News
June 15, 2018
Announcement of Management and Organizational Changes
Kiyosu, Japan, June 15, 2018: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. held an election for Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on June 15. After the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board decided to transfer some Directors and Corporate Officers and to make partial changes in organizational responsibilities. Organizational reform and personnel change were also carried out on the same day.
1.Transfer of Directors and partial change in management*1
New position*2 | Previous position | Name |
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Executive Vice President (Representative Director) (promotion); Chief of Research and Development Headquarters | Director, Senior Managing Officer; Chief of Research and Development Headquarters | Masakazu Hashimoto |
Director, Senior Managing Officer (promotion) Chief of Purchasing Headquarters, In charge of Corporate Planning Division |
Director, Managing Officer Chief of Purchasing Headquarters, in charge of Corporate Planning Division |
Toru Koyama |
Director, Senior Managing Officer (promotion) Chief of Production Headquarters |
Director, Managing Officer Chief of Production Headquarters, responsible for Quality Assurance Headquarters |
Hiroshi Yasuda |
Director, Managing Officer Chief of General Administration and Human Resources Headquarters, in charge of Safety & Health Promotion Division, Environment Division |
Director, Managing Officer Chief of Corporate Management Headquarters |
Toshihiro Yokoi |
Director, Managing Officer (promotion) Chief of Finance and Accounting Headquarters, Chief of IT Headquarters, in charge of Audit Division |
Corporate Officer Chief of Finance and Accounting Headquarters, in charge of Audit Division |
Masaki Oka |
2.Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Member*1
New position | Previous position | Name |
---|---|---|
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (new appointment) | - | Takeshi Uchiyamada |
3.Transfer of Directors and partial change in management*1
New position*2 | Previous position | Name |
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Managing Officer Chief of Quality Assurance Headquarters, in charge of Kyushu Manufacturing Division |
Managing Officer Chief of Quality Assurance Headquarters, in charge of Environment Division |
Yasushi Miyamoto |
Corporate Officer Deputy Chief of General Administration and Human Resources Headquarters |
Corporate Officer General Manager of General Administration Division, in charge of Legal Division |
Hiromasa Zaitsu |
Corporate Officer Deputy General Manager of Product Development Center, in charge of Research & Development Division |
Corporate Officer Deputy General Manager of Product Development Center |
Tadashi Yamamoto |
Corporate Officer (new appointment) General Manager of Production Engineering Management Division |
Adviser | Misao Fukuda |
Corporate Officer (new appointment) In charge of Corporate Planning Division |
Senior General Manager General Manager of Human Resources Division, General Manager of TG Learning Center |
Katsumi Saito |
Corporate Officer (new appointment) President, Toyoda Gosei Minda India Pvt. Ltd. |
Senior General Manager |
Mitsuhiro Nawashiro |
4.Organizational Changes (Division level and higher)
4-1. IT Headquarters (newly established)
A new IT Headquarters was established and the IT Planning Division was moved from the Finance and Accounting Headquarters
to the IT Headquarters in order to increase efficiency across the company with the use of IT.
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4-2. Production Headquarters
Production Engineering Management Division was split and FC Production Engineering Division 2 and
FC Manufacturing Division 3 were newly established to prepare for production at the new Inabe Plant.
With this change, the name of the FC Production Engineering Division was changed to the FC Production Engineering Division 1.
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4-3. Sales Headquarters
Sales Division 2 was split and the new Sales Division 3 was established to enhance sales activities.
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(The Sales Planning Division was changed to a department in the Sales Headquarters.)
4-4. General Administration and Human Resources Headquarters (Name changed: formerly, Corporate Management Headquarters)
To strengthen in-house safety and hygiene activities globally, the Safety & Health Promotion Division was moved from the
Corporate Management Headquarters to under the direct control of the President.
Together with this change, the name of the Corporate Management Headquarters was changed to the
General Administration and Human Resources Headquarters.
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4-5. Research and Development Headquarters: Product Development Center
The SS Engineering Division was split and the SS Development Division newly established to enhance the
development of safety systems.
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5.Transfer/promotion of Senior General Managers
5-1. Senior General Manager transfer
New position*2 | Previous position | Name |
---|---|---|
General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division | Corporate Adviser, Waterville TG Inc. | Toshio Goto |
Deputy General Manager of Plastic Parts Production Center; Project General Manager of Production Engineering Management Division | Deputy General Manager of Plastic Parts Production Center; General Manager of Production Engineering Management Division |
Masayoshi Kawachi |
General Manager of Light Source Device Development Division; in charge of Electronics Engineering Division, Automotive Lighting Engineering Division | General Manager of Light Source Device Development Division; in charge of Automotive Lighting Engineering Division | Yukitaka Hasegawa |
5-2. Senior General Manager promotions
New position*2 | Previous position | Name |
---|---|---|
General Manager of FC Engineering Division | General Manager of FC Engineering Division | Yasunori Uchida |
President, GDBR Industria e Comercio de Componentes Quimicos e de Borracha Ltda. | President, GDBR Industria e Comercio de Componentes Quimicos e de Borracha Ltda. | Makoto Hirako |
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division | General Manager of Corporate Planning Division | Katsufumi Otani |
Deputy General Manager of Rubber Parts Production Center | Rubber Parts Production Center Project General Manager | Takashi Amano |
President, Toyoda Gosei South India Pvt. Ltd. | President, Toyoda Gosei South India Pvt. Ltd. | Bijay Krishna Shrestha |
5-3. General Manager and Key Post Class 1 transfers
New position*2 | Previous position | Name |
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General Manager of General Administration Division |
General Manager of Sales Planning Division | Naohito Kawaji (Class 1) |
President, Toyoda Gosei Europe N.V.; Project General Manager of Sales Planning Department (outside company) |
President, Toyoda Gosei Europe N.V.; Project General Manager of Sales Planning Division (outside company) |
Masato Takeda (Class 1) |
General Manager of Sales Division 2 | Manager of Tokyo Sales Branch Office, Sales Division 2 | Hideo Ogawa (Class 2) |
General Manager of Sales Division 3; Manager of Tokyo Sales Branch Office |
General Manager of Sales Division 2 | Kazuhiko Hanya (Class 1) |
General Manager of SS Development Division | General Manager of SS Component Development Engineering Dept., SS Engineering Division | Takashi Uemura (Class 2) |
General Manager of FC Production Engineering Division 2; General Manager of Production Engineering Department | Project Senior Manager of New Product Production Preparation Project, Production Engineering Management Division | Shinjiro Tomida (Class 2) |
Project General Manager of FC Engineering Division; Project General Manager of FC Production Engineering Division 2 |
Project General Manager of FC Engineering Division; Project General Manager of New Product Production Preparation Project, Production Engineering Management Division | Yuji Kuriyama (Class 1) |
General Manager of FC Manufacturing Division 3; Project General Manager of FC Production Engineering Division 2; General Manager of Inabe Plant | Project General Manager of New Product Production Preparation Project, Production Engineering Management Division; General Manager of Inabe Plant | Shigehiro Muto (Class 1) |
General Manager of Human Resources Division | Executive Coordinator, Toyoda Gosei Asia Co., Ltd. | Masashi Umeda (Class 2) |
Project General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division | General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division | Kohei Shibata (Class 1) |
Corporate Adviser, Waterville TG Inc. | General Manager of WS Engineering Division | Hiroyasu Kozawa (Class 1) |
General Manager of WS Engineering Division | General Manager of WS Parts Engineering Dept. 1, WS Engineering Division | Hideaki Minoura (Class 2) |
*1:Only transfers and changes are listed
*2:Underlines show changes