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Yamaha Motor: Announcement of Personnel Changes in the Office of Executive Officers
IWATA, December 23, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that the Company finalized the following executive and executive officer changes at the Board of Directors meeting held on December 23, 2021.
Also note that with exception for the change in directors effective January 1, 2022, the changes for all directors and executive officers will be formally decided at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in late March 2022 as well as at the Board of Directors meeting to follow.
■ Changes Affecting Directors (effective January 1, 2022)
| YANAGI, Hiroyuki |
Director (Current: Chairman and Director) |
| WATANABE, Katsuaki |
Chairman and Representative Director (Current: Executive Vice President and Representative Director) |
■ Changes Affecting Directors (effective late March, 2022)
1. New Director candidate
| MATSUYAMA, Satohiko |
Current: Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center ※In charge of Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Procurement, Power Products effective January 1,2022 |
| SHITARA, Motofumi |
Current: Executive Officer Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd., and Managing Director of India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd., and Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. ※In charge of Human Resources & General Affairs, Corporate Planning & Finance, IT, Market Development, Customer Experience effective January 1, 2022 |
| Jin Song Montesano (Outside) |
2. Director resignation
| YANAGI, Hiroyuki |
Current: Chairman and Director ※Director effective January 1, 2022 |
| YAMAJI, Katsuhito |
Current: Managing Executive Officer and Director |
■ Changes Affecting Executive Officers (effective late March, 2022)
3.Changes in positions of Executive Officers
| SHITARA, Motofumi | Senior Executive Officer (Current: Executive Officer, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd., and Managing Director of India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd., and Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd.） ※in charge of Human Resources & General Affairs, Corporate Planning & Finance, IT, Market Development, Customer Experience effective January 1, 2022 |
| Dyonisius Beti | Senior Executive Officer (Current: Executive Officer, COO of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing) |
| Micheal Chrzanowski |
Executive Officer (Current: Deputy Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.) ※President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. effective January1 ,2022 |
| Jeffrey Young | Executive Officer (Current: Deputy Executive Officer, President of Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation U.S.A.) ※Chairman of Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation U.S.A. effective February 1,2022 |
4. New Executive Officer candidates
| KOMATSU, Kenji | Current: Senior General Manager of Automotive Development Section, Technical Research & Development Center ※Deputy Chief General Manager of Technical Research & Development Center effective January 1, 2022 |
| EGASHIRA, Ayako | Current: Executive General Manager of Robotics Business Unit, Solution Business Operations |
| HASHIMOTO, Mitsuru |
President and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Biz Partner Co., Ltd. ※Chief General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Center effective January 1, 2022 |
5. Executive Officer resignations
| KUWATA, Kazuhiro | Current: Senior Executive Officer, President of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. |
| NAGAYA, Akihiro | Current: Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Creative Center |
■ Changes Affecting Fellows (effective from April 1, 2022)
6. Fellow Candidate
| IIDA, Minoru | Senior General Manager of Research & Development Section, Technical Research & Development Center ※in charge of R&D area, Technical Research & Development Center effective January 1,2022 |
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd.: Regional control company in India
・India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd.: Manufacture, export and sales of motorcycles in India
・Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt.Ltd.: Sales of motorcycles and related parts in India
・PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing: Manufacture and sales of motorcycles in Indonesia
・Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.: Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products in the U.S.A
・Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation, U.S.A.: Provide Dealer Finance and Retail Finance
・Yamaha Motor Biz Partner Co., Ltd. : Employee welfare & benefits services for YMC group, Consignment business of Accounting operations and Personnel affairs & labor environment, Business of Temporary Staffing/Outsourcing, Recruitment/Reemployment support/Education
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