Jun. 12, 2025

TMC Announces Changes to Board Members, Executive Structure, and Senior Professionals/Senior Management

News Release Organizational and Personnel Information

Toyota City, Japan, June 12, 2025―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today assigned members of the board of directors at its ordinary general shareholders' meeting, and appointed representative directors and directors with special titles at a subsequent Board meeting. In addition, effective July 1, 2025, TMC will implement changes to its executive structure and senior professional/senior management employee assignments as described below.

Changes to members of the Board of Directors effective June 12

Members of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

*Newly appointed

Name		New Title	Outside / Independent Member
	Akio Toyoda	Chairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
	Koji Sato^*1	President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
	Hiroki Nakajima^*1	Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
	Yoichi Miyazaki^*1	Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
*	Shigeaki Okamoto	Member of the Board of Directors	Outside / Independent
*	Kumi Fujisawa	Member of the Board of Directors	Outside / Independent

*1	Concurrent Operating Officer

Members of the Board of Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

*Newly appointed

Name		New Title	Outside / Independent Member
*	George Olcott	Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)^*1	Outside / Independent
*	Christopher P. Reynolds	Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
*	Masahiko Oshima	Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)	Outside / Independent
*	Hiromi Osada	Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (full-time))	Outside / Independent

*1	Chairman of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Name		Current Title
	Shigeaki Okamoto	Deputy Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.
	Kumi Fujisawa	Substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Name		Current Title
	George Olcott	Audit and Supervisory Board Member
	Christopher P. Reynolds	Formerly with Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Retirement effective May 30, 2025)
	Masahiko Oshima	Member of the Board of Directors
	Hiromi Osada	Audit and Supervisory Board Member

Outgoing Members of the Board of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members

Name		Current Title
	Shigeru Hayakawa	Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
	Simon Humphries^*1	Member of the Board of Directors
	Ikuro Sugawara	Member of the Board of Directors
	Sir Philip Craven	Member of the Board of Directors
	Emi Osono	Member of the Board of Directors
	Takeshi Shirane	Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
	Masahide Yasuda	Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
	Katsuyuki Ogura^*2	Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
	George Olcott^*3	Audit and Supervisory Board Member
	Catherine O'Connell	Audit and Supervisory Board Member
	Hiromi Osada^*3	Audit and Supervisory Board Member
	Kumi Fujisawa*4	Substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member

*1	Continuing operating officer
*2	Appointed as General Manager of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Office as a Kanbushoku
*3	Appointed as a Director serving as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
*4	Appointed as a Director

Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees, effective July 1

Operating Officers and Organizational Structures as of July 1, 2025

♦ Denotes change to responsibility(does not include organizational name changes)

Operating Officers

Name		Current	New
	Koji Sato	President Chief Executive Officer	President Chief Executive Officer
	Hiroki Nakajima	Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer	Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer
♦	Yoichi Miyazaki	Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Chief Competitive Officer	Executive Vice President
	Takahiro Imura	Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer)	Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer)
	Tetsuo Ogawa	Operating Officer North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.	Operating Officer North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
	Tatsuro Ueda	Operating Officer China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.	Operating Officer China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
	Simon Humphries	Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer	Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer
♦	Kenta Kon	Operating Officer Woven by Toyota, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer	Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer Woven by Toyota, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer
♦	Kazuaki Shingo	Operating Officer Chief Production Officer	Operating Officer

CxOs

CxO	Name
Chief Executive Officer		Koji Sato
Chief Technology Officer		Hiroki Nakajima
Chief Financial Officer	*	Kenta Kon
Chief Branding Officer		Simon Humphries
Chief Risk Officer		Takanori Azuma
Deputy Chief Risk Officer		Christopher Yang
Chief Compliance Officer		Yoji Matsuyama
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer		Christopher Yang
Chief Quality Officer (Name changed from Global Chief Quality Officer)		Shinji Miyamoto

*	The division of roles between each company, region, and function was reorganized and the CxO structure was changed as of July 1. The following CxOs were released: Chief Privacy Officer, Shigeru Hayakawa Chief Competitive Officer, Yoichi Miyazaki Chief Production Officer, Kazuaki Shingo Chief Information & Security Officer, Keiji Yamamoto Chief Human Resources Officer, Takanori Azuma Chief Sustainability Officer, Yumi Otsuka

The division of roles between each company, region, and function was reorganized and the CxO structure was changed as of July 1. The following CxOs were released:
Chief Privacy Officer, Shigeru Hayakawa
Chief Competitive Officer, Yoichi Miyazaki
Chief Production Officer, Kazuaki Shingo
Chief Information & Security Officer, Keiji Yamamoto
Chief Human Resources Officer, Takanori Azuma
Chief Sustainability Officer, Yumi Otsuka

In-house Companies

Company		Executive Vice President
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company	Hirofumi Inoue	Chika Kako
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		Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Business Planning & Operation	Hiroshi Nanbu	―
North America Region	Tetsuo Ogawa	―
Europe Region	Yoshihiro Nakata	―
Japan 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
Hydrogen Factory		Mitsumasa Yamagata	―
Frontier Research Center		(Nobuhiko Koga / Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.)	―
TPS Group		Ryuji Aiba	―
Business Development Group		Isao Nakanishi	―
External & Public Affairs Group		Hiroyuki Ueda	―
General Administration & Human Resources Group	*	Masahiro Yamamoto	Yoji Matsuyama
Digital Information and Communications Group		Keiji Yamamoto	Toshiyuki Hibi Hideharu Matsuoka
Accounting Group	*	Takanori Azuma	―
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

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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