Toyota Motor announce senior professional/management employee changes and titles
Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it intends to implement executive and senior professional/senior management employee changes as described below, effective January 1, 2025.
Executives
New Operating Officers
| Name | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) | |
| Kenta Kon | Woven by Toyota, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer | |
Resigning Executive
| Name | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Jun Nagata | Operating Officer Chief Risk Officer Chief Compliance Officer | |
Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Nakajima | Operating Officer (Executive Vice President) Chief Technology Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) | Operating Officer (Executive Vice President) Chief Technology Officer | |
| Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) | Operating Officer Production Group (Chief Officer) | |
| Kenta Kon | Woven by Toyota, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer | Operating Officer Woven by Toyota, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer | |
| Kazuaki Shingo | Operating Officer Chief Production Officer Toyota Compact Car Company (President) | Operating Officer Chief Production Officer | |
| Yumi Otsuka | Senior Fellow Chief Sustainability Officer | Chief Sustainability Officer Sustainability Management Div. (Senior General Manager) | |
- Operating Officers’ Areas of Responsibility
* newly appointed♦ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Sato | President Chief Executive Officer | President Chief Executive Officer | |
| ♦ | Hiroki Nakajima | Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) | Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer |
| Yoichi Miyazaki | Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Chief Competitive Officer Business Planning & Operation (President) | Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Chief Competitive Officer Business Planning & Operation (President) | |
| * | Takahiro Imura | Production Group (Chief Officer) | Production Group (Chief Officer) |
| Tetsuo Ogawa | North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | North America Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. | |
| Tatsuro Ueda | China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | China Region (Chief Executive Officer) Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | |
| Simon Humphries | Chief Branding Officer | Chief Branding Officer | |
| * | Kenta Kon | Woven by Toyota, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer | Woven by Toyota, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer |
| ♦ | Kazuaki Shingo | Chief Production Officer Toyota Compact Car Company (President) | Chief Production Officer |
Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees
Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes
(Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows, Plant General Managers)
| Name | Current | New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasushi Ueda | Toyota Compact Car Company TCZ (Chief Engineer) | Mid-size Vehicle Company (President) | |
| Tsukasa Takahashi | Toyota Compact Car CompanyTCZ (Chief Engineer) | Toyota Compact Car Company (President) | |
| Takanori Azuma | Chief Human Resources Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) | Chief Risk Officer Chief Human Resources Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Chief Officer) | |
| Akitoshi Takemura | India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) | India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region In charge of Oceania (Senior General Manager) | |
| Yoji Matsuyama | General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Sustainability Management Div. | Chief Compliance Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Sustainability Management Div. (Senior General Manager) | |
| Shigehisa Kitazawa | TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc. | Direct control (Fellow) TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc. | |
| Yoshinori Eri | Honsha Plant (Plant General Manager) | Dispatched to TOYOTA PRODUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION | |
| ♦ | Akitoshi Satsuki | Production GroupProduction Support Div. (General Manager) | Honsha Plant (Plant General Manager) |
Organizational Structures as of January 1, 2025
♦ denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)
CxOs
| CxO | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Privacy Officer | Shigeru Hayakawa | |
| Chief Executive Officer | Koji Sato | |
| Chief Technology Officer | Hiroki Nakajima | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Yoichi Miyazaki | |
| Chief Competitive Officer | Yoichi Miyazaki | |
| Chief Branding Officer | Simon Humphries | |
| Chief Production Officer | Kazuaki Shingo | |
| Chief Information & Security Officer | Keiji Yamamoto | |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | Takanori Azuma | |
| Chief Risk Officer | ♦ | Takanori Azuma |
| Deputy Chief Risk Officer | Christopher P. Reynolds | |
| Chief Compliance Officer | ♦ | Yoji Matsuyama |
| Deputy Chief Compliance Officer | Christopher P. Reynolds | |
| Global Chief Quality Officer | Shinji Miyamoto | |
| Chief Digital Officer | Yoshiyuki Yamashita | |
| Chief Sustainability Officer | Yumi Otsuka | |
In-house Companies
| Company | President | Executive Vice President | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced R&D and Engineering Company | Hirofumi Inoue | ― | |
| Carbon Neutral Engineering Development Center | Keiji Kaita | ― | |
| Software Development Center | Akihiro Sarada | Toshihiro Izumi (Yoshifumi Kato / DENSO Corporation) | |
| Vehicle Development Center | Takahiro Ishijima | ― | |
| Toyota Compact Car Company | ♦ | Tsukasa Takahashi | ― |
| Mid-size Vehicle Company | ♦ | Yasushi Ueda | ― |
| CV Company | Takanori Kimata | ― | |
| Lexus International Co. | Takashi Watanabe | ― | |
| Powertrain Company | Takashi Uehara | ― | |
| Production Engineering Development Center | Motoki Watanabe | ― | |
| GAZOO Racing Company | Tomoya Takahashi | ― | |
Regions
| Region | Chief Executive Officer | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America Region | Tetsuo Ogawa | ― | |
| Europe Region | Yoshihiro Nakata | ― | |
| Japan Sales Business Group | Shigeki Tomoyama | Katsumi Akao Masahiro Miyoshi | |
| China Region | Tatsuro Ueda | Masahiko Maeda | |
| Asia Region | Masahiko Maeda | Hao Tien | |
| India, Middle East, East Asia & Oceania Region | Masakazu Yoshimura | ― | |
| Latin America & Caribbean Region | Rafael Chang | ― | |
Business Groups
| Business Group | Chief Officer | Deputy Chief Officer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEV Factory | Takero Kato | ― | |
| Hydrogen Factory | Mitsumasa Yamagata | ― | |
| Frontier Research Center | (Nobuhiko Koga / Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.) | ― | |
| TPS Group | Kyogo Onoue | ― | |
| Business Development Group | Isao Nakanishi | ― | |
| External & Public Affairs Group | Hiroyuki Ueda | ― | |
| General Administration & Human Resources Group | Takanori Azuma | Christopher P. Reynolds Yoji Matsuyama | |
| Information Systems Group | Toshiyuki Hibi | ― | |
| Accounting Group | Masahiro Yamamoto | ― | |
| Sales Financial Business Group | Hiroyoshi Korosue | Hao Tien | |
| Purchasing Group | Kazunari Kumakura | Takami Kato | |
| Customer First Promotion Group | Shinji Miyamoto | Keiko Yanagi Koichi Ito | |
| Production Group | Takahiro Imura | Yoshio Nakamura | |
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