May 27, 2026

TMC Announces Changes to Organizational Structure and Executives and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Positions

News Release Organizational and Personnel Information

Toyota City, Japan, May 27, 2026―On July 1, Toyota Motor Corporation intends to make the following organizational and Executives and senior professional/senior management changes.

Organizational changes

Production Engineering Group (newly established)
Production Engineering Development Center (abolished)

Manufacturing engineering functions across the Production Group, Production Engineering Development Center, Powertrain Company, and other relevant organizations will be consolidated under the newly established Production Engineering Group.
By bringing together the capabilities and expertise cultivated in each area and further integrating engineering, production, and manufacturing engineering, Toyota will strengthen its manufacturing capabilities for the future.

Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees (Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows etc.)

Personnel changes due to the above organizational changes:

Name	Current	New
Takefumi Shiga	Operating Officer Chief Production Officer	Operating Officer Chief Production Officer Production Engineering Group (Chief Officer)
Motoki Watanabe	Production Engineering Development Center (President)	Production Engineering Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
Hidekuni Hashizume	Production Group In charge of unit manufacturing technology (Fellow)	Kinuura Plant (Plant General Manager)
Yuko Kamata	Kinuura Plant (Plant General Manager)	Production Engineering Group (Chief Project Leader)

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.