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Toyota Motor Corporation

TMC Announces Executive and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Changes effective April 1 and Board of Directors Structure following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting

Toyota City, Japan, March 5, 2026—Toyota Motor Corporation announced today changes to its executive and senior professional/senior management employees effective April 1 and the structure of its Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the “General Shareholders’ Meeting”).

1. Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees, effective April 1

Executives

 

    Name   Current   New
     
   

Takefumi Shiga

 

Production Group

(Deputy Chief Officer)

 

Operating Officer

Chief Production Officer

Executives structure effective April 1 (Excluding Directors and Fellows)

    “◆” denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes); “*” denotes newly appointed.

 

    Name   Current   New
     

 

Koji Sato

 

President

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

 

Vice Chairman

Chief Industry Officer

     

 

Kenta Kon

 

Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc.

 

President

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

     
   

Hiroki Nakajima

 

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Technology Officer

 

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Technology Officer

     

 

Yoichi Miyazaki

 

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

 

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

     
   

Takahiro Imura

 

Operating Officer

Production Group (Chief Officer)

 

Operating Officer

Production Group (Chief Officer)

     
   

Tetsuo Ogawa

 

Operating Officer

North America Region

(Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

 

Operating Officer

North America Region

(Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

     
   

Tatsuro Ueda

 

Operating Officer

China Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

 

Operating Officer

China Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

     
   

Simon Humphries

 

Operating Officer

Chief Branding Officer

 

Operating Officer

Chief Branding Officer

     

*

 

Takefumi Shiga

 

Production Group

(Deputy Chief Officer)

 

Operating Officer

Chief Production Officer

 

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Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees (Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows etc.)

 

    Name   Current   New
     
   

Yasuhiro Arima

  Toyota Motor North America, Inc.  

Japan Business Group

(Deputy Chief Officer)

     
   

Masahiro Miyoshi

 

Japan Business Group

(Deputy Chief Officer)

  Seconded to TOYOTA FINANCE CORPORATION

2. Changes to members of the Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting

The members of the Board of Directors after the General Shareholders’ Meeting will be as follows. The six candidates for directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) will be officially appointed after approval at the General Shareholders’ Meeting in June 2026. The four directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members serve a single two-year term, so they will not be submitted to this general meeting. Specific titles for board members and the assignment of legal representative status will be determined at the Board of Directors meeting following the General Shareholders’ Meeting. The resignation of the outgoing Board of Directors will become official following the closing of the General Shareholders’ Meeting.

Member Nominees of the Board of Directors

(Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

   *Newly appointed

 

Name   New Title  

Outside/

Independent

Member

     

Akio Toyoda

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

(Representative Director)

   
     

*Kenta Kon *1

 

President, Member of the Board of Directors

(Representative Director)

   
     

Hiroki Nakajima *1

  Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)    
     

Yoichi Miyazaki *1

  Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)    
     

Shigeaki Okamoto

  Member of the Board of Directors  

Outside/

Independent

     

Kumi Fujisawa

  Member of the Board of Directors  

Outside/

Independent

 

*1 

Concurrent Operating Officer

 

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Members of the Board of Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

 

Name   New Title  

Outside/

Independent

Member

     

George Olcott

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Chairman of the Audit and Supervisory

Committee Members)

 

Outside/

Independent

     

Christopher P. Reynolds

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

   
     

Masahiko Oshima

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

 

Outside/

Independent

     

Hiromi Osada

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

(full-time))

 

Outside/

Independent

Outgoing Member of the Board of Directors

(Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

 

Name  

Current Title

Koji Sato  

President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors

(Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

 

Name  

Current Title

Kenta Kon  

Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc.

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