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Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Directors and other Executive Managements
The Board of Directors of Toyota Industries Corporation (President: Akira Onishi; "Toyota Industries") resolved at a meeting held on April 28, 2022 to make changes in Representative Directors and other Executive Managements. The changes will be effective as of June 10, 2022.
Meanwhile, Representative Directors, Directors, and Audit and Supervisory Board Members will be officially appointed following resolutions at the 144th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting held on June 10, 2022.
Ⅰ. Changes in Executive Management
1. Change of Representative Director
1) Retiring Representative Director
| Name | Current title |
|---|---|
| Takuo Sasaki |
Executive Vice President, |
2. Change of Directors
1) Retiring Director
| Name | Current title |
|---|---|
| Yuji Ishizaki | Director, Member of the Board |
2) New Outside Director
| Name | New title | Current title |
|---|---|---|
| Junichi Handa | Outside, Independent Director, Member of the Board |
CEO,Management Wisdom Partners,Japan Inc. |
3) Retiring Outside Director
| Name | Current title |
|---|---|
| Kenichiro Yamanishi | Outside, Independent Director, Member of the Board |
3. Change of Senior Executive Officers
1) New Senior Executive Officers
| Name | Current title |
|---|---|
| Ken Suito | Executive Officer |
| Nobutomo Yasui | Executive Officer |
| Shunji Sugimoto | Executive Officer |
| Hisanori Miyajima | Executive Officer |
| Sotaro Kumazawa | Executive Officer |
2) Retiring Senior Executive Officers
| Yuji Ishizaki | Senior Executive Officer |
| Yasushi Kawai | Senior Executive Officer |
| Hiroaki Kayukawa | Senior Executive Officer |
Ⅱ. New Executive Management Structure
1. Board of Directors < *1 Representative Directors *2 newly appointed >
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | Tetsuro Toyoda | Chairman of the Board |
| *1 | Akira Onishi | President, Member of the Board |
| *1 | Yojiro Mizuno | Executive Vice President, Member of the Board |
| Shuzo Sumi | Outside, Independent Director, Member of the Board | |
| *2 | Junichi Handa | Outside, Independent Director, Member of the Board |
| Masahiko Maeda | Outside Director, Member of the Board | |
2. Audit and Supervisory Board Members
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Toru Inagawa | Full-Time Audit and Supervisory Board Member | |
| Toru Watanabe | Full-Time Audit and Supervisory Board Member | |
| Akihisa Mizuno | Outside, Independent Audit and Supervisory Board Member | |
| Masanao Tomozoe | Outside, Independent Audit and Supervisory Board Member | |
| Hitoshi Furusawa | Substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member | |
3. Senior Executive Officers < *3 newly appointed >
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Kawaguchi | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Koichi Ito | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Hiroshi Matsumoto | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Kazunari Masuoka | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Toshihiko Shimizu | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Brett Wood | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Norio Wakabayashi | Senior Executive Officer | |
| Hiroaki Matsuda | Senior Executive Officer | |
| *3 | Ken Suito | Senior Executive Officer |
| Hisashi Ichijo | Senior Executive Officer | |
| *3 | Nobutomo Yasui | Senior Executive Officer |
| *3 | Shunji Sugimoto | Senior Executive Officer |
| *3 | Hisanori Miyajima | Senior Executive Officer |
| *3 | Sotaro Kumazawa | Senior Executive Officer |
Ⅲ. Change of Executive Officers
1. New Executive Officers
| Name | Current title |
|---|---|
| Hiroyuki Asao | General Manager Production Control Dept., Vehicle Division |
| Taeko Kojima | General Manager Legal Dept., Corporate Headquarters |
| Hiroyuki Taniguchi | Toyota Material Handling Europe AB |
| Toru Suzuki | Vanderlande Industries Holding B.V. |