NEWS RELEASES
Company Information
Organizational and Personnel Changes
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective May 1st, 2024.
1. Organizational Changes
Design domain
- Aim
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- Aiming to create a design value that is uniquely Mazda based on the 2030 VISION, the structure of Mazda's design organization will be changed to facilitate optimal utilization of resources and strengthen collaboration from advanced development to product development, enabling efficient development of products that consistently bring excitement to customers.
- Description of changes
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- Design Development Promotion Department will be renamed Design Development Planning Department, and some functions of Design Division will be consolidated and integrated into Design Development Planning Department.
2. Personnel changes
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Leader Electrification Business Div. |
Senior Expert Electrification Business Div. and Senior Expert Corporate Planning & Development Div. |
Katsumi Shiraishi |
| Program Manager Electrification Business Div. |
Leader and Program Manager Electrification Business Div. |
Masahiro Yamada |
| Program Manager Design Div. |
Deputy Program Manager Design Div. |
Akira Tamatani |
| General Manager Design Development Planning Dept. |
General Manager Design Development Promotion Dept. |
Minoru Toyota |
| General Manager Powertrain Planning Dept. and Program Manager Development Strategy Planning Dept. |
General Manager Powertrain Planning Dept. |
Masaaki Sato |
| General Manager CS Parts Operations Dept. |
Manager Production Control Dept. |
Masateru Aoki |
| Senior Expert Global Marketing Strategy Dept. |
Dispatched to Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. (COO) |
Toshio Kurahashi |
| Dispatched to Chugoku Economic Federation |
Program Manager Development Strategy Planning Dept. and Staff Manager Powertrain Planning Dept. |
Katsunobu Miyagoshi |
| Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd. (President) |
Staff Manager Global Sales & Marketing Div. |
Hidehisa Matsuda |
| Dispatched to Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. (COO) |
Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd. (President) |
Takashi Sumioka |
| Dispatched to Logistics Alliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Senior Advisor) |
General Manager CS Parts Operations Dept. |
Jun Tomago |
| Dispatched to Mazda Logistica de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Senior Advisor) |
Manager Production Control Dept. |
Hideyuki Fujisawa |