News ReleaseToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
April 26, 2019

Toyoda Gosei Announces Changes to Executive Officer System
Kiyosu, Japan, April 26, 2019: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. held a board meeting today and decided to change theexecutive officer structure. The board also decided informally the company’s executive and management
appointments, which will take effective after the 96th General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled to be held in June
2019.
The change to the executive officer structure is being implemented so that the company can respond more flexibly
and rapidly to a business environment that is changing faster than ever as the battle for supremacy innext-generation vehicles intensifies in the automobile industry. This change will increase flexibility in personnel
allocation to make sure the right person is in the right place, expand the development and activities of management
personnel who will lead the company in the future, and speed up decision-making by reducing and flattening theexecutive hierarchy. Through these measures, Toyoda Gosei accelerates its efforts to be a global company to deliver
the highest levels of satisfaction to customers worldwide through safety, comfort, well-being and the environment.
I. Key Changes
1. Change to the executive officer structure
The previous corporate officer hierarchy will be reduced and people in Managing Officer and higher positions
will be the new Corporate Officers. These Corporate Officers will form the senior management of the company
for faster decision-making in management issues and stronger supervisory functions in business execution.
Executives with the previous titles of Corporate Officer and Senior General Manager (upper management) will
be integrated under the new designation Executive Management. Similarly, previous Kikanshoku 1 (Grade 1Manager) and Kikanshoku 2 (Grade 2 Manager) positions have been integrated and given the new
designation Senior Management. At the same time, the title Kikanshoku 3 (Grade 3 Manager) has beenchanged to Management.
With these changes, the number of executives and Audit & Supervisory Board Members has been reduced fromthe current 30 down to 21.

Previous
President (Representative director)

New
President (Representative director)

Executive Vice President (Representative director) Executive Vice President (Representative director)
Director / Senior Managing Officer
Director / Managing Officer
Senior Managing Officer
Managing Officer
Corporate Officer
Senior General Manager
Kikanshoku 1 (Grade 1 Manager)
Kikanshoku 2 (Grade 2 Manager)
Kikanshoku 3 (Grade 3 Manager)

Director / Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer
Executive Management
Senior Management
Management

2. Organizational Structure
Business is executed with a sense of speed and responsibility by Division and Center Chiefs. These Division andCenter Chiefs, whose responsibilities were previously carried out by Corporate Officers, are will be appointed
from Corporate Officers, Executive Management, and Senior Management to ensure that the right person is inthe right job.

Ⅱ. Changes of Directors / Corporate Officers Following the 96th General Shareholders’ Meeting
1. Directors(1) New Representative Director
Name
Toru Koyama

New position
Executive Vice President

Current position
Director / Senior Managing Officer

New position
Outside Director

Current position―(2) New Director
Name
Mayumi Matsumoto(3) Retiring Director
NameToshihiro Yokoi

Current position
Director / Managing Officer

Reference
Directors after the 96th General Shareholders’ Meeting
President(Representative director)
President(Representative director)
Director

Naoki Miyazaki
Masakazu Hashimoto
Toru Koyama
Tomonobu Yamada
Hiroshi Yasuda
Masaki Oka
Sojiro Tsuchiya1Kimio Yamaka1
Mayumi Matsumoto1

Audit & Supervisory Board Members after the96th General Shareholders’ Meeting
Full-Time Audit &Katsumi Tanabe
Supervisory Board
Hitoshi Mizutani
Members
Audit &Takeshi Uchiyamada2Supervisory Board
Masami Hadama2
Members
Hideomi Miyake2
1

Outside Director
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member2

2. Corporate Officers(1) Corporate Officers
Name
Naoki Miyazaki
Masakazu Hashimoto
Toru Koyama

New position
President
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President

Current position
President
Executive Vice President
Senior Managing Officer

Tomonobu YamadaHiroshi Yasuda

Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer

Senior Managing Officer
Senior Managing Officer

Masaki Oka
Takashi Ishikawa
Ryo Onishi
Yoshiyuki Fujita
Junichiro Kako
Hiroki Fukui

Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer※3
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer※4

Managing Officer
Managing Officer
Managing Officer
Managing Officer
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer

Todd Huber
Hiroyasu Hirayama

Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer

Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer

3

Overseas post (President, Toyoda Gosei North America Corporation)
Overseas post (President, Toyoda Gosei (Shanghai) Investment Co., Ltd.)4(2) Retiring Corporate Officers
Name

Current position

Toshihiro Yokoi

Managing Officer

Yasushi Miyamoto
Kazuaki Maeda

Managing Officer
Corporate Officer

Future plan
President, TG SPORTS Co., Ltd. andPresident, Welfare Co., Ltd. (continuing)
President, Toyoda Gosei Kyushu Co., Ltd. (continuing)
President, Toyoda Gosei Asia Co., Ltd. (continuing)

Ⅲ. System of Business Execution Following the 96th General Shareholders’ Meeting
Safety & Health
Promotion Div.

―Senior General Manager

Kenji Hayashi

Environment Div.

―

Senior General Manager

Kazuhiko Nagao

Audit Div.
Corporate
Planning Div.
General Industry
Products Div.
GeneralAdministrationand Human
Resources
Headquarters
Finance andAccounting
Headquarters
IT Headquarters
Sales
Headquarters
Purchasing
Headquarters
Quality
Assurance
Headquarters
Research andDevelopment
Headquarters

ProductionHeadquarters

Chief

Masaki Oka―Chief

Toru Koyama

Senior General Manager

Katsufumi Otani

Chief

Tomonobu
YamadaSenior General Manager

Makoto Horie

Chief

Hiromasa Zaitsu

Chief
Masaki Oka
Deputy Chief
Toshio Goto
Chief
Masaki Oka
Chief
Tomonobu Yamada
Deputy Chief
Makoto Hasegawa
Deputy Chief
Makoto Horie
ChiefToru Koyama
Deputy Chief
Norio Hayami
Chief
Hiroyasu Hirayama
Deputy Chief
Makoto Kawase
ChiefMasakazu Hashimoto
Deputy Chief
Takashi Ishikawa
Deputy Chief
Junichiro Kako
Product Planning Center
Chief
Product Development Center
Chief
Chief

Hiroshi Yasuda

Production Administration Div.

Senior General Manager

Production Engineering Center

Chief

Misao Fukuda

Chief

Tamotsu Watanabe

Deputy Chief

Takashi Amano

Chief
Chief
Deputy Chief
Chief
Deputy Chief

Yutaka Ogasawara
Todd Huber
Masayoshi Kawachi
Todd Huber
Tadashi Yamamoto

WS Parts Production Center
FC Parts Production Center
IE Parts Production Center
SS Parts Production Center
Optoelectronics
Business Unit

Takashi Ishikawa
Junichiro Kako

Chief

Ryo OnishiDeputy Chief

Atsuo Hirano

Kenji Hayashi

Ⅳ. Personnel Changes Following the 96th General Shareholders’ Meeting
1. Executive Management
Name

New position

Current position

Hiromasa Zaitsu

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Yutaka Ogasawara

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Tadashi Yamamoto

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Makoto Hasegawa

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Misao Fukuda

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Katsumi Saito

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Mitsuhiro Nawashiro

Executive Management

Corporate Officer

Kazuhiro Hashikaki

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Akira Suzuki

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Shigeki Konishi

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Norio Hayami

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Katsumi Miyano

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Sadakazu Tani

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Katsuhiko Kato

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Tamotsu Watanabe

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Toshio Goto

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Masayoshi Kawachi

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Kenji Hayashi

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Yukitaka Hasegawa

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Yasunori Uchida

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Makoto Hirako

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Katsufumi Otani

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Takashi Amano

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Bijay Krishna Shurestha

Executive Management

Senior General Manager

Kazuhiko Nagao

Executive Management[promotion]

Kikanshoku 1 (Grade 1 Manager)