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April 25, 2008

Organizational and Personnel Changes

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

1. Organizational Changes
(1) Changes in the areas of corporate planning and corporate communications and liaison

Goals

-	To strengthen and promote enhanced coordination and consistency in planning, integrate the development and promotion of long-term strategies and short- and mid-term plans into a single division. These functions were originally handled separately by the Corporate Strategy Division and the Corporate Planning Division, respectively.
-	To promote further organizational efficiency in operations, consolidate corporate planning functions under the Corporate Planning Division.
-	By transferring the Corporate Liaison and Research Dept’s liaison functions with government, municipal offices and industry organizations to the Corporate Planning Division, contribute to more accurate management decisions by synchronizing information about political, economic and industry trends with corporate strategy.

Details of the organizational changes

-	The Corporate Strategy Division has been eliminated.
-	The Corporate Strategy Department has been renamed the Business Strategy Department.
-	The Business Strategy Department and the Corporate Administration Department have been transferred to the Corporate Planning Division.
-	The Corporate Liaison & Research Department has been transferred to the Corporate Planning Division.
-	The Corporate Communication & Liaison Division has been renamed the Corporate Communications Division.

(2) Changes in the area of product planning

Goals

-	To clearly separate product strategy planning and promotion functions from individual product planning and promotion functions.
-	In the strategy area, strengthen the consistency and coordination between long-term strategies and mid-term plans.
-	In the product planning area, promote comprehensive product planning for the next-generation product lineup, and form closer connections and coordination with program development.

Details of the organizational changes

-	The Product Planning & Business Strategy Division has been eliminated, and the Product Strategy Division and the Product Planning Division(s) have been newly established.
-	The Product & Business Strategy Planning Department and the Technology Planning Department were transferred to the Product Strategy Division. The Product Planning Department and the Basic Design Department were transferred to the Product Planning Division.

2. Personnel Changes
(1) Executive officers

New Post	Current Post	Name
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Program Management; Assistant for Product Planning and General Manager Product Planning Div.	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Program Management; Assistant for Product Planning and General Manager Program Management Div.	A. Kumar Galhotra
Managing Executive Officer Chairman and CEO Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. and General Manager China Business Div.	Managing Executive Officer President and CEO Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd and General Manager China Business Div.	Satoshi Tachikake

(2) General managers and above

New Post	Current Post	Name
Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div. and General Manager Business Strategy Dept.	Deputy General Manager Corporate Strategy Div. and General Manager Corporate Strategy Dept.	David A. Dubensky
General Manager Corporate Strategy Administration Dept. (Corporate Planning Div.)	General Manager Corporate Strategy Administration Dept. (Corporate Strategy Div.)	Nobuko Watanabe
General Manager Corporate Liaison & Research Dept. (Corporate Planning Div.)	General Manager Corporate Liaison & Research Dept. (Corporate Communication & Liaison Div.)	Hiroki Choshi
General Manager Product Strategy Div.	General Manager Product Planning & Business Strategy Div.	Yasuhiro Aoyama
General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept. (Product Strategy Div.)	General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept. (Product Planning and Business Strategy Div.)	Hiroshi Kuwabara
General Manager Technology Planning Dept. (Product Strategy Div.)	General Manager Technology Planning Dept. (Product Planning & Business Strategy Div.)	Michio Tomiyama
Program Manager Product Planning Div.	Program Manager Product Planning & Business Strategy Div.	Hitoshi Takeshita
General Manager Product Planning Dept. (Product Planning Div.)	General Manager Product Planning Dept. (Product Planning & Business Strategy Div.)	Shigemi Uotani
General Manager Basic Design Dept. (Product Planning Div.)	General Manager Basic Design Dept. (Product Planning & Business Strategy Div.)	Koji Noma
General Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Div.	Hiroshi Inoue
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Ryuichi Umeshita
General Manager Global Sales Planning Dept.	Manager Global Sales Planning Gr. Global Sales Planning Dept.	Hironori Tanaka
General Manager Corporate Communications Div.	General Manager Corporate Communications & Liaison Div.	Kazuyuki Mitate
Deputy General Manager Corporate Communications Div.	Deputy General Manager Corporate Communications & Liaison Div.	Craig L. von Essen
General Manager Global Communications Planning Dept. (Corporate Communications Div.)	General Manager Global Communications Planning Dept. (Corporate Communications & Liaison Div.)	Keiichi Wakabayashi
General Manager Domestic Corporate Communications Dept. (Corporate Communications Div.)	General Manager Domestic Corporate Communications Dept. (Corporate Communications & Liaison Div.)	Yuji Kato
General Manager Business Systems Dept.	General Manager Office Work Process Innovation Dept.	Yutaka Wasemori
General Manager Office Work Process Innovation Dept.	Dispatched to IBM Japan Chugoku Solutions Co., Ltd.	Tadahiko Wakabayashi
Dispatched to IBM Japan Chugoku Solutions Co., Ltd.	General Manager Business Systems Dept.	Yoshio Kusunoki
Dispatched to Mazda North American Operations	General Manager Corporate Strategy Div.	Norio Minato
Dispatched to Mazda North American Operations	General Manager Global Sales Planning Dept.	Nobuyuki Sato
Dispatched to Mazda Motor Logistics Europe N. V.	Dispatched to Mazda Motor Europe G.m.b.H.	Shunsuke Hamamoto

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