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Sept. 1, 2010

Organizational and Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective September 1, 2010.

1. Organizational Changes

(1) Changes in the area of profit control

Goals

To strengthen and enhance efficiency in product development cost management throughout the company.
To ensure smooth business negotiations with external parties and suppliers, and to clarify roles and areas of authority within the division.

Details of the organizational changes

Rename the Product Profit Control Div. as the Profit Control Div.
Newly establish the Planning Promotion Dept., Regional Profit Management Dept., Product Profit Management Dept., Cost Planning Dept. and the Cost Innovation Dept. in the newly created Profit Control Div.
Eliminate the Strategic Cost Innovation Dept. of the R&D Technical Administration Div., and transfer its functions to the Cost Planning Dept. and the Cost Innovation Dept.
Transfer some planning promotion, regional sales financing analysis and vehicle profit and cost control functions of the Product Profit Control Div. to the Planning Promotion Dept, Regional Profit Management Dept., Product Profit Management Dept. and the Cost Planning Dept.

(2) Changes in the area of human resources

Goals

To strengthen the company's global orientation, and for rapid and precise actions related to personnel and labor related matters within the Mazda Group.

Details of the organizational changes

Rename the Global HR Planning Dept. as the Global Human Resources Dept.
Review the functions of the Global HR Planning Dept. and the Personnel & Labor Affairs Dept and consolidate the human resources planning functions in the Personnel and Labor Affairs Dept. and consolidate some of the operational functions in the Global Human Resources Dept.

2. Personnel Changes

(1) Executive officers

New Post	Current post	Name
Representative Director Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO Oversight of Corporate Planning, Profit Control and in charge of Financial Services and Cost Innovation	Representative Director Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO Oversight of Corporate Planning, Product Profit Control and in charge of Financial Services and Cost Innovation	Kiyoshi Ozaki
Director Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Product Strategy and Profit Control; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation	Director Senior 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
Executive Officer In charge of Product Planning and Powertrain Development; General Manager Product Planning Div.	Executive Officer In charge of Product Planning and Powertrain Development	Kiyoshi Fujiwara
Executive Officer General Manager Profit Control Div.	Executive Officer General Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Takashi Furutama

(2) General managers and above

New Post	Current post	Name
Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div.	-	Kiyoshi Ogawa
Staff Manager Corporate Planning Div.	General Manager Product Planning Div.	Naotaka Hirami
Deputy General Manager Profit Control Div. and Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div.	General Manager Strategic Cost Innovation Dept.	Chiharu Mizutani
Deputy General Manager Profit Control Div.	Deputy General Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Shigekazu Satake
General Manager Planning Promotion Dept.	Staff Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Takayuki Ishii
General Manager Regional Profit Management Dept.	Staff Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Ken Nagata
General Manager Product Profit Management Dept.	Staff Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Hiroshi Motonaga
General Manager Cost Planning Dept.	Staff Manager Product Profit Control Div.	Hideki Yamamoto
General Manager Cost Innovation Dept.	Staff Manager Strategic Cost Innovation Dept.	Kazuhiko Nakamura
General Manager R&D Technical Administration Div.	General Manager R&D Planning Dept. and General Manager R&D Technical Administration Div.	Takeji Oya
General Manager R&D Planning Dept.	General Manager R&D Administration Dept.	Hideaki Seichi
General Manager R&D Administration Dept.	Staff Manager Financial Internal Control Dept.	Seiji Hirano
General Manager Interior & Exterior Components Development Dept.	Staff Manager Vehicle Development Promotion Dept.	Yuichiro Kojin
General Manager Purchasing Div.	General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept. and General Manager Purchasing Div.	Kazuhisa Fujikawa
General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept.	Dispatched to Dairiki Iron Works Co., Ltd.	Koichi Fukano
Staff Manager Production Control & Logistics Div.	General Manager CS Parts Logistics Dept.	Hiroyoshi Sekiuchi
General Manager CS Parts Logistics Dept.	Staff Manager Production Control & Logistics Planning Dept.	Toshiyuki Yokoyama
Staff Manager Hiroshima Plant	Dispatched to AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Yasunobu Hiragochi
General Manager General Affairs Dept. (Hofu) Hofu Plant	Manager Property Custodian Gr. General Affairs Dept.	Akihiro Narusue
General Manager Human Resources Div.	General Manager Personnel & Labor Affairs Dept. and General Manager Human Resources Div.	Takeshi Fujiga
General Manager Global Human Resources Dept.	General Manager Global HR Planning Dept.	Yuji Takenouchi
General Manager Personnel & Labor Affairs Dept.	General Manager General Affairs Dept. (Hofu) Hofu Plant	Makoto Nakamura
General Manager Engineering Systems Dept.	Staff Manager Engineering Systems Dept.	Kazunori Okamura
Staff Manager Engineering Systems Dept.	General Manager Engineering Systems Dept.	Shoichi Tagami
Dispatched to Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.	General Manager Interior & Exterior Components Development Dept.	Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
-	Dispatched to Nanjo Sobi Kogyo Co. Ltd. (To retire effective September 10, 2010)	Akinari Kurisu

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