Toyota Motor Corporation
TMC Announces Board Member, Executive, Organizational, and Personnel Changes
Toyota City, Japan, December 4, 2019—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it plans to implement the changes to executive responsibility and to its organizational structure described below, effective January 1, 2020.
Toward sustainable growth, TMC has promoted the development of organizational structures—such as through establishing business units, restructuring its regional headquarters, and introducing anin-house company system—that enable leaders close to the workplace in each business and region to implement necessary measures based on swift decision-making. Furthermore, in January this year, in addition to taking action to accelerate management, TMC changed its executive structure and established the employee classification of “senior professional/senior management” (kanbushoku in Japanese) with an aim to cultivate workplace professionals who have both expertise and personality. Among severe changes of unprecedented speed in the external environment, TMC, toward structural reform, has promoted the creation of systems and the cultivation of a skilled workforce for the flexible deployment of human resources and to rapidly overcome key challenges.
To further accelerate the initiatives mentioned above, with the personnel and organizational changes announced today, TMC has revised its classification of “field general manager” into “senior general manager” and “fellow” and, by doing so, plans to advance the strengthening and acceleration of the ability of execution by further reducing the number of layers between top management, from the level of operating officer and above, and areas (corporate divisions and below) of responsibility. At the same time, through guidance and personnel development provided by members of top management at various workplaces, TMC aims to further enhance the power of its entire organization.
TMC President Akio Toyoda had the following to say about the changes being announced today: “With the CASE revolution, cars will link with all kinds of goods and services through information and become part of the societal system. The age of alliances will soon be upon us, making the creation of friends evermore vital. First, each person who works for Toyota must become a person with whom others will want to work. To become a Toyota suitable for being chosen by our friends, we will engage, including by continuing to revise our human resources systems, in personnel development that enhances expertise and personality.
1. Executive changes
1) Changes to Operating Officers and Fellow effective January 1, 2020
New Operating Officers
Name | Current title | |||
Hiroki Nakajima | Mid-size Vehicle Company (Executive Vice President) | |||
Hiroaki Okuchi | Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (President) | |||
Koji Sato | Lexus International Co. (Executive Vice President) |
New Senior Fellow
Name | Current title | |||
James Kuffner | Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development, Inc. CEO and Representative Director |
Operating Officers resigning posts
Name | ||
Kazuhiro Sato | ||
Yoshihiro Sawa |
2) Operating Officers’ areas of responsibility effective January 1, 2020
President and Executive Vice Presidents
¨ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
Name | Current | New | ||
Akio Toyoda | Chief Executive Officer Chief Branding Officer | Chief Executive Officer Chief Branding Officer | ||
Koji Kobayashi | Sustainability Management Dept. Chief Financial Officer Chief Risk Officer | Sustainability Management Dept. Chief Financial Officer Chief Risk Officer | ||
Didier Leroy | Business Planning & Operation (President) Chief Competitive Officer | Business Planning & Operation (President) Chief Competitive Officer | ||
¨ Shigeki Terashi | Toyota System Supply Toyota ZEV Factory (Chief Officer) Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Chairman) Powertrain Company (Chairman) Chief Technology Officer | Toyota System Supply Toyota ZEV Factory (Chief Officer) Chief Technology Officer | ||
Mitsuru Kawai | General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) Plants (Supervisor of plants acrossin-house companies) | General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) Plants (Supervisor of plants acrossin-house companies) | ||
¨ Shigeki Tomoyama | Connected Company (Chairman) GAZOO Racing Company (President) Chief Information Security Officer | GAZOO Racing Company (President) Chief Information Security Officer | ||
¨ Moritaka Yoshida | Vehicle Development Center (President) Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) MS Management Div. (concurrent General Manager) | Vehicle Development Center (President) Production Engineering Development Center (President) Emerging-market Compact Car Company (Chairman) |
Executive Fellow
Name | Current | New | ||
Gill A. Pratt | CEO, Toyota Research Institute, Inc. Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Fellow) | CEO, Toyota Research Institute, Inc. Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Executive Fellow) |
Operating Officers
¶ newly appointed ¨ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
Name | Current | New | ||
James E. Lentz | North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | ||
Kazuhiro Miyauchi | Toyota Compact Car Company (President) Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. | Toyota Compact Car Company (President) Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. | ||
Nobuhiko Murakmi | Europe Region (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region (Chief Executive Officer) | Europe Region (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region (Chief Executive Officer) | ||
Yasuhiko Sato | Japan Sales Business Group (Chief Officer) | Japan Sales Business Group (Chief Officer) | ||
¨ Tatsuro Ueda | China & Asia Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | ||
Johan van Zyl | Europe Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd. | Europe Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd. | ||
Tetsuo Ogawa | North America Region (Chief Operating Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | North America Region (Chief Operating Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | ||
Satoshi Ogiso | CV Company (President, concurrent Chief Engineer) Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. | CV Company (President, concurrent Chief Engineer) Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. | ||
Masayoshi Shirayanagi | External & Public Affairs Group (Chief Officer) Purchasing Group (Chief Officer) | External & Public Affairs Group (Chief Officer) Purchasing Group (Chief Officer) | ||
Masashi Asakura | TPS Group (Chief Officer) Production Planning Group (Chief Officer) Plants (Supervisor of plants acrossin-house companies) | TPS Group (Chief Officer) Production Planning Group (Chief Officer) Plants (Supervisor of plants acrossin-house companies) | ||
¨ Masahiko Maeda | China & Asia Region (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. P.T. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia Emerging-market Compact Car Company (President) | Powertrain Company (President) Powertrain Management Div. (concurrent General Manager) |
Name | Current | New | ||
Yoichi Miyazaki | Business Planning Div. Sales & Operation Planning Div. KD Business Planning Div. (concurrent General Manager) Sales & Marketing Support Div. | Business Planning Div. Sales & Operation Planning Div. KD Business Planning Div. (concurrent General Manager) Sales & Marketing Support Div. | ||
¨ Kenta Kon | Accounting Group (Chief Officer) Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Executive Vice President) | Accounting Group (Chief Officer) Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Fellow) | ||
Keiji Yamamoto | Connected Company (President) | Connected Company (President) | ||
¨ Masamichi Okada | Production Planning Group (Deputy Chief Officer) In charge of unit plant Miyoshi Plant (Plant General Manager) Myochi Plant (Plant General Manager) | Production Planning Group (Deputy Chief Officer) GAZOO Racing Company (in charge of production) Plants (Supervisor of plants acrossin-house companies) Motomachi Plant (Plant General Manager) Miyoshi Plant (Plant General Manager) Myochi Plant (Plant General Manager) | ||
¶ Hiroki Nakajima ¨ |
Mid-size Vehicle Company (Executive Vice President, concurrent Chief Engineer) |
Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) | ||
¶ Hiroaki Okuchi |
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (President) |
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (President) | ||
¶ Koji Sato ¨ |
Lexus International Co. (Executive Vice President, concurrent Chief Engineer) |
Lexus International Co. (President, concurrent Chief Engineer) |
Senior Fellow
Name | Current | New | ||
¶ James Kuffner | Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development, Inc. CEO and Representative Director | Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development, Inc. CEO and Representative Director Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Senior Fellow) |