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Aug. 1, 2008

Organizational and Personnel Changes

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

1. Organizational changes
Changes in the area of program management

Goals

-	To enable swifter and more flexible responses to changes in the operating environment based on the “Monotsukuri Innovation and Bundled Planning” approach.
-	To promote efficient and flexible program management.

Details of the organizational changes

-	The Program Management Office No.1, Program Management Office No.2 and Program Management Office No.3 have been eliminated to create a flat divisional structure.

2. Personnel Changes
(1) Executive officers

New Post	Current Post	Name
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Program Management; Assistant for Product Planning	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Program Management; Assistant for Product Planning and General Manager Product Planning Div.	A. Kumar Galhotra

(2) General managers and above

New Post	Current Post	Name
General Manager Product Planning Div.	Dispatched to Mazda Motor Europe G.m.b.H.	Naotaka Hirami
Deputy General Manager Program Management Div.	Deputy General Manager Program Management Div. and Program General Manager Program Management Office No.3	Mikio Nakata
Deputy General Manager Program Management Div.	Program General Manager Program Management Office No.2	Ryoji Oe
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Yoshimasa Kuwata
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Ryoichi Kishimoto
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Hiroshi Nagao
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Yoshiyuki Maeda
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Hideaki Seichi
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Shigeo Mizuno
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Hideki Matsuoka
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.1	Akihiro Kashiwagi
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Nobuhiro Yamamoto
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Toshio Hayashi
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Hiroshi Kajiyama
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Takao Kijima
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Minoru Takata
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Masashi Otsuka
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.2	Hideaki Tanaka
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.3	Yoshiaki Mukai
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.3	Takumi Akashi
Program Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Office No.3	Naomasa Utsunomiya
Program Manager Vehicle Development Div.	Program General Manager Program Management Office No.1	Hirofumi Kawamura
Staff Manager Hiroshima Plant	General Manager Powertrain Production Dept. No.3 Hiroshima Plant	Tadashi Uyama
General Manager Powertrain Production Dept. No. 3 Hiroshima Plant	Manager Materials Gr. No.3 Powertrain Production Dept. No.3 Hiroshima Plant	Koji Tomiya

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