OREANDA-NEWS. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd (Tokyo: 7272) announced the following personnel changes affecting Executive Officers approved at the Board of Directors Meeting, December 23, 2015. These changes will be effective following official approval at the Board of Directors Meeting to be held immediately after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for the end of March, 2016.

Changes Affecting Executive Officers

1.Changes in positions of Executive Officers

  Katsuaki
Watanabe		 Managing Executive Officer (current Senior Executive Officer,
Chief General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations)
  Toshizumi Kato Managing Executive Officer (current Senior Executive Officer,
Chief General Manager of Vehicle & Solution Business Operations)
     

2.New Executive Officers candidates

  Minoru Morimoto current Vice President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing
* scheduled to be President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (January 1, 2016)
  Yasuo Tanaka current Senior General Manager of Quality Assurance Section, Motorcycle Business Operations
* scheduled to be Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center (January 1, 2016)
  Motofumi Shitara current Executive General Manager of Marine Engine Business Unit, Marine Business Operations
  Eric de Seynes current COO of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.
  Dyonisius Beti current Vice President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing
* scheduled to be COO of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (January 1, 2016)

3.Resignations of Executive Officers

  Masato Adachi current Executive Officer, Deputy Chief General Manager of Marine Business Operations
  Tsuneji Suzuki current Executive Officer,
President and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd.