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Mitsubishi Motors Announces Top Management and Other Important Personnel Changes
11.03.2020: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced today the top management and other important personnel changes effective April 1, 2020.
1.Executive Officers
Osamu Masuko
Chairman of the Board
Representative Executive Officer
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced today the top management and other important personnel changes effective April 1, 2020.
1.Executive Officers
Osamu Masuko
Chairman of the Board
Representative Executive Officer
Takao Kato
Member of the Board
Representative Executive Officer, CEO
Hiroshi Nagaoka
Representative Executive Officer, Co-COO
and responsible for Engineering
Yoichiro Yatabe
Representative Executive Officer, Co-COO
and responsible for ASEAN and Oceania
and Division General Manager, Global Sales
Development Division
Koji Ikeya
Representative Executive Officer, CFO
Hitoshi Inada
Senior Executive Officer
(Corporate Governance)
Takeshi Ando
Senior Executive Officer
(Production)
Yukihiro Hattori
Senior Executive Officer
(Procurement)
Noboru Tsuji
Senior Executive Officer
(Domestic Sales)
*
Noriaki Hirakata
Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Strategy Management
Office
Koji Yamada
Executive Officer
Division General Manager, TCS Division
*
Koichi Namiki
Executive Officer
Division General Manager, Product Strategy
Division
*
John Signoriello
Executive Officer
(Global Marketing & Sales)
* Newly appointed
2.Corporate Officers
Ryugo Izumida
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Human Resources
Division
Yasuko Takazawa
Corporate Officer
Assistant to Senior Executive Officer,
General Manager, Legal Department and General
Manager, Board of Directors Office
Yosuke Wakabayashi
Corporate Officer
(General Administration/Communication,
Sustainability)
Masao Kuruma
Corporate Officer
CIO
Division General Manager, Global IT Division
Satoru Nakayama
Corporate Officer
General Manager, Financial Planning Office
Tomonori Tanaka
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Controlling &
Accounting Division
Kazuaki Iwamoto
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Mobility Business
Division
Naoya Fujimoto
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Product Development
Division
and Assistant to Executive Officer for Engineering
Takashi Shirakawa
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, EV · Powertrain
Engineering Development Division
*
Seiji Watanabe
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Design Division
Tomoo Yoshida
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager, Procurement
Management Division
* Newly appointed
3.Vice Presidents
Ikuro Hirozane
Vice President
Division General Manager, Corporate Affairs
Division
Yuzo Yoshida
Vice President
Assistant to Corporate Officer for General
Administration/ Communication, Sustainability
Tatsuo Sato
Vice President
Assistant to Corporate Officer for General
Administration/ Communication, Sustainability
Hiroshi Masuoka
Vice President
Chief Expert, Public Relations Department
and General Manager, Vehicle Testing Department,
Vehicle Engineering A Division
Keiji Ochiai
Vice President
Assistant to Division General Manager,
Controlling & Accounting Division
*
Ichiro Sakoda
Vice President
Division General Manager, Business Control Division
and Assistant to Division General Manager,
Controlling & Accounting Division
Takashi Fukuzumi
Vice President
(Finance)
General Manager, Financial Solution Office
Tohru Hara
Vice President
Division General Manager, Vehicle Engineering
Division 2
Yoshihiro Nishiyama
Vice President
Division General Manager, Production
Engineering Division
*
Minoru Saito
Vice President
Plant General Manager, Okazaki Plant
Mitsunori Kitao
Vice President
Plant General Manager, Mizushima Plant
*
Hirohisa Shintoku
Vice President
Plant General Manager, Kyoto Plant
Ryujiro Kobashi
Vice President
Division General Manager, Europe & Middle
East/Africa/ South Asia Division
Keiichi Sato
Vice President
Division General Manager, Global After Sales
Division
Hirotaka Into
Vice President
Division General Manager, Domestic Sales
Division
* Newly appointed
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