Toyota announced today planned executive changes to take
effect following the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June, as
described below.
| 1. |
New Member of the Board of Directors Candidates (5 people) - Pending approval at this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. |
| Name |
New title |
Current title |
| Iwao Nihashi |
Senior Managing Director |
Managing Officer |
| Yasuhiko Ichihashi |
Senior Managing Director |
Managing Officer |
| Tadashi Yamashina |
Senior Managing Director |
Managing Officer |
| Takahiko Ijichi |
Senior Managing Director |
Managing Officer |
| Tetsuo Agata |
Senior Managing Director |
Managing Officer |
| 2. |
Retiring Directors (4 people) - To retire on the same day as this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. |
| Name |
Current title |
| Tokuichi Uranishi |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Takeshi Suzuki |
Senior Managing Director |
| Takeshi Yoshida |
Senior Managing Director |
| Hiroshi Kawakami |
Senior Managing Director |
| 3. |
Managing Directors with Title Change (1 person) - Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. |
| Name |
New title |
Current title |
| Kazuo Okamoto |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| 4. |
New Managing Officer Candidates (12 people) - Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. |
| Name |
Current Title |
| Hiroyuki Yokoyama |
General Manager, Customer Quality Engineering Div. |
| Koei Saga |
General Manager, Hybrid Vehicle System Engineering Div. |
| Naofumi Masuda |
General Manager, Fundamental Production Engineering Div. No.2 |
| Shigeki Terashi |
Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 1 |
| Takuo Matsui |
General Manager, Global Project Planning Div. |
| Norihiko Arai |
General Manager, Corolla channel Operations Div. |
| Mitsuru Takada |
General Manager, Corporate Planning Div. |
| Soichiro Okudaira |
Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 2 |
| Hiroyuki Ochiai |
General Manager, Project Planning & Management Div. |
| Yasuo Kawada |
General Manager, Vehicle Planning & Production Engineering Div. |
| Naoki Miyazaki |
General Manager, Labor Relations Div. |
| James (Jim) E. Lentz |
President, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. |
| 5. |
Retiring Managing Officers (4 people) - To retire on the same day as this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. |
| Name |
| Seiichi Sudo |
| Hironobu Inoue |
| Kazuhiko Takarada |
| Nobuo Kobayashi |
For Reference
Expected executive lineup following June 2008 ordinary general shareholders meeting—The
appointment of the members of the board is to be officially approved by
the shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June
2008. The managing directors and representative directors are to be
officially approved by the members of the board at the board of
directors meeting held following the ordinary general shareholders
meeting.
i. Board of Directors (30 people)
| Name |
New title |
| Fujio Cho |
Chairman and Representative Director |
| Katsuhiro Nakagawa |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
| Kazuo Okamoto* |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
| Katsuaki Watanabe |
President and Representative Director |
| Kyoji Sasazu |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Mitsuo Kinoshita |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Takeshi Uchiyamada |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Masatami Takimoto |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Akio Toyoda |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| Yukitoshi Funo |
Senior Managing Director |
| Atsushi Niimi |
Senior Managing Director |
| Hiroshi Takada |
Senior Managing Director |
| Teiji Tachibana |
Senior Managing Director |
| Shinichi Sasaki |
Senior Managing Director |
| Akira Okabe |
Senior Managing Director |
| Yoichiro Ichimaru |
Senior Managing Director |
| Shoji Ikawa |
Senior Managing Director |
| Koichi Ina |
Senior Managing Director |
| Shinzo Kobuki |
Senior Managing Director |
| Akira Sasaki |
Senior Managing Director |
| Tadashi Arashima |
Senior Managing Director |
| Mamoru Furuhashi |
Senior Managing Director |
| Satoshi Ozawa |
Senior Managing Director |
| Iwao Nihashi* |
Senior Managing Director |
| Yasuhiko Ichihashi* |
Senior Managing Director |
| Tadashi Yamashina* |
Senior Managing Director |
| Takahiko Ijichi* |
Senior Managing Director |
| Tetsuo Agata* |
Senior Managing Director |
| Shoichiro Toyoda |
Honorary Chairman |
| Hiroshi Okuda |
Senior Advisor |
* Promoted
ii. Corporate Auditors (7 people)
| Name |
New title |
| Yoshikazu Amano |
Full-time Corporate Auditor |
| Chiaki Yamaguchi |
Full-time Corporate Auditor |
| Masaki Nakatsugawa |
Full-time Corporate Auditor |
| Yoichi Kaya* |
Corporate Auditor |
| Yoichi Morishita* |
Corporate Auditor |
| Akishige Okada* |
Corporate Auditor |
| Kunihiro Matsuo* |
Corporate Auditor |
* Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act of Japan
iii. Managing Officers (50 people)
| Name |
New title |
| Takashi Hata |
Managing Officer |
| Wahei Hirai |
Managing Officer |
| Tatehito Ueda |
Managing Officer |
| Takashi Shigematsu |
Managing Officer |
| Yuzo Ushiyama |
Managing Officer |
| Toshio Furutani |
Managing Officer |
| Senta Morioka |
Managing Officer |
| Masayuki Nakai |
Managing Officer |
| Toshiki Hayama |
Managing Officer |
| Takahiro Iwase |
Managing Officer |
| Akihito Tsuji |
Managing Officer |
| Yoshihiko Masuda |
Managing Officer |
| Yoshimasa Ishii |
Managing Officer |
| Tatsuya Kaneko |
Managing Officer |
| Takeshi Shirane |
Managing Officer |
| Masanao Tomozoe |
Managing Officer |
| Katsunori Itasaka |
Managing Officer |
| Tokuyuki Takahashi |
Managing Officer |
| Real C. Tanguay |
Managing Officer |
| Ryoichi Sasaki |
Managing Officer |
| Seiho Kawakami |
Managing Officer |
| Yasuhiko Yokoi |
Managing Officer |
| Takahiro Fujioka |
Managing Officer |
| Masanobu Kawase |
Managing Officer |
| Yukio Nishikawa |
Managing Officer |
| Hirofumi Muta |
Managing Officer |
| Thierry Dombreval |
Managing Officer |
| Shigeki Suzuki |
Managing Officer |
| Katsutada Masumoto |
Managing Officer |
| Yasushi Kohara |
Managing Officer |
| Shigeru Hayakawa |
Managing Officer |
| Hisayuki Inoue |
Managing Officer |
| Hiroji Onishi |
Managing Officer |
| Keiji Masui |
Managing Officer |
| Kenji Miura |
Managing Officer |
| Kiyotaka Ise |
Managing Officer |
| Katsuyuki Miyabayashi |
Managing Officer |
| Didier Leroy |
Managing Officer |
| Hiroyuki Yokoyama* |
Managing Officer |
| Koei Saga* |
Managing Officer |
| Naofumi Masuda* |
Managing Officer |
| Shigeki Terashi* |
Managing Officer |
| Takuo Matsui* |
Managing Officer |
| Norihiko Arai* |
Managing Officer |
| Mitsuru Takada* |
Managing Officer |
| Soichiro Okudaira* |
Managing Officer |
| Hiroyuki Ochiai* |
Managing Officer |
| Yasuo Kawada* |
Managing Officer |
| Naoki Miyazaki* |
Managing Officer |
| James (Jim) E. Lentz* |
Managing Officer |
* Promoted
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