NEWS RELEASES
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Organizational and Personnel Changes
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective Nov. 1, 2018.
1. Organizational Changes
Changes in the areas of vehicle and powertrain development
- Aim
- Enhance model-based development (MBD), a critical part of testing in early development, by consolidating the resources and analytical work of the vehicle and powertrain development divisions and establishing a framework for closer coordination between the two.
- Through enhanced MBD, meet increasingly stringent regulations and further enhance product competitiveness by developing technologies with unprecedented levels of sophistication and complexity.
- Details of the organizational changes
- Newly establish the MBD Innovation Department to combine development of CAE technologies for vehicle development and powertrain performance analysis.
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| General Manager and Program Manager Product Div. |
General Manager Product Div. |
Kenichiro Saruwatari |
| Senior Principal Engineer Vehicle Development Div. and Senior Principal Engineer MBD Innovation Dept. |
Senior Principal Engineer Vehicle Development Div. |
Nobuhide Takeshige |
| Senior Principal Engineer Integrated Control System Development Div. and Senior Principal Engineer MBD Innovation Dept. |
Senior Principal Engineer Integrated Control System Development Div. |
Yasuhide Yano |
| General Manager MBD Innovation Dept. |
Manager Engine Performance Development Dept. |
Hideaki Yokohata |
| Senior Principal Engineer MBD Innovation Dept. and Senior Principal Engineer Vehicle Development Div. |
Senior Principal Engineer Vehicle Development Div. |
Naokazu Kaneshina |
| Staff Manager Engine Design Engineering Dept. |
Dispatched to Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. (Executive Officer) |
Kazuhiro Tomizawa |
| Deputy General Manager Customer Service Div. and General Manager Customer Service Business Development Dept. |
Deputy General Manager Customer Service Div. |
Hiroshi Murakami |
| Staff Manager Customer Service Business Development Dept. |
General Manager Customer Service Business Development Dept. |
Hiroaki Ozaki |
| Staff Manager General Affairs Dept. |
Program Manager Product Div. |
Minoru Takata |
| General Manager Dept. of Pharmacy, Mazda Hospital |
Staff Manager Dept. of Pharmacy, Mazda Hospital |
Yasuko Harada |
| Staff Manager Dept. of Pharmacy, Mazda Hospital |
General Manager Dept. of Pharmacy, Mazda Hospital |
Masayuki Nishihara |
| Dispatched to Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. (Executive Officer) |
Manager Engine Design Engineering Dept. |
Mitsuyuki Murotani |
| － | Dispatched to Mazda Logistics Co., Ltd. (Senior Managing Executive Officer) (To retire on Nov. 10, 2018) |
Takashi Harada |