Mar. 05, 2026
TMC Announces Executive and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes effective April 1 and Board of Directors Structure following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting
Toyota City, Japan, March 5, 2026―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today changes to its executive and senior professional/senior management employees effective April 1 and the structure of its Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the "General Shareholders' Meeting").
- Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees, effective April 1
Executives
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takefumi Shiga | Production Group (Deputy Chief Officer) | Operating Officer Chief Production Officer |
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Executives structure effective April 1 (Excluding Directors and Fellows)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ♦ | Koji Sato | President Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer |
Vice Chairman Chief Industry Officer |
| ♦ | Kenta Kon | Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc. |
President Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer |
| Hiroki Nakajima | Executive Vice President Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer |
Executive Vice President Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer |
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| ♦ | Yoichi Miyazaki | Executive Vice President Operating Officer |
Executive Vice President Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer |
| Takahiro Imura | Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) |
Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Simon Humphries | Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer |
Operating Officer Chief Branding Officer |
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| * | Takefumi Shiga | Production Group (Deputy Chief Officer) | Operating Officer Chief Production Officer |
Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees (Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows etc.)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuhiro Arima | Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | Japan Business Group (Deputy Chief Officer) | |
| Masahiro Miyoshi | Japan Business Group (Deputy Chief Officer) | Seconded to TOYOTA FINANCE CORPORATION | |
- Changes to members of the Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting
The members of the Board of Directors after the General Shareholders' Meeting will be as follows. The six candidates for directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) will be officially appointed after approval at the General Shareholders' Meeting in June 2026. The four directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members serve a single two-year term, so they will not be submitted to this general meeting. Specific titles for board members and the assignment of legal representative status will be determined at the Board of Directors meeting following the General Shareholders' Meeting. The resignation of the outgoing Board of Directors will become official following the closing of the General Shareholders' Meeting.
Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | New Title | Outside / Independent Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akio Toyoda | Chairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director) | ||
| * | Kenta Kon*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 |
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Members of the Board of Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
| Name | New Title | Outside / Independent Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Olcott | Member of the Board of Directors (Chairman of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) | Outside / Independent | |
| Christopher P. Reynolds | Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) | ||
| Masahiko Oshima | Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) | Outside / Independent | |
| Hiromi Osada | Member of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members (full-time)) | Outside / Independent | |
Outgoing Member of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | Current Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Koji Sato | President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director) Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer |
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New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | Current Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenta Kon | Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc. |
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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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