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June 1, 2009

Organizational and Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective June 1, 2009.

1. Organizational Changes
(1) Changes in the area of product profit control

Goals

To enhance organizational efficiency and speed up the decision making process for operations in each region. Previously, financial management functions for each region have been split between the Corporate Planning Div. and the Product Profit Control Div. With these organizational changes, consistent financial analysis will be provided for each region from the development stage through to mass production and sales.

To enable improved and more efficient communications with each market.

Details of the organizational changes

-	Price approval and profit control functions for the North American and European markets have been transferred from the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. to the Product Profit Control Div.
-	Profit control functions for China have been transferred from the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. to the China Planning & Finance Dept. in the China Business Div. Similarly, profit control functions for Japan have been transferred to the Domestic Business Dept. in the Domestic Business Div., and profit control functions for other markets have been transferred to the Overseas Business Development Dept. in the Overseas Sales Div.
-	In line with the above changes, the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. has been eliminated.

(2) Changes in the area of electric drive system development

Goal

-	To strengthen development of electric drive systems.

Details of the organizational changes

-	The Electric Drive System Development Office has been newly established at department-level status.

2. Personnel Changes
Executive officer

New Post	Current Post	Name
Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D Quality, Powertrain Development and Electric Drive System Development	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D Quality and Powertrain Development	Nobuhiro Hayama

General managers and above

New Post	Current Post	Name
Staff Manager China Business Div.	Dispatched to Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. (Nanjing)	Masahiro Araki
General Manager Electric Drive System Development Office	Senior Research Engineer Technical Research Center	Tatsuya Kita
Staff Manager Program Management Div.	Program Manager Program Management Div.	Naomasa Utsunomiya
General Manager Cross Carline Purchasing Strategy Dept. and General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept. and Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div.	General Manager Cross Carline Purchasing Strategy Dept. and Deputy Program Manager Purchasing Div.	Kazuhisa Fujikawa
Deputy General Manager Production Engineering Div.	Dispatched to Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd.	Motohide Tatsukawa
Staff Manager Production Control & Logistics Planning Dept.	General Manager CS Parts Logistics Dept.	Akira Takeda
General Manager CS Parts Logistics Dept.	Manager Production Scheduling Gr. Production Control Dept.	Hiroyoshi Sekiuchi
Staff Manager Corporate Communications Div.	Dispatched to Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.	Akira Shigemasa
Dispatched to Japan Climate Systems Corporation	General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept. Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div.	Hirofumi Fujiwara
Dispatched to Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd.	General Manager Market Profit Control Dept. and Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div.	Toshiki Hiura

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