OREANDA-NEWS. 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)		 Yoshinori Okino