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Mazda Announces Organizational Changes


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Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective April 1, 2022.

1. Organizational Changes

(1) MaaS business area

Aims & Information
  • Establish a system where we can explore and consider new businesses in a flexible and speedy manner, utilizing new mobility platforms that are being created with the advances in CASE and digitization
  • Expand the scope of driving pleasure by bringing in new values created through MaaS business and develop initiatives to further enhance the memorable impact of living life with a Mazda
  • To that end, conduct in-house recruitment, seek external start-ups and companies to join us and build a culture that promotes collaboration
  • Start preparations to make the switch from MaaS Business Preparation Office to MaaS Business Division once MaaS business operations begin in the coming years
Details of the change
  • Some of the functions of the cross functional team project will be consolidated and transferred to establish the new MaaS Business Preparation Office.

(2) Changes in Cost Planning

Aims
  • Reform cost planning structure to maximize profitability, by redefining the roles and responsibilities of the former Cost Planning Division
Details of the change
  • The Cost Planning & Promotion Department in charge of cost infrastructure and the Program Finance Planning Department in charge of managing profits of new products will be transferred to the Corporate Planning Development Division.
  • The Commodity Planning & Promotion Department will be eliminated and its functions will be transferred to the Corporate Planning Development Division, R&D Technical Administration Division, Purchasing Division and other R&D divisions.
  • The Cost Planning Division will be eliminated.

2. Personnel changes

(1) Executive officers
New Post Current Post Name
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Oversight of Corporate Strategy,
Product Strategy and MDI & IT		 Director and Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Oversight of Corporate Strategy,
Product Strategy, Cost Planning
and MDI & IT		 Akira Koga

(2) General managers and above
New post Current post Name
General Manager
MaaS Business Preparation Office		 General Manager
Global Sales & Marketing Div.		 Kota Beppu
Program Manager
MaaS Business Preparation Office		 Program Manager
Corporate Strategy Office		 Akihiro Mitani
Staff Manager
Corporate Planning Development Div.		 General Manager
Cost Planning & Promotion Dept.		 Tsutomu Yasui
General Manager
Cost Planning & Promotion Dept.		 General Manager
Commodity Planning & Promotion Dept.		 Katsumi Shiraishi
General Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Corporate Planning Development Div.		 General Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Cost Planning Div.		 Akio Akamatsu
Program Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Corporate Planning Development Div.		 Program Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Cost Planning Div.		 Kozo Ikehara
Program Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Corporate Planning Development Div.		 Program Manager
Program Finance Planning Dept.
Cost Planning Div.		 Seiji Okada
Program Manager
Product Div.		 Staff Manager
Product Development Planning Dept.		 Naoki Moriya
General Manager
Global Sales & Marketing Div.		 Dispatched to
Mazda North American Operations
(Senior Vice President)		 Masashi Otsuka
Dispatched to
Mazda North American Operations
(Vice president)		 Program Manager
Product Div.		 Naoki Okano

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