20th Jan 2009 08:00
[Translation]
January 20, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Name and Title of Representative:
Katsuaki Watanabe, President
(Code Number: 7203
Securities exchanges throughout Japan)
Name and Title of Contact Person:
Takuo Sasaki
General Manager, Accounting Division
(Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121)
Toyota Announces Change in Management
Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced a list of executive nominees (for the positions of president and representative director and higher) to be officially approved at a board of directors' meeting following this year's annual general shareholders' meeting in June.
Nominated executives (for the positions of President and Representative Director and higher)
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New title |
Current title |
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Fujio Cho |
Chairman and Representative Director |
Chairman and Representative Director |
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Katsuaki Watanabe* |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
President and Representative Director |
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Kazuo Okamoto |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
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Akio Toyoda* |
President and Representative Director |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
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Asterisk indicates promotion Executive planning to retire (at the rank of President and Representative Director or higher) |
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Katsuhiro Nakagawa |
Vice Chairman and Representative Director |
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[For Reference] Biography of the new President and Representative Director nominee
(as of January 2009)
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Name |
Akio Toyoda |
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Date of Birth |
May 3, 1956 |
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Education |
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Mar. 1979 |
Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law |
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Business Experience |
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Apr. 1984 |
Joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) |
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Apr. 1998 |
Vice President, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. |
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Jan. 2000 |
Project General Manager, Gazoo.com Div., TMC |
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Jun. 2000 |
Director, Member of the Board, TMC |
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Jun. 2001 |
Chief Asia Operations Officer, TMC |
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Jun. 2002 |
Managing Director, Member of the Board, TMC |
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Jun. 2003 |
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, TMC |
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Jan. 2005 |
Chief Asia, Oceania & Middle East Operations Officer, TMC |
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Jan. 2005 |
Chief China Operations Officer, TMC |
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Jun. 2005 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, TMC (Present) |
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Chief IT & ITS Officer |
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Concurrent Post
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