Mazda Motor : Organizational and Personnel Changes
July 01, 2015 at 03:43 am
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Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective July 1, 2015.
1. Organizational Changes
Changes in the area of ASEAN powertrain production
Aim
To enhance the efficiency of operations related to the new powertrain plant in Thailand, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., now that production at the plant has begun.
Details of the organizational changes
The ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office is eliminated and management of Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., is transferred to the Business Promotion Department in the Corporate Planning & Development Division.
2. Personnel Changes
(1) Executive officer
New post
Current post
Name
Executive Officer
President and CEO,
Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer
General Manager,
ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office;
President and CEO,
Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Hidenori Kawakami
(2) General managers and above
New post
Current post
Name
General Manager
Global Auditing Dept.
Staff Manager
Global Auditing Dept.
Yoshiyuki Asada
General Manager
Planning Promotion Dept.
and Deputy General Manager
Corporate Planning & Development Div.
General Manager
China Business Dept. No.1
Takuji Iwashita
Staff Manager
Corporate Planning & Development Div.
General Manager
Planning Promotion Dept.
Takayuki Ishii
General Manager
Product Strategy Div.
General Manager
Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept.
and General Manager
Product Strategy Div.
Takeji Kojima
General Manager
Product & Business Strategy Planning Dept.
Program Manager
Product Div.
Ayumu Doi
General Manager
China Business Dept. No.1
Dispatched to
Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd.
Osamu Kawamura
Dispatched to
Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.
Dispatched to
Yoshiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Koji Yamashita
Dispatched to
Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Deputy General Manager
ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office
and Dispatched to
Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Mitsunobu Mukaida
Dispatched to
Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd.
Staff Manager
Planning Promotion Dept.
Shintaro Morioka
-
General Manager
Global Auditing Dept.
(To retire on July 10, 2015)
Mazda Motor Corporation is one of the Japanese leaders of automotive construction. The group's activity is organized especially around 2 areas:
- sale of vehicles: utility vehicles and individual cars (1.3 million units sold in 2021/22 under the Mazda brand);
- financing services.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (26.2%), North America (38.7%), Europe (17.3%) and other (17.8%).