Announcement of Personnel Changes in the Office of Directors and Executive Officers
December 25, 2014
IWATA, December 25, 2014 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd (Tokyo: 7272) announced the following personnel changes affecting Directors and Executive Officers approved at the Board of Directors Meeting, December 25, 2014. These changes will be effective following official approval at the Board of Directors Meeting to be held immediately after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for the end of March, 2015.
Changes Affecting Directors
| Yoichiro Kojima | current Senior Executive Officer, President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing |
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| Atsushi Niimi (Outside) |
| Hiroyuki Suzuki | current Senior Executive Officer, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd. |
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| Yoshiaki Hashimoto | current Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Center |
| Masamitsu Sakurai (Outside) |
Changes Affecting Audit & Supervisory Board Members
| Hiroshi Ito | current President of Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America |
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| Kenji Hironaga | current General Manager of Audit & Supervisory Board Members’ Office |
| Tomomi Yatsu (Outside) |
| Yutaka Kume | |
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| Shigeki Hirasawa | |
| Tetsuo Kawawa (Outside) |
Changes Affecting Executive Officers
| Hiroaki Fujita | Senior Executive Officer (current Executive Officer, and Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd.) ※scheduled to be Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd. (January 1, 2015) |
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| Katsuhito Yamaji | Senior Executive Officer (current Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center) |
| Makoto Shimamoto | Senior Executive Officer (current Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of PF Model Development Section, PF Model Unit) ※scheduled to be Chief General Manager of PF Model Unit, and Senior General Manager of PF Model Development Section, PF Model Unit (January 1, 2015) |
| Junzo Saitoh | current Deputy Chief General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Center, and General Manager of Legal & Intellectual Property Division, Human Resources & General Affairs Center |
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| Akihiro Nagaya | current Chief General Manager of Design Center, and General Manager of Corporate Design Division, Design Center, and General Manager of Product Design Division, Design Center |
| Heiji Maruyama | current Executive General Manager of Automotive Business Unit |
| Hirofumi Usui | current General Manager of 1st Marketing Division, Marine Engine Business Unit, Marine Business Operations ※scheduled to be Senior General Manager of Marketing Section, Marine Business Operations (January 1, 2015) |
| Satohiko Matsuyama | current Senior General Manager of Manufacturing Planning Section, Manufacturing Center, and General Manager of Production Planning Division, Manufacturing Planning Section, Manufacturing Center ※scheduled to be Executive General Manager of Recreational Vehicle Business Unit , Vehicle & Solution Business Operations (January 1, 2015) |
| Kunihiko Miwa | current Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of 2nd Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations |
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| Hajime Yamaji | current Senior Executive Officer, Chairman of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. |
Abbreviations;
・PF: Platform
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing: Manufacture and sales of motorcycles in Indonesia
・Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd.: Regional control company in India
・Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America: Manufacture and development of golf cars, personal watercraft, all-terrai vehicles, Recreational Off-highway vehicles and other products in the U.S.
・Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.: Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products in the Netherlands, marketing of Yamaha Motor products in Europe, product development, finance and other businesses
