Mazda Motor Europe has named Lukasz Pazdzior managing director of its Polish unit. He replaces Masaharu Kondo who is now director product communications, public relations, at the European HQ in Leverkusen, near Cologne. 

Pazdzior joined Mazda in 2008 and, with Kondo, founded the national sales company (NSC) in Poland where he headed sales, aftersales and marketing. Pazdzior previously worked for Skoda in Poland in various management positions.