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May 25, 2022

Executive Personnel Changes

Today, Mazda Motor Corporation's Board of Directors approved the executive personnel lineup to take effect at the conclusion of the 156th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 24, 2022 and the immediately following Board of Directors meeting as follows.

1. Candidates for Director (excluding Directors who are members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee)
New post and assignment	Current post and assignment	Name
Representative Director and Chairman of the Board	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board	Kiyotaka Shobuda
Representative Director President and CEO	Representative Director President and CEO	Akira Marumoto
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Financial Services and Corporate Planning & Development	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Financial Services and Corporate Planning & Development	Mitsuru Ono
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Corporate Strategy, Product Strategy, MDI & IT and Partnership	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Corporate Strategy, Product Strategy and MDI & IT	Akira Koga
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Communication, Corporate Communications, Corporate Liaison, Sustainability and Administrative Domain	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Communication, Corporate Communications, Corporate Liaison and Administrative Domain	Masahiro Moro
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Global Marketing, Sales, Customer Service and New Business (MaaS)	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Global Marketing, Sales and Customer Service	Yasuhiro Aoyama
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of R&D, Cost Innovation and Innovation	Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of R&D and Cost Innovation	Ichiro Hirose
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production, Business Logistics and Carbon Neutrality	Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production and Business Logistics; In charge of Cost Innovation	Takeshi Mukai

New post and assignment	Current post and assignment	Name
Director	Director	Kiyoshi Sato
Director	Director	Michiko Ogawa

Note: - As candidates for Outside Director, Mr. Sato and Ms. Ogawa meet the Company's criteria for independence as an outside officer.
- The six directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee members are not up for re-election this year, and there are not changes.

2. Executive Officers (excluding Executive Officers concurrently serving as Directors, changes only)
New post and assignment	Current post and assignment	Name
Executive Officer In charge of Global Quality and Cost Innovation	Executive Officer In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation	Ikuo Sugiyama
Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Communications, Corporate Liaison, Sustainability and Operations in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area	Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Communications, Corporate Liaison and Operations in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area	Noriyuki Takimura
Executive Officer In charge of Purchasing and Cost Innovation	Executive Officer In charge of Purchasing	Kazuhiko Sumi
Executive Officer In charge of Production Engineering, Business Logistics, Carbon Neutrality and Cost Innovation	Executive Officer In charge of Production Engineering and Business Logistics	Taketo Hironaka

3. Representative Director to step down from their positions
Current post and assignment	Name
Representative Director Executive Vice President and COO Oversight of Innovation, Carbon Neutrality, Partnership and New Business	Kiyoshi Fujiwara

Note: The Representative Director will step down from his position upon completion of his term of office (scheduled changeover date: June 24, 2022)

Brief Personal Record of New Appointee for Director

Ichiro Hirose
Date of birth:	October 26, 1960
Career:	Mar. 1984	Joined the Company
	Apr. 2009	General Manager, Engine Design Engineering Dept.
	Nov. 2011	Deputy General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
	Apr. 2012	Vice President, Mazda Motor Europe GmbH
	Feb. 2014	General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
	Apr. 2015	Executive Officer; General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
	Apr. 2017	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Powertrain Development, Vehicle Development and Product Planning
	Jun. 2018	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Powertrain Development, Vehicle Development, Product Planning and Cost Innovation
	Apr. 2019	Senior Managing Executive Officer; Oversight of R&D and Cost Innovation; In charge of Powertrain Development and Integrated Control System Development
	Apr. 2020	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Oversight of R&D and Cost Innovation
	(to the present) Number of Company shares held: 3,800

Takeshi Mukai
Date of birth:	March 14, 1962
Career:	Mar. 1986	Joined the Company
	Apr. 2006	General Manager, Body Production Engineering Dept.
	Sep. 2010	Vice President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
	Jan. 2013	Deputy General Manager, Hofu Plant
	Apr. 2015	Executive Officer; General Manager, Hofu Plant
	Apr. 2016	Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality
	Apr. 2017	Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation
	Apr. 2018	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation
	Apr. 2019	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Production, Global Business Logistics and Cost Innovation
	Apr. 2021	Senior Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Purchasing, Global Production, Global Business Logistics and Cost Innovation
	Jun. 2021	Senior Managing Executive Officer; Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production and Business Logistics; In charge of Cost Innovation
	(to the present) Number of Company shares held: 5,300

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