Concurrent with announcing revised details of its capital-raising share issue on Tuesday, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation also announced numerous changes to its executive personnel, effective June 29. Apart from a number of new assignments and appointments, a considerable number of senior executive officers and executive officers are to leave the company, including styling and design chief, Oliver Boulay and Mitubishi Motors Europe executive vice-president Koji Fujino.
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Reappointed and newly appointed senior executive officers:
Tetsuro Aikawa, now senior executive officer in charge of product development, previously head of C&D segment competence centre, research & development office.
Shuichi Aoto, now senior executive officer in charge of controlling & accounting, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Tadashi Ohmiya, now senior executive officer in charge of governmental affairs & compliance, previously senior executive officer in charge of external affairs (compliance officer).
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By GlobalDataMakoto Maeda, senior executive officer in charge of production & logistics, previously general manager of Mizushima plant, global production office.
Reappointed/newly appointed executive officers:
Makoto Ariga, now executive officer in charge of corporate administration, previously corporate general manager of human resources office.
Jiro Imura, now executive officer in charge of engineering, previously head of RV segment competence centre, research and development office.
Makoto Ochi, now executive officer in charge of powertrain plant, previously general manager of powertrain plant, global production office.
Kazuyuki Kikuchi, now executive officer in charge of North America, previously at Mitsubishi Corporation.
Yoshiro Shima, now executive officer in charge of global procurement, previously executive officer in charge of parts purchasing, global procurement & supply office.
Toshifumi Sudo, now executive officer in charge of Europe, previously with Mitsubishi Corporation.
Masatoshi Takegata, now executive officer in charge of domestic business planning, previously executive general manager of domestic sales & marketing headquarters.
Mitsuo Hashimoto, now executive officer in charge of quality assurance, previously executive general manager of research & development office.
Hiroshi Harunari, now executive officer in charge of corporate strategy, previously executive general manager of group corporate strategy office and general manager of corporate strategy/alliance dept., group corporate strategy office.
Kenichi Horinouchi, now in charge of corporate strategy, previously at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Masaru Masuda, now in charge of Nagoya plant, previously senior expert of Nagoya plant, global production office.
Osamu Matsumoto, now executive officer in charge of Mizushima plant, previously senior expert of Mizushima plant, global production office.
Kenichi Miki, now in charge of north Asia, previously executive general manager of Asia, Latin America, Middle East & Africa office and general manager of north Asia operations dept., Asia, Latin America, Middle East & Africa office.
Michio Mori, executive officer in charge of domestic sales, previously at Sapporo Mitsubishi Motors.
Yoichi Yokozawa, now assistant to chief financial officer, previously senior executive officer and corporate general manager of corporate finance and general manager of M&A dept., corporate finance.
Executives retiring or stepping down:
Atsushi Ueba, corporate general manager of corporate affairs office.
Olivier Boulay, corporate general manager of product design office.
Kai-Uwe Seidenfuss, corporate general manager of product planning & programme management office and general manager of motorsports dept., product planning & programme management office.
Stefan Buchner, corporate general manager of global procurement & supply office.
Seihachi Futase, executive corporate general manager of global production office.
Tadayoshi Juge, in charge of environment & recycling affairs, group corporate strategy office.
Jochen Legewie, corporate general manager, corporate communications office.
Shuichi Tsukada, executive general manager of corporate audit office, corporate affairs office.
Aleksey Beylin, chief information officer, corporate general manager of global IT office.
Hiroshi Kuroda, office of global procurement, executive officer in charge of implementation of new digital development processes, research & development office.
Hiromitsu Ando, chief executive engineer, executive officer, senior expert of research & development office.
Hans-Jurgen Storck, executive general manager of research & development office.
Yasuo Nakagawa, in charge of procurement planning & strategy, global procurement & supply office.
Akira Okamoto, in charge of engineering support for overseas & quality conference, global production office.
Masayuki Tanji, general manager of Nagoya plant, global production office.
Akihiko Ishikawa, corporate general manager of production planning & engineering office, global production office.
Kazuo Yoshida, corporate general manager of market management office.
Susumu Yashima, in charge of international services, international sales & marketing group headquarters.
Tohru Adachihara, executive general manager of domestic sales & marketing headquarters.
Hideo Kimura, executive general manager of domestic sales & marketing headquarters.
Michihiro Honda, corporate general manager of quality management office and safety auditor.
Koji Fujino, executive vice president Mitsubishi Motors Europe, executive vice president Netherlands Car, and chairman MME Turin.
