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May 12, 2017

Executive Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following executive personnel changes proposed to take effect on June 28 following the 151st ordinary general meeting of shareholders.

New Post	Current Post	Name
Director	Advisor	Mitsuru Ono
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)	Deputy General Manager of Corporate Communications Division	Masahiro Yasuda
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	-	Kunihiko Tamano

Executives to step down from their positions
Current Post	Name
Director	Yuji Harada
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)	Nobuyoshi Tochio
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Isao Akaoka

Brief Personal History of New Appointee of Director

Mitsuru Ono
Date of birth: December 25, 1958

Career:	April 1981	Joined Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.)
	April 2011	Executive Officer, General Manager of International Credit Management Dept.
	April 2012	Executive Officer, Deputy Head of International Banking Unit; General Manager of International Credit Management Dept.
	June 2015	Standing Auditor
	April 2017	Resigned as Standing Auditor
	May 2017	Advisor of Mazda Motor Corp.

(to present)

Brief Personal Histories of New Appointees as Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Masahiro Yasuda
Date of birth: August 16, 1957

Career:	April 1980	Joined Mazda Motor Corp.
	Nov. 2002	Manager of Advanced Product Planning Office
	April 2006	Manager of Global Communications Planning Dept.
	June 2010	General Manager of Global Communications Planning Dept.
	July 2012	Deputy General Manager of Corporate Communications Division

(to present)

Kunihiko Tamano
Date of birth: May 23, 1951

Career:	April 1974	Joined Itochu Corp.
	Jan. 1999	General Manager of Tax Affairs Office, General Accounting Control Division
	June 2006	Executive Officer
	April 2009	Managing Executive Officer
	June 2010	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Access, Inc.
	April 2011	Managing Executive Officer, Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer; General Manager, Global Risk Management Division of Itochu Corp.
	April 2014	Advisory Member
	June 2014	Representative Director and Vice President of Nippon Access, Inc.
	June 2016	Senior Advisor (to present)
	Note: As a candidate for outside member of the Audit & Supervisory Board, Mr. Tamano meets the company's criteria for independence as an outside officer.

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