Toyota Motor Corporation

TMC Announces Changes to Board Members, Executive Structure, and Senior Professionals/Senior Management

Toyota City, Japan, June 12, 2025—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today assigned members of the board of directors at its ordinary general shareholders’ meeting, and appointed representative directors and directors with special titles at a subsequent Board meeting. In addition, effective July 1, 2025, TMC will implement changes to its executive structure and senior professional/senior management employee assignments as described below.

1. Changes to members of the Board of Directors effective June 12

Members 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)    
     

Koji Sato *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

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

   *Newly appointed

 

Name   New Title  

Outside/

Independent

Member

     

*George Olcott

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) *1

 

Outside/

Independent

     

*Christopher P. Reynolds

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

   
     

*Masahiko Oshima

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

 

Outside/

Independent

     

*Hiromi Osada

 

Member of the Board of Directors

(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (full-time))

 

Outside/

Independent

 

*1

Chairman of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors

(Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

 

Name  

Current Title

Shigeaki Okamoto   Deputy Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Kumi Fujisawa   Substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member


New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

 

Name  

Current Title

George Olcott   Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Christopher P. Reynolds   Formerly with Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Retirement effective May 30, 2025)
Masahiko Oshima   Member of the Board of Directors
Hiromi Osada   Audit and Supervisory Board Member

Outgoing Members of the Board of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Board Members

 

Name   Current Title
Shigeru Hayakawa  

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

(Representative Director)

Simon Humphries *1   Member of the Board of Directors
Ikuro Sugawara   Member of the Board of Directors
Sir Philip Craven   Member of the Board of Directors
Emi Osono   Member of the Board of Directors
Takeshi Shirane   Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
Masahide Yasuda   Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
Katsuyuki Ogura *2   Audit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
George Olcott *3   Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Catherine O’Connell   Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Hiromi Osada *3   Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Kumi Fujisawa *4   Substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member

 

*1

Continuing operating officer

*2

Appointed as General Manager of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Office as a Kanbushoku

*3

Appointed as a Director serving as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

*4

Appointed as a Director


2. Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professionals/Senior Management Employees, effective July 1

Operating Officers and Organizational Structures as of July 1, 2025

   ◆Denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes)

Operating Officers

 

    Name   Current   New
     
   

Koji Sato

 

President

Chief Executive Officer

 

President

Chief Executive Officer

     
   

Hiroki Nakajima

 

Executive Vice President

Chief Technology Officer

 

Executive Vice President

Chief Technology Officer

     

 

Yoichi Miyazaki

 

Executive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Competitive Officer

  Executive Vice President
     
   

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

     

 

Kenta Kon

 

Operating Officer

Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors

Chief Financial Officer

 

Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors

Chief Financial Officer

     

 

Kazuaki Shingo

 

Operating Officer

Chief Production Officer

  Operating Officer


CxOs

 

CxO   Name
Chief Executive Officer   Koji Sato
Chief Technology Officer   Hiroki Nakajima
Chief Financial Officer   * Kenta Kon
Chief Branding Officer   Simon Humphries
Chief Risk Officer   Takanori Azuma
Deputy Chief Risk Officer   Christopher Yang
Chief Compliance Officer   Yoji Matsuyama
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer   Christopher Yang

Chief Quality Officer

(Name changed from Global Chief Quality Officer)

  Shinji Miyamoto

 

*

The division of roles between each company, region, and function was reorganized and the CxO structure was changed as of July 1. The following CxOs were released:

Chief Privacy Officer, Shigeru Hayakawa

Chief Competitive Officer, Yoichi Miyazaki

Chief Production Officer, Kazuaki Shingo

Chief Information & Security Officer, Keiji Yamamoto

Chief Human Resources Officer, Takanori Azuma

Chief Sustainability Officer, Yumi Otsuka


In-house Companies

 

Company   President   Executive Vice President
     

Advanced R&D and

Engineering Company

  Hirofumi Inoue   Chika Kako
     

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
     

Business Planning & Operation

  Hiroshi Nanbu  
     

North America Region

  Tetsuo Ogawa  
     

Europe Region

  Yoshihiro Nakata  
     

Japan 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
     

Hydrogen Factory

  Mitsumasa Yamagata  
     

Frontier Research Center

  (Nobuhiko Koga / Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.)  
     

TPS Group

  Ryuji Aiba  
     

Business Development Group

  Isao Nakanishi  
     

External & Public Affairs Group

  Hiroyuki Ueda  
     

General Administration &

Human Resources Group

  * Masahiro Yamamoto   Yoji Matsuyama
     

Digital Information and

Communications Group

  Keiji Yamamoto   Toshiyuki Hibi Hideharu Matsuoka
     

Accounting Group

  * Takanori Azuma  
     

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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