Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced three scheduled executive retirements.

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Irv Miller, group vice president, environmental and public affairs will retire effective 1 February.  Since beginning at Toyota in June 1980, Miller has held a variety of key field-office and corporate headquarter managerial positions with both Toyota and Lexus divisions.  He took up his current position and was appointed an officer of TMS in 2001.


Dave Danzer, group vice president, strategic and product planning will also retire the same day. Danzer joined TMS in October 1985 as national advertising programmes manager. He was promoted to group vice president and TMS officer in 1999.


Steve Sturm, group vice president of Americas strategic research and planning and corporate communications for Toyota Motor North America, New York, on assignment from TMS, will retire on 1 January. Sturm started with Toyota 28 years ago as parts sales development manager in April 1981. In January 2007, Sturm was promoted to group vice president, TMA.


Replacements will be announced soon.

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