Mitsubishi Motors Announces Top Management and Other Important Personnel Changes

Tokyo, March 11, 2020
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Tokyo, March 11, 2020 – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced today the top management and other important personnel changes effective April 1, 2020.
 
1.Executive Officers
 
  •  
  • Name
  • Title and Position
  •  
  •  
  • Osamu Masuko
  • Chairman of the Board
    Representative Executive Officer
  •  
  •  
  • Takao Kato
  • Member of the Board
    Representative Executive Officer, CEO
  •  
  •  
  • Hiroshi Nagaoka
  • Representative Executive Officer, Co-COO
    and responsible for Engineering
  •  
  •  
  • Yoichiro Yatabe
  • Representative Executive Officer, Co-COO
    and responsible for ASEAN and Oceania
    and Division General Manager, Global Sales
    Development Division
  •  
  •  
  • Koji Ikeya
  • Representative Executive Officer, CFO
  •  
  •  
  • Hitoshi Inada
  • Senior Executive Officer
    (Corporate Governance)
  •  
  •  
  • Takeshi Ando
  • Senior Executive Officer
    (Production)
  •  
  •  
  • Yukihiro Hattori
  • Senior Executive Officer
    (Procurement)
  •  
  •  
  • Noboru Tsuji
  • Senior Executive Officer
    (Domestic Sales)
  •  
  • *
  • Noriaki Hirakata
  • Executive Officer
    General Manager, Corporate Strategy Management
    Office
  •  
  •  
  • Koji Yamada
  • Executive Officer
    Division General Manager, TCS Division
  •  
  • *
  • Koichi Namiki
  • Executive Officer
    Division General Manager, Product Strategy
    Division
  •  
  • *
  • John Signoriello
  • Executive Officer
    (Global Marketing & Sales)
  •  
* Newly appointed
 
2.Corporate Officers
 
  •  
  • Name
  • Title and Position
  •  
  •  
  • Ryugo Izumida
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Human Resources
    Division
  •  
  •  
  • Yasuko Takazawa
  • Corporate Officer
    Assistant to Senior Executive Officer,
    General Manager, Legal Department and General
    Manager, Board of Directors Office
  •  
  •  
  • Yosuke Wakabayashi
  • Corporate Officer
    (General Administration/Communication,
    Sustainability)
  •  
  •  
  • Masao Kuruma
  • Corporate Officer
    CIO
    Division General Manager, Global IT Division
  •  
  •  
  • Satoru Nakayama
  • Corporate Officer
    General Manager, Financial Planning Office
  •  
  •  
  • Tomonori Tanaka
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Controlling &
    Accounting Division
  •  
  •  
  • Kazuaki Iwamoto
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Mobility Business
    Division
  •  
  •  
  • Naoya Fujimoto
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Product Development
    Division
    and Assistant to Executive Officer for Engineering
  •  
  •  
  • Takashi Shirakawa
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, EV · Powertrain
    Engineering Development Division
  •  
  • *
  • Seiji Watanabe
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Design Division
  •  
  •  
  • Tomoo Yoshida
  • Corporate Officer
    Division General Manager, Procurement
    Management Division
  •  
* Newly appointed
 
3.Vice Presidents
 
  •  
  • Name
  • Title and Position
  •  
  •  
  • Ikuro Hirozane
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Corporate Affairs
    Division
  •  
  •  
  • Yuzo Yoshida
  • Vice President
    Assistant to Corporate Officer for General
    Administration/ Communication, Sustainability
  •  
  •  
  • Tatsuo Sato
  • Vice President
    Assistant to Corporate Officer for General
    Administration/ Communication, Sustainability
  •  
  •  
  • Hiroshi Masuoka
  • Vice President
    Chief Expert, Public Relations Department
    and General Manager, Vehicle Testing Department,
    Vehicle Engineering A Division
  •  
  •  
  • Keiji Ochiai
  • Vice President
    Assistant to Division General Manager,
    Controlling & Accounting Division
  •  
  • *
  • Ichiro Sakoda
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Business Control Division
    and Assistant to Division General Manager,
    Controlling & Accounting Division
  •  
  •  
  • Takashi Fukuzumi
  • Vice President
    (Finance)
    General Manager, Financial Solution Office
  •  
  •  
  • Tohru Hara
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Vehicle Engineering
    Division 2
  •  
  •  
  • Yoshihiro Nishiyama
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Production
    Engineering Division
  •  
  • *
  • Minoru Saito
  • Vice President
    Plant General Manager, Okazaki Plant
  •  
  •  
  • Mitsunori Kitao
  • Vice President
    Plant General Manager, Mizushima Plant
  •  
  • *
  • Hirohisa Shintoku
  • Vice President
    Plant General Manager, Kyoto Plant
  •  
  •  
  • Ryujiro Kobashi
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Europe & Middle
    East/Africa/ South Asia Division
  •  
  •  
  • Keiichi Sato
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Global After Sales
    Division
  •  
  •  
  • Hirotaka Into
  • Vice President
    Division General Manager, Domestic Sales
    Division
  •  
* Newly appointed
 
 
4.Retirement of Executive Officers
 
New(2020.4.1)
Current(2020.3.31)
Name
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, Senior
Vice President
(Global Marketing & Sales)
Division General Manager,
Global Marketing & Sales
Division
Guillaume
Cartier
Corporate Officer
Division General
Manager,
Mobility Business
Division
Executive Officer
Division General Manager,
Product Strategy Division
Kazuaki Iwamoto
 
 
5.Retirement of Corporate Vice Presidents
 
New(2020.4.1)
Current(2020.3.31)
Name
Assistant to Division
General Manager,
Business Control
Division
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Business Administration
Division
Koichi Kitamura
Retirement
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Design Division
Tsunehiro
Kunimoto
Assistant to Co-COO
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Europe Division
Yoichi
Yokozawa
Nissan Motor Co.,
Ltd.
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Human Resources Division
Tetsuya
Hashimoto
Executive Officer
General Manager,
Corporate Strategy
Management Office
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Strategy Management
Division
Noriaki
Hirakata
Vice President and
COO,
NMKV Co., Ltd.
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Development Management
Division
Jun Miura
Vice President
Division General
Manager,
Domestic Sales
Division
Corporate Vice President
Division General Manager,
Domestic Sales Division
Hirotaka Into
 
 
6.Retirement of Vice Presidents
 
New(2020.4.1)
Current(2020.3.31)
Name
Corporate Officer
Division General
Manager, Design
Division
Vice President
Assistant to Division
General Manager, Design
Division
Seiji Watanabe
Assistant to Senior
Executive Officer,
responsible for
Alliance
Vice President
Assistant to Executive
Vice President,
responsible for Alliance
Toshinori
Nakahara
Assistant to Senior
Executive Officer,
responsible for QCT
Improvement
Vice President
Plant General Manager,
Okazaki Plant
Takahiro
Yamashita
Transferred to Heian
Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.
Vice President
Plant General Manager, Kyoto
Plant
Yoshitaka
Akamatsu
Division General
Manager, SCM Division
Vice President
Division General Manager,
SCM Division
Shinya Toyokuni
Assistant to Division
General Manager,
Europe & Middle East/
Africa/ South Asia
Division
Vice President
Assistant to Division General
Manager, Europe Division,
and General Manager, Europe
B Department
Tsuyoshi
Matsumoto
Division General
Manager, North Asia
Division
Vice President
Division General Manager,
North Asia Division,
and General Manager, North
Asia B Department
Toshinaga Kato
 
 
7.Important Personnel Changes
 
New(2020.4.1)
Current(2020.3.31)
Name
Retirement
Advisor
Mitsuhiko
Yamashita
Division General
Manager, Development
Management Division
SCVE, Product Development
Division
Hideki
Yoshioka
 
 
8.Important Personnel Changes in Affiliates
 
New(2020.4.1)
Current(2020.3.31)
Name
General Director, MMR
General Manager, Europe B
Department, Europe Division
Yoshihiro
Sakamoto
CEO, MMAL
MMAL
Shaun Westcott
 
TCS: Total Customer Satisfaction
CIO: Chief Information Officer
EVP : Executive Vice President
QCT : Quality Cost Time
SCM : Supply Chain Management
SCVE : Segment Chief Vehicle Engineer
MMR : Mitsubishi Motors Rus LLC
MMAL : Mitsubishi Motors Australia, Ltd.
 
<Reference Information>
As of April 1, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION will make the following changes in the executive officer structure to accelerate decision making process and to further facilitate communications.
 
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