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June 26, 2007

Organizational and Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective June 26, 2007.

1. Organizational Changes
Changes in the area of corporate affairs

Goals

Mazda will effect organizational changes to enrich and enhance the company’s management, based on social responsibility as the foundation for our business activities under our long-term vision. The changes will consolidate various corporate social responsibility (CSR) related activities into a single organization, such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental protection, corporate compliance, human rights enhancement, and social contribution activities -- which have been conducted separately until now -- and ensure their consistency.

By separating the internal control promotion and auditing functions within the Internal Auditing Division, we will further improve the efficiency of control activities and ensure a more independent and objective auditing process.

Details

-	The Corporate Affairs Div. has been renamed the Corporate Services Div.
-	The CSR Promotion Dept. has been newly established within the Corporate Services Div. Partial functions of the Personnel and Labor Affairs Dept., General Affairs Dept., Office of Legal Affairs and Internal Auditing Div. have been transferred and consolidated within it.
-	The Internal Auditing Div. has been reorganized and renamed the Global Auditing Dept.
-	In line with the organizational changes stated above, the Internal Auditing Div. has been eliminated.

2. Personnel Changes
(1) Executive officers

New Post	Current Post	Name
Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Services, Risk Management, CSR and Mazda Hospital	Corporate Auditor (Full time)	Koji Kurosawa
Executive Officer Sales & Field Operations, Domestic Business Div. and Representative Director and President Mazda Chuhan Co., Ltd	Executive Officer Sales & Field Operations, Domestic Business Div.	Hiroshi Yamamoto

(2) General managers and above

New Post	Current Post	Name
General Manager Global Auditing Dept.	Staff Manager Internal Auditing Div.	Masayoshi Kamitsukasa
Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div.	Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div., and General Manager Domestic Business Development Dept.	Nobuhiko Watabe
Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div. and General Manager Product Brand Marketing Dept.	Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div.	Raita Nishiyama
General Manager Domestic Business Development Dept.	Manager Dealer Management Gr. Market Representation Dept.	Kenichi Nakao
General Manager Regional Sales Dept. No.3	Dispatched to Kobe Mazda Co., Ltd	Hideyuki Onishi
Staff Manager Fleet Sales Dept.	General Manager Product Brand Marketing Dept.	Tetsuya Okazaki
General Manager Corporate Services Div.	General Manager Corporate Affairs Div.	Toru Ikegami
General Manager CSR Promotion Dept.	Staff Manager Office of Legal Affairs	Makoto Yoshihara
General Manager General Affairs Dept., (Corporate Services Div.)	General Manager General Affairs Dept., (Corporate Affairs Div.)	Kyoji Kanno
General Manager Tokyo General Affairs Dept., (Corporate Services Div.)	General Manager Tokyo General Affairs Dept., (Corporate Affairs Div.)	Keiji Matsuda
General Manager Office of Legal Affairs, (Corporate Services Div.)	General Manager Office of Legal Affairs, (Corporate Affairs Div.)	Toru Tanaka
General Manager Osaka Branch, (Corporate Services Dept.)	General Manager Osaka Branch, (Corporate Affairs Div.)	Masakazu Sugiura
Dispatched to Mazda Auto Leasing Co., Ltd., (Senior Managing Director)	General Manager Regional Sales Dept. No.3	Tatsuo Tanaka

In a separate document, please find a complete list of executive officers and the areas for which they will be in charge after the General Shareholders Meeting and the subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. Both meetings were held on June 26, 2007. [Click here(PDF format)]

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