Toyota Motor Corporation
12 April 2007
(Translation)
To Whom It May Concern:
April 12 , 2007
Company Name:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Name and Title of Representative:
Katsuaki Watanabe, President
(Code Number: 7203
Securities exchanges throughout Japan)
Name and Title of Contact Person:
Takuo Sasaki
General Manager, Accounting Division
Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121
Toyota Names New Executives
Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today planned executive
changes to take effect following the ordinary general shareholders' meeting in
June, as described below.
1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (9 people) -
Pending approval at this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
Name New title Current title
Koichi Ina Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Takeshi Yoshida Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Shinzo Kobuki Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Akira Sasaki Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Hiroshi Kawakami Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Tadashi Arashima Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Mamoru Furuhashi Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
Satoshi Ozawa Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
James E. Press Senior Managing Director Managing Officer
2. Retiring Directors (4 people) - To retire on the same day as this
year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
Name Current title
Yoshimi Inaba Executive Vice President and
Representative Director
Tetsuo Hattori Senior Managing Director
Hajime Wakayama Senior Managing Director
Yoshio Shirai Senior Managing Director
3. New Corporate Auditors (2 people) - Pending approval at this year's
ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
Name Current title
Kunihiro Matsuo Attorney
Yoshikazu Amano Managing Officer
4. Retiring Corporate Auditors (2 people) - To retire on the same day as
this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
Name Current Title
Hideaki Miyahara Full-time Corporate Auditor
Yasutaka Okamura Corporate Auditor
5. New Managing Officers (11 people) - Pending approval at a board of
directors' meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting
in June.
Name Current Title (at TMC, unless noted)
Shigeki Suzuki General Manager, Material Engineering Div. 1
Katsutada Masumoto General Manager, Overseas Service Field Operations Div.
Yasushi Kohara General Manager, Toyopet channel Operations Div.
Shigeru Hayakawa General Manager, Public Affairs Div.
Hisayuki Inoue General Manager, Global Planning Div.
Hiroji Onishi General Manager, IT & ITS Planning Div.
Keiji Masui General Manager, Production Control Div.
Kenji Miura General Manager, Operations Management Consulting Div.
Kiyotaka Ise Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 2
Katsuyuki Miyabayashi General Manager, Product Planning Div.
Didier Leroy President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S.
6. Retiring Managing Officers (4 people) - To retire on the same day as
this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
Name Current Title
Yoshikazu Amano Managing Officer
Masamoto Maekawa Managing Officer
Gary L. Convis Managing Officer
Yasumori Ihara Managing Officer
For Reference
Expected executive lineup following June 2007 ordinary general shareholders'
meeting - The appointment of the members of the Board and corporate
auditors is to be officially approved by the shareholders at the ordinary
general shareholders' meeting in June 2007. The managing directors and
representative directors are to be officially approved by the members of the
Board at the Board of Directors' meeting held following the ordinary general
shareholders' meeting. The full-time corporate auditors are to be officially
approved at the corporate auditors' meeting following the ordinary general
shareholders' meeting.
i. Board of Directors (30 people)
Name New title
Fujio Cho Chairman and Representative Director
Katsuhiro Nakagawa Vice Chairman and Representative Director
Katsuaki Watanabe President and Representative Director
Tokuichi Uranishi Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Kazuo Okamoto Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Kyoji Sasazu Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Mitsuo Kinoshita Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Takeshi Uchiyamada Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Masatami Takimoto Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Akio Toyoda Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Yukitoshi Funo Senior Managing Director
Takeshi Suzuki Senior Managing Director
Atsushi Niimi Senior Managing Director
Hiroshi Takada Senior Managing Director
Teiji Tachibana Senior Managing Director
Shinichi Sasaki Senior Managing Director
Akira Okabe Senior Managing Director
Yoichiro Ichimaru Senior Managing Director
Shoji Ikawa Senior Managing Director
Koichi Ina* Senior Managing Director
Takeshi Yoshida* Senior Managing Director
Shinzo Kobuki* Senior Managing Director
Akira Sasaki* Senior Managing Director
Hiroshi Kawakami* Senior Managing Director
Tadashi Arashima* Senior Managing Director
Mamoru Furuhashi* Senior Managing Director
Satoshi Ozawa* Senior Managing Director
James E. Press* Senior Managing Director
Shoichiro Toyoda Honorary Chairman
Hiroshi Okuda Senior Advisor
*Newly appointed
ii. Corporate Auditors (7 people)
Name New title
Yoshikazu Amano* Full-time Corporate Auditor
Chiaki Yamaguchi Full-time Corporate Auditor
Masaki Nakatsugawa Full-time Corporate Auditor
Yoichi Kaya Corporate Auditor**
Yoichi Morishita Corporate Auditor**
Akishige Okada Corporate Auditor**
Kunihiro Matsuo* Corporate Auditor**
*Newly appointed
**Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act of
Japan
iii. Managing Officers (47 people)
Name New title
Iwao Nihashi Managing Officer
Seiichi Sudo Managing Officer
Yasuhiko Ichihashi Managing Officer
Tadashi Yamashina Managing Officer
Takashi Hata Managing Officer
Wahei Hirai Managing Officer
Tatehito Ueda Managing Officer
Takashi Shigematsu Managing Officer
Yuzo Ushiyama Managing Officer
Takahiko Ijichi Managing Officer
Toshio Furutani Managing Officer
Tetsuo Agata Managing Officer
Senta Morioka Managing Officer
Hironobu Inoue Managing Officer
Kazuhiko Takarada Managing Officer
Masayuki Nakai Managing Officer
Toshiki Hayama Managing Officer
Takahiro Iwase Managing Officer
Akihito Tsuji Managing Officer
Yoshihiko Masuda Managing Officer
Nobuo Kobayashi Managing Officer
Yoshimasa Ishii Managing Officer
Tatsuya Kaneko Managing Officer
Takeshi Shirane Managing Officer
Masanao Tomozoe Managing Officer
Katsunori Itasaka Managing Officer
Tokuyuki Takahashi Managing Officer
Real C. Tanguay Managing Officer
Ryoichi Sasaki Managing Officer
Seiho Kawakami Managing Officer
Yasuhiko Yokoi Managing Officer
Takahiro Fujioka Managing Officer
Masanobu Kawase Managing Officer
Yukio Nishikawa Managing Officer
Hirofumi Muta Managing Officer
Thierry Dombreval Managing Officer
Shigeki Suzuki* Managing Officer
Katsutada Masumoto* Managing Officer
Yasushi Kohara* Managing Officer
Shigeru Hayakawa* Managing Officer
Hisayuki Inoue* Managing Officer
Hiroji Onishi* Managing Officer
Keiji Masui* Managing Officer
Kenji Miura* Managing Officer
Kiyotaka Ise* Managing Officer
Katsuyuki Miyabayashi* Managing Officer
Didier Leroy* Managing Officer
*Newly appointed
For more Information, please contact Tomomi Imai/Paul Nolasco of the Corporate
Communications Department, Public Affairs Division, Toyota Motor Corporation at
03-3817-9150/9161.
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