Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announces executive and organizational changes, as outlined below. The executive changes, previously announced on February 26, were ratified here today at TMC’s General Shareholders Meeting.
1. Executive Changes
New Board of Directors Members
| Name | Former Title | New Title |
| Tokuo Fukuichi | Senior managing officer | Senior managing officer, member of the board |
Board of Directors Members Resigning Posts
| Name | Former Title |
| Mamoru Furuhashi*1 | Member of the board |
| Kiyotaka Ise*2 | Senior managing officer, member of the board |
| *1Appointed TMC executive advisor; *2Changed to senior managing officer | |
New Audit and Supervisory Board Members
| Name | Current Title |
| Teisuke Kitayama | Chairman of the board, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
Audit and Supervisory Board Members Resigning Posts
| Name |
| Yoichi Morishita |
| Akishige Okada |
Substitute Auditor
| Name | Current Title |
| Ryuji Sakai | Attorney at law |
Board of Directors Members (♦ denotes new member)
| Name | Title |
| Takeshi Uchiyamada | Chairman of the board (representative director) |
| Akio Toyoda | President, member of the board (representative director) |
| Satoshi Ozawa | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Nobuyori Kodaira | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Mitsuhisa Kato | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Masamoto Maekawa | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Yasumori Ihara | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Seiichi Sudo | Executive vice president, member of the board (representative director) |
| Koei Saga | Senior managing officer, member of the board |
| Tokuo Fukuichi ♦ | Senior managing officer, member of the board |
| Shigeki Terashi | Senior managing officer, member of the board |
| Yoshimasa Ishii | Member of the board |
| Ikuo Uno* | Member of the board |
| Haruhiko Kato* | Member of the board |
| Mark T. Hogan* | Member of the board |
| *Outside board member under Japanese corporate law | |
Audit and Supervisory Board Members (♦ denotes new member)
| Name | Title |
| Yoichiro Ichimaru | Audit and Supervisory Board member (full time) |
| Masaki Nakatsugawa | Audit and Supervisory Board member (full time) |
| Masahiro Kato | Audit and Supervisory Board member (full time) |
| Kunihiro Matsuo | Audit and Supervisory Board member |
| Yoko Wake | Audit and Supervisory Board member |
| Teisuke Kitayama ♦ | Audit and Supervisory Board member |
2. Organizational changes
Unit Center
Unit Production Engineering Field
The BR Engine Production Engineering Department and Machining & Assembly Fundamental Production Engineering Divison have been reorgnized into the Engine Production Engineering Division.
| Former | New |
| Unit Center Unit Production Engineering Field BR Engine Production Engineering Dept. Machining & Assembly Fundamental Production Engineering Div. Engine Production Engineering Div. |
Unit Center Unit Production Engineering Field Engine Production Engineering Div. (reorganized) |
Purpose
To further strengthen coordination between development of technology for engine machining and engine assembly production and engine production preparation.
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group
Vehicle Production Engineering Field
The name of the Stamping Die & Tool Division has been changed.
| Former | New |
| Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group Vehicle Production Engineering Field Stamping Die & Tool Div. |
Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group Vehicle Production Engineering Field Vehicle Die & Tool Engineering Div. (name changed) |
Purpose
The name has been changed to reflect the responsibility of the division to produce dies for both vehicle interior and exterior finishings.
After the above changes, the number of TMC divisions remains at 227.
