Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective April 1, 2013.

General managers and above

New post Current post Name
Staff Manager
Corporate Planning & Development Div. 		General Manager
Cost Innovation Dept. 		Kazuhiko Nakamura
General Manager
Cost Innovation Dept. 		Staff Manager
Vehicle Development Promotion Dept. 		Seiji Okada
General Manager
Crash Safety Development Dept. 		Manager
Crash Safety Development Dept. 		Yoshio Oda
Deputy General Manager
Technical Research Center 		Senior Research Engineer
Technical Research Center 		Akihide Takami
General Manager
Production Control & Logistics Div. 		Deputy General Manager
Hiroshima Plant 		Yasunobu Hiragochi
Deputy General Manager
Hiroshima Plant 		General Manager
Production Control & Logistics Div. 		Yoshinori Kota
General Manager
Franchised-dealership Support Dept.
and Deputy General Manager
Domestic Business Div. 		General Manager
Franchised-dealership Support Dept. 		Yasuhiro Saito
General Manager
Technical Service Dept. 		Manager
Technical Service Dept. 		Mitsunori Tokunaga
Dispatched to
Kita-Kanto Mazda Co., Ltd. 		Deputy General Manager
Domestic Business Div. 		Hirofumi Kubota
Dispatched to
Tokai Mazda Co., Ltd. 		Dispatched to
Kita-Kanto Mazda Co., Ltd. 		Hiroaki Shimada
Dispatched to
Hiroshima Industrial Promotion Organization 		Deputy General Manager
Technical Research Center 		Yukio Yamamoto
Dispatched to
Mazda Ace Co., Ltd. 		General Manager
Crash Safety Development Dept. 		Yoshiaki Nagayama
Dispatched to
Mazda Sales (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 		General Manager
Technical Service Dept. 		Yoshifumi Uneme


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