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Oct. 31, 2008

Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following executive officer changes, effective January 1, 2009, and personnel changes, effective November 1, 2008.

(1) Executive officers (effective January 1, 2009)

New Post	Current Post	Name
Director Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D and Program Management; President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.	Director Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D; President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.	Seita Kanai
-	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Program Management; Assistant for Product Planning (Return to Ford effective December 31, 2008.)	A. Kumar Galhotra

(2) General managers and above (effective November 1, 2008)

New Post	Current Post	Name
Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div. (Effective October 14, 2008)	-	Kazushi Tonoi
Staff Manager Hiroshima Plant	General Manager Vehicle Production Dept. No.1 Hiroshima Plant	Shinso Morikawa
General Manager Vehicle Production Dept. No.1 Hiroshima Plant	Dispatched to Mazda North American Operations	Masao Harada
-	Dispatched to Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. (To retire on November 10, 2008)	Akira Tanioka

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