OREANDA-NEWS. May 14, 2015. Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following executive personnel changes proposed to take effect on June 23 following the 149th ordinary general meeting of shareholders and the subsequent meeting of the board of directors.

New Post Current Post Name
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Oversight of Operations in China, Domestic Sales, Fleet Sales No.1; In charge of Global Auditing;
Chairman, Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.		 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Oversight of Operations in China, Domestic Sales, Fleet Sales No.1;
Chairman, Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.		 Nobuhide Inamoto
Director - Kazuaki Jono

Note: Mr. Jono is a candidate for Outside Director as stipulated in the Companies Act.

New Post Current Post Name
Executive Officer
In charge of Secretariat, General & Legal Affairs, Compliance, Risk Management and Mazda Hospital; General Manager, Office of General & Legal Affairs		 Executive Officer
In charge of Secretariat, General & Legal Affairs, Compliance and Risk Management; General Manager, Office of General & Legal Affairs		 Makoto Yoshihara

Executives to step down from their positions

Current Post Name
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Oversight of Secretariat and General & Legal Affairs;
In charge of Global Auditing and Mazda Hospital		 Koji Kurosawa
Director Taizo Muta

Brief Personal Record of New Appointee of Director

Kazuaki Jono

Date of birth: September 1, 1947
Career:   April 1970   Joined Hiroshima Prefecture
April 2005 General Manager, General Affairs and Planning Dept., Hiroshima Prefecture
April 2006 General Manager, General Affairs Dept., Hiroshima Prefecture
April 2007 Vice Governor, Hiroshima Prefecture
April 2014 Advisor, Hiroshima Prefectural Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
(to present)