Aug. 31, 2015

TMC Announces Executive, Organizational, and Personnel Changes

 

Toyota City, Japan, August 31, 2015―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announces executive and organizational changes, as well as personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level. These changes are scheduled to take effect on September 1.

  1. Organizational Changes
Division not belonging to a group

The BR Olympic & Paralympic Dept. will be newly established and treated as a division.

Purpose
To enable a quicker and more flexible promotional structure in view of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will increase to 230 from the current 229.

  1. Changes to executives' areas of responsibility
Name Current New
Shigeru Hayakawa
Senior managing officer,
member of the board of directors
  • External Affairs & Public Affairs Group
    (chief officer)
  • Chief Communications Officer
Senior managing officer,
member of the board of directors
  • BR Olympic and Paralympic Dept.
    (chief officer)
  • External Affairs & Public Affairs Group
    (chief officer)
  • Chief Communications Officer
Moritaka Yoshida
Senior managing officer
  • TNGA Planning Div.
    (chief officer)
  • Product Planning Group
    (chief officer)
  • Chief Safety Technology Officer
  • Design Quality Innovation Div.
    (chief officer)
Senior managing officer
  • TNGA Planning Div.
    (concurrent chief officer and division general manager)
  • Product Planning Group
    (chief officer)
  • Chief Safety Technology Officer
  • Design Quality Innovation Div.
    (chief officer)
Shinji Kitada
Managing officer
TNGA Planning Div.
(concurrent chief officer and division general manager)
Managing officer
BR Olympic and Paralympic Dept.
(concurrent chief officer and department general manager)
Tatsuro Ueda
Managing officer
  • General Administration & Human Resources Group
    (chief officer)
  • Toyota Institute
    (concurrent general manager)
Managing officer
  • General Administration & Human Resources Group
    (chief officer)
  • Human Resources Div.
    (concurrent division general manager)
  • Toyota Institute
    (concurrent division general manager)
  1. Personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level
Name Current New
Masaaki Ito Human Resources Div.
(division general manager)		 BR Olympic & Paralympic Dept.
(deputy department general manager)
Futoshi Ito R&D Management Div.
(project general manager)		 BR Olympic & Paralympic Dept.
(project general manager)
Takao Inoue
Temporary external transfer:
  • Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
 TMAP-Japan, Asia, Middle East & North Africa Region
(project general manager)
Takeshi Chiba Secretarial Div.
(project general manager)		 General Administration Div.
(project general manager)
Takeshi Yasuda Toyota Memorial Hospital,
Medical Support Div.
(assistant director)
  • Toyota Memorial Hospital,
    Medical Support Div.
    (assistant director)
  • Clinic Medical Support Div.
    (director)
Hironobu Takeda
  • Technical Administration Div.
    (general manager)
  • Skill Training Section,
    Technical Administration Div.
    (manager)
  • Technical Administration Div.
    (general manager)
  • Safety & Health Promotion Dept.,
    Technical Administration Div.
    (general manager)
  • Skill Training Section,
    Technical Administration Div.
    (manager)
Shigeru Tomonaga
Temporary external transfer:
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private　Limited
 TPS Promotion Center
(project general manager)
Yuji Nakahara Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Management Dept.,
Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Field
(project general manager)
Temporary external transfer:
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization