Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Chief Competitive Officer Business Planning & Operation (President) |
Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Chief Competitive Officer Business Planning & Operation (President) |
|
| * | Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) | Production Group (Chief Officer) |
| Tetsuo Ogawa | North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. |
North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. |
|
| Tatsuro Ueda | China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
|
| Simon Humphries | Chief Branding Officer | Chief Branding Officer | |
| * | Kenta Kon | Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer |
Woven by Toyota, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors
Chief Financial Officer |
| ♦ | Kazuaki Shingo | Chief Production Officer Toyota Compact Car Company (President) |
Chief Production Officer |
- Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees
- Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes
(Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows, Plant General Managers)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasushi Ueda | Toyota Compact Car Company TCZ (Chief Engineer) |
Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) | |
| Tsukasa Takahashi | Toyota Compact Car Company
TCZ (Chief Engineer) |
Toyota Compact Car Company (President) | |
| Takanori Azuma | Chief Human Resources Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) |
Chief Risk Officer Chief Human Resources Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) |
|
| Akitoshi Takemura | India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) | India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region In charge of Oceania (Senior General Manager) |
|
| Yoji Matsuyama | General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Sustainability Management Div. |
Chief Compliance Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Sustainability Management Div. (Senior General Manager) |
|
| Shigehisa Kitazawa | TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc. | Direct control (Fellow) TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc. |
|
| Yoshinori Eri | Honsha Plant (Plant General Manager) | Dispatched to TOYOTA PRODUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION | |
| ♦ | Akitoshi Satsuki | Production Group
Production Support Div. (General Manager) |
Honsha Plant (Plant General Manager) |
- Organizational Structures as of January 1, 2025
♦ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
CxOs
| CxO | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Privacy Officer | Shigeru Hayakawa | |
| Chief Executive Officer | Koji Sato | |
| Chief Technology Officer | Hiroki Nakajima | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Yoichi Miyazaki | |
| Chief Competitive Officer | Yoichi Miyazaki | |
| Chief Branding Officer | Simon Humphries | |
| Chief Production Officer | Kazuaki Shingo | |
| Chief Information & Security Officer | Keiji Yamamoto | |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | Takanori Azuma | |
| Chief Risk Officer | ♦ | Takanori Azuma |
| Deputy Chief Risk Officer | Christopher P. Reynolds | |
| Chief Compliance Officer | ♦ | Yoji Matsuyama |
| Deputy Chief Compliance Officer | Christopher P. Reynolds | |
| Global Chief Quality Officer | Shinji Miyamoto | |
| Chief Digital Officer | Yoshiyuki Yamashita | |
| Chief Sustainability Officer | Yumi Otsuka | |
In-house Companies
| Company | President | Executive Vice President | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced R&D and Engineering Company | Hirofumi Inoue | ― | |
| Carbon Neutral Engineering Development Center | Keiji Kaita | ― | |
| Software Development Center | Akihiro Sarada | Toshihiro Izumi (Yoshifumi Kato / DENSO Corporation) |
|
| Vehicle Development Center | Takahiro Ishijima | ― | |
| Toyota Compact Car Company | ♦ | Tsukasa Takahashi | ― |
| Mid-size Vehicle Company | ♦ | Yasushi Ueda | ― |
| CV Company | Takanori Kimata | ― | |
| Lexus International Co. | Takashi Watanabe | ― | |
| Powertrain Company | Takashi Uehara | ― | |
| Production Engineering Development Center | Motoki Watanabe | ― | |
| GAZOO Racing Company | Tomoya Takahashi | ― | |
Regions
| Region | Chief Executive Officer | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America Region | Tetsuo Ogawa | ― | |
| Europe Region | Yoshihiro Nakata | ― | |
| Japan Sales Business Group | Shigeki Tomoyama | Katsumi Akao Masahiro Miyoshi |
|
| China Region | Tatsuro Ueda | Masahiko Maeda | |
| Asia Region | Masahiko Maeda | Hao Tien | |
| India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region | Masakazu Yoshimura | ― | |
| Latin America & Caribbean Region | Rafael Chang | ― | |
Business Groups
| Business Group | Chief Officer | Deputy Chief Officer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEV Factory | Takero Kato | ― | |
| Hydrogen Factory | Mitsumasa Yamagata | ― | |
| Frontier Research Center | (Nobuhiko Koga / Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.) | ― | |
| TPS Group | Kyogo Onoue | ― | |
| Business Development Group | Isao Nakanishi | ― | |
| External & Public Affairs Group | Hiroyuki Ueda | ― | |
| General Administration & Human Resources Group | Takanori Azuma | Christopher P. Reynolds Yoji Matsuyama |
|
| Information Systems Group | Toshiyuki Hibi | ― | |
| Accounting Group | Masahiro Yamamoto | ― | |
| Sales Financial Business Group | Hiroyoshi Korosue | Hao Tien | |
| Purchasing Group | Kazunari Kumakura | Takami Kato | |
| Customer First Promotion Group | Shinji Miyamoto | Keiko Yanagi Koichi Ito |
|
| Production Group | Takahiro Imura | Yoshio Nakamura | |
Plants
| Plant | Plant General Manager | Deputy Plant General Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motomachi Plant | Yoshihisa Miyabe | Masahiko Ishihashi | |
| Takaoka Plant | Mitsuhiro Morita | ― | |
| Tsutsumi Plant | Mitsuhiro Morita | ― | |
| Tahara Plant | Masahiro Seri | Kaoru Chiba | |
| Honsha Plant | ♦ | Akitoshi Satsuki | ― |
| Kamigo Plant | Tomihisa Saito | ― | |
| Shimoyama Plant | Tomihisa Saito | ― | |
| Kinuura Plant | Yuko Kamata | ― | |
| Miyoshi Plant | Kazuaki Takahashi | ― | |
| Myochi Plant | Kazuaki Takahashi | ― | |
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we transform into a mobility company developing connected, automated, shared and electrified technologies, we also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.
- SDGs Initiatives
- https://global.toyota/en/sustainability/sdgs/
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