MAZDA NEWSROOM｜Organizational and Personnel Changes

NEWS RELEASES

Dec. 28, 2007

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective January 1, 2008.

1. Organizational Changes
Changes in the area of Financial Services

Goals

-	Strengthen the control system for the financial reporting process in line with the introduction of the new Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (the Japanese version of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or J-SOX) in fiscal year 2008.
-	Enhance the financial control system throughout the accounting and tax areas. In addition, improve functions to respond to issues raised by the increasingly complex tax practices in Japan and overseas.
-	Rename the CAB Development Office because its development of business models for affiliates’ accounting services and their operation have been established and are in place.

Details of the organizational changes follow

-	Some functions of the Accounting Dept have been separated and reorganized in order to newly establish the Financial Internal Control Department.
-	The CAB Development Office has been renamed the Dealer Financial Services Department.

2. Personnel Changes
General managers and above

New Post	Current Post	Name
General Manager Powertrain Development Div. and General Manager Powertrain Planning Dept.	General Manager Powertrain Development Div.	Kiyoshi Fujiwara
Staff Manager Powertrain Development Div.	General Manager Powertrain System Development Dept.	Yoshinobu Kido
General Manager Drivetrain Development Dept.	General Manager Powertrain Planning Dept.	Masamitsu Koike
General Manager Powertrain System Development Dept.	General Manager Drivetrain Development Dept.	Toshiyuki Kikuchi
Deputy General Manager Financial Services Div. and General Manager Accounting Dept.	General Manager Accounting Dept.	Tetsuya Fujimoto
General Manager Financial Internal Control Dept.	Staff Manager Accounting Dept.	Akihiko Nakajima
General Manager Dealer Financial Services Dept.	Staff Manager CAB Development Office	Naomitsu Morishima