MAZDA NEWSROOM｜Executive Personnel Changes｜NEWS RELEASES

NEWS RELEASES

March 23, 2010

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Executive Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following executive officer changes, effective April 1, 2010.

New Post	Current Post	Name
Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Product Strategy and Product Profit Control; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Product Strategy and Product Profit Control; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation	Akira Marumoto
Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Production, Business Logistics and IT Solution; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation; Assistant to the Officer in charge of R&D	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Production, Business Logistics and IT Solution; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation; General Manager, Production Engineering Div.	Masamichi Kogai
Managing Executive Officer Assistant to the Officer in charge of R&D (In charge of MONO TSUKURI Innovation); President, Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd.	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Quality Assurance; Assistant to the Officer in charge of R&D (In charge of MONO TSUKURI Innovation); President, Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd.	Yasuto Tatsuta
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Quality Assurance; General Manager, Quality Div.	Managing Executive Officer In charge of China Business; Chairman and CEO, Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.	Satoshi Tachikake
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Secretariat, Global Auditing, Human Resources, Corporate Services, Compliance, Risk Management and Mazda Hospital; General Manager, Human Resources Div.	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Secretariat, Global Auditing, Human Resources, Corporate Services, Compliance, Risk Management and Mazda Hospital	Koji Kurosawa
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Customer Service; President, Mazda Parts Co., Ltd.	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Customer Service; General Manager, Customer Service Div.; President, Mazda Parts Co., Ltd.	Kozo Kawakami
Managing Executive Officer In charge of China Business; Chairman and CEO, Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer COO, Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.	Noriaki Yamada
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Purchasing; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation; General Manager, Purchasing Div.	Executive Officer General Manager, Purchasing Div.	Kazuki Imai
Executive Officer President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer General Manager, Hiroshima Plant	Toshinori Kusuhashi
Executive Officer In charge of Fleet Sales in the Domestic Business; President, Mazda Chuhan Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer In charge of Fleet Sales in the Domestic Business	Hiroshi Yamamoto
Executive Officer Assistant to the Officer in charge of Corporate Planning; In charge of Corporate Liaison; Oversight of Tokyo Office (Resident in Tokyo)	Executive Officer General Manager, Human Resources Div.	Minoru Mitsuda
Executive Officer General Manager, Hiroshima Plant	Executive Officer General Manager, Hofu Plant	Masafumi Nakano
Executive Officer General Manager, Production Engineering Div.	Executive Officer President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Kiyotaka Shobuda
Executive Officer General Manager, R&D Liaison Office	General Manager, R&D Liaison Office	Paul R. Randle
Executive Officer General Manager, Product Profit Control Div.	General Manager, Product Profit Control Div.	Takashi Furutama
Executive Officer COO,Sales & Marketing, Mazda Motor Europe GmbH	COO, Sales & Marketing, Mazda Motor Europe GmbH	Philip J. Waring
Executive Officer General Manager, Hofu Plant	Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd.	Nariaki Uchida

Executive officers to step down from their positions

Current Post	Name
Managing Executive Officer	Toru Oka
Executive Officer	Shiro Mikami
Executive Officer	Tatsuji Ikeda