MAZDA NEWSROOM｜Personnel Changes｜NEWS RELEASES

NEWS RELEASES

Nov. 18, 2008

Company Information

Personnel Changes

(1) Directors and Executive Officers (Effective November 19, 2008)

Name	New Post	Current Post
Hisakazu Imaki	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board President and CEO
Takashi Yamanouchi	Representative Director President and CEO	Representative Director and Executive Vice President Assistant to President; In charge of Corporate Liaison, Purchasing, Human Resources, Administration, Secretariat and Global Auditing
Philip G. Spender	Representative Director and Executive Vice President Assistant to President	Representative Director and Executive Vice President Assistant to President; In charge of R&D, Cost Innovation, Marketing, Sales, IT Solution, Quality Assurance and Environment
Masaharu Yamaki	Representative Director and Executive Vice President Assistant to President In charge of R&D, Production, Purchasing and Quality	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Production, Business Logistics and IT Solution
Kiyoshi Ozaki	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO In charge of Corporate Planning, Cost Innovation and Product Profit Control General Manager, Product Profit Control Div.	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Cost Innovation
Masazumi Wakayama	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Global Marketing, Global Sales and Customer Service	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Domestic Business and Customer Service
Yuji Harada	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Communications and Environment; Assistant to the CFO and Assistant in charge of Fleet Sales	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Communications and Environment; Assistant to the CFO and Assistant in charge of Fleet Sales
Nobuhiro Hayama	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D Quality and Powertrain Development	Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D Quality and Powertrain Development
Nobuhide Inamoto	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Domestic Business and General Manager, Domestic Business Div.	Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Domestic Business Div.
Masamichi Kogai	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Production, Business Logistics and IT Solution; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation and General Manager, Production Engineering Div.	Managing Executive Officer Assistant to the production and Business Logistics Officer, Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation and General Manager, Production Engineering Div.
Koji Kurosawa	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Secretariat, Global Auditing, Human Resources, Corporate Services, Risk Management, CSR and Mazda Hospital	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Human Resources, Corporate Services, Risk Management, CSR and Mazda Hospital
Kozo Kawakami	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Customer Service; General Manager, Customer Service Div. and President, Mazda Parts Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer General Manager, Customer Service Div. and President, Mazda Parts Co., Ltd.
Yuji Nakamine	Managing Executive Officer In Charge of Overseas Sales; General Manager, Overseas Sales Div. and President, Mazda South East Asia Ltd.	Executive Officer General Manager, Overseas Sales Div. and President, Mazda South East Asia Ltd.
Kiyotaka Shobuda	Executive Officer President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. Ltd.	President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
Kiyoshi Fujiwara	Executive Officer General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.	General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
Masahiro Moro	Executive Officer Assistant to the Officer in charge of Global Sales; In charge of Global Marketing	Vice President, Mazda Motor Europe
Akira Koga	Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.	General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

Executive Officers to step down from their positions:

Name	Current Post
David E. Friedman	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CEO In charge of Corporate Planning
Daniel T. Morris	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Marketing and Overseas Sales

(2) General managers and above (effective November 19, 2008)

Name	New Post	Current Post
David F. Stickel	-	General Manager, Product Profit Control Div.
Anthony S. Pastor	-	Deputy General Manager, Customer Service Div.