MAZDA NEWSROOM｜Organizational and Personnel Changes

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July 1, 2015

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective July 1, 2015.

1. Organizational Changes

Changes in the area of ASEAN powertrain production

Aim

To enhance the efficiency of operations related to the new powertrain plant in Thailand, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., now that production at the plant has begun.

Details of the organizational changes

The ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office is eliminated and management of Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., is transferred to the Business Promotion Department in the Corporate Planning & Development Division.

2. Personnel Changes

(1) Executive officer

New post	Current post	Name
Executive Officer President and CEO, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer General Manager, ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office; President and CEO, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Hidenori Kawakami

(2) General managers and above

New post	Current post	Name
General Manager Global Auditing Dept.	Staff Manager Global Auditing Dept.	Yoshiyuki Asada
General Manager Planning Promotion Dept. and Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning & Development Div.	General Manager China Business Dept. No.1	Takuji Iwashita
Staff Manager Corporate Planning & Development Div.	General Manager Planning Promotion Dept.	Takayuki Ishii
General Manager Product Strategy Div.	General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept. and General Manager Product Strategy Div.	Takeji Kojima
General Manager Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept.	Program Manager Product Div.	Ayumu Doi
General Manager China Business Dept. No.1	Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd.	Osamu Kawamura
Dispatched to Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.	Dispatched to Yoshiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd.	Koji Yamashita
Dispatched to Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Deputy General Manager ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office and Dispatched to Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Mitsunobu Mukaida
Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd.	Staff Manager Planning Promotion Dept.	Shintaro Morioka
-	General Manager Global Auditing Dept. (To retire on July 10, 2015)	Yoshinori Okino