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Executive Personnel Change
Mazda Motor Corporation announced the executive personnel lineup (in addition to those announced on 15 January 2025) to be proposed at the 159th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the subsequent meeting of Board of Directors scheduled for June 2025 as follows:
| New post and assignment | Current post and assignment | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Director | - | Miki Oikawa |
- The outside director candidate Ms. Oikawa meets the Company's criteria for independence as an outside director.
Brief Personal Record of Candidate for Director
| Miki Oikawa | Date of birth: January 11, 1969 | |
| Career: | Apr. 1991 | Joined POLA Cosmetics Inc. (currently POLA INC.) |
| Jan. 2012 | Corporate Officer in charge of Product Planning & Promotion, and General Manager of Product Planning Department, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2013 | Corporate Officer in charge of Product Planning, Advertising, Beauty Research and Design Research, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2014 | Director in charge of Product Planning, Advertising, Beauty Research and Design Research, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2015 | Director in charge of Direct Sales Fashion and Others Business, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2016 | Director in charge of Direct Sales, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2017 | Director in charge of Total Beauty Business, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2018 | Director and Corporate Officer in charge of Business Division, POLA INC. | |
| Jan. 2020 | Senior Corporate Officer, POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. Representative Director and President, POLA INC. |
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| Jan. 2022 | Senior Corporate Officer in charge of Group Diversity, POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. (Until Dec 2024) Representative Director and President, POLA INC. |
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| Jan. 2023 | Representative Director and President, and Executive General Manager of Total Beauty Business, POLA INC. (Until Dec 2024) | |
| Mar. 2025 | Chairperson, General incorporated association Toget-HER | |
| (to present) Number of the Company shares held: 0 |
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| Name | Post and assignment |
|---|---|
| Kiyotaka Shobuda | Representative Director and Chairman of the Board |
| Masahiro Moro | Representative Director, President and CEO Oversight of Communication and Sustainability |
| Jeffrey H. Guyton | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO Assistant to President; Oversight of Corporate Planning & Development, Operations in North America and Europe, and Cost Innovation |
| Yasuhiro Aoyama | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer Oversight of Cost Reduction |
| Takeshi Mukai | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CSCO Oversight of Monozukuri Innovation, Supply Chain Innovation and Carbon Neutrality Promotion |
| Takeji Kojima | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CSO Assistant to the Officer overseeing Carbon Neutrality Promotion |
| Ryuichi Umeshita | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CTO Oversight of R&D; Assistant to the Officer overseeing Monozukuri Innovation |
| Kiyoshi Sato | Director |
| Michiko Ogawa | Director |
| Miki Oikawa | Director |
| Hironori Tanaka | Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time) |
| Akira Kitamura | Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
| Hiroko Shibasaki | Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
| Masato Sugimori | Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
| Hiroshi Inoue | Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
- * The candidates for outside directors, Mr. Sato, Ms. Ogawa, Ms. Oikawa, Mr. Kitamura, Ms. Shibasaki, Mr. Sugimori and Mr. Inoue, meet the Company's criteria for independence as outside directors.
- * The composition of the executive officer lineup remains unchanged from the announcement on 15 January 2025.