Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective February 1, 2010.
1. Organizational change
(1) Change in the area of domestic business
- Goals
- Details of the organizational change
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- The New Vehicle Planning Dept. has been renamed the Sales Planning Dept. Used car sales functions have been transferred from the Non-New-Vehicle-Profit Planning Dept. to the Sales Planning Dept.
2. Personnel Changes
Executive officers
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
| Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D and Program Management; President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. |
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D, Program Management and Powertrain Development President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. |
Seita Kanai |
| Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Product Strategy and Product Profit Control; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation |
Managing Executive Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Product Planning and Product Profit Control; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation |
Akira Marumoto |
| Executive Officer In charge of Product Planning and Powertrain Development |
Executive Officer General Manager, Powertrain Development Div. |
Kiyoshi Fujiwara |
General managers and above
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
| General Manager Powertrain Development Div. |
Deputy General Manager Powertrain Development Div. |
Mitsuo Hitomi |
| General Manager Hiroshima Inspection Dept |
Manager Hiroshima PT Inspection Gr. Hiroshima Inspection Dept. |
Toru Utamura |
| General Manager Sales Planning Dept. and Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div. |
General Manager New Vehicle Planning Dept. and Deputy General Manager Domestic Business Div. |
Raita Nishiyama |
| - | General Manager Hiroshima Inspection Dept. (To retire on February 10, 2010) |
Eiji Yokomachi |
Source: http://www.mazda.com/publicity/release/2010/201002/100201b.html
