TMC Unveils New Exec and Board Structure April 1

Toyota City, Japan, February 25, 2025―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive and senior professional/senior management employees effective April 1 and announced the structure of its Board of Directors following the 121st Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the "General Shareholders' Meeting").

Executives

NameCurrentNew
Yoichi MiyazakiExecutive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Competitive Officer

Business Planning & Operation (President)

Executive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Competitive Officer

Keiji YamamotoSenior Fellow

Chief Information & Security Officer

Digital Transformation Promotion Dept.

Information Systems Group

Chief Information & Security Officer

Digital Information and Communication Group (Chief Officer)*1

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

NameCurrentNew
Hiroshi NanbuBusiness Planning Div.

Sales & Operation Planning Div.

KD Business Planning Div.

Mobility Business Planning Div.

Value Chain Business Planning Div.

Business Planning & Operation (President)
Toshiyuki HibiInformation Systems Group (Chief Officer)Digital Information and Communication Group (Deputy Chief Officer)*1
Hideharu MatsuokaInformation Systems Group
In charge of B to C systems (Chief Project Leader)
Digital Information and Communication Group (Deputy Chief Officer)*1
Chika KakoAdvanced R&D and Engineering Company
Material Technology Field (Senior General Manager)
Higashifuji Technical Center (General Manager)
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (Executive Vice President)
Material Technology Field (concurrently Senior General Manager)
Higashifuji Technical Center (General Manager)
Takero KatoBEV Factory (President)*2 Lexus Electrified Shanghai CO., Ltd.
Yoshiyuki YamashitaChief Digital Officer

TOYOTA CONIQ Holdings, Inc.

TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc.

TOYOTA CONIQ Alpha, Inc.

TOYOTA CONIQ Holdings, Inc.

TOYOTA CONIQ Pro, Inc.

TOYOTA CONIQ Alpha, Inc.

*1Information Systems Group will be renamed Digital Information and Communication Group.
*2New company to develop and locally produce Lexus BEVs and batteries in Shanghai, China (announced February 5)
*3The BEV Factory will be abolished, reorganized, and continue its role as the BR BEV Development Div. under the direct control of the entire company.

  1. Changes to members of the Board of Directors following the 121st Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting

In accordance with the transition to a company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee System announced today, the members of the Board of Directors after the General Shareholders' Meeting will be as follows.

The Board of Directors will be officially appointed after approval at the General Shareholders' Meeting in June 2025. Selection of specific titles for board members and assignment of legal status to represent TMC will then occur 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.

Members of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

*Newly appointed
NameNew TitleOutside / Independent Member
Akio ToyodaChairman 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 OkamotoMember of the Board of DirectorsOutside / Independent
*Kumi FujisawaMember of the Board of DirectorsOutside / Independent
*1 Concurrent Operating Officer

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

*Newly appointed
NameNew TitleOutside / Independent Member
*Christopher P. ReynoldsMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
*George OlcottMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) Outside / Independent
*Masahiko OshimaMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) Outside / Independent
*Hiromi OsadaMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) Outside / Independent

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

NameCurrent Title
Shigeru HayakawaVice Chairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
Simon HumphriesMember of the Board of Directors
Ikuro SugawaraMember of the Board of Directors
Sir Philip CravenMember of the Board of Directors
Emi OsonoMember of the Board of Directors
Takeshi ShiraneAudit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
Masahide YasudaAudit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
Katsuyuki OguraAudit and Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
George OlcottAudit and Supervisory Board Member
Catherine O'ConnellAudit and Supervisory Board Member
Hiromi OsadaAudit and Supervisory Board Member
Kumi FujisawaSubstitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

NameCurrent Title
Shigeaki OkamotoDeputy Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Kumi FujisawaSubstitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member

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

NameCurrent Title
Christopher P. ReynoldsDeputy Chief Risk Officer

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

General Administration & Human Resources Group (Deputy Chief Officer)

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

George OlcottAudit and Supervisory Board Member
Masahiko OshimaMember of the Board of Directors
Hiromi OsadaAudit and Supervisory Board Member
Sustainable Development Goals

Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we transform into a mobility company developing connected, automated, shared and electrified technologies, we also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.

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