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15 December 2023

Notice regarding Change in Organization, Personnel of Officers and

Executive General Managers (as of 1 April 2024)

Suzuki Motor Corporation will make the following change in organization and responsibilities of officers, appointment and retirement of officers, and change in personnel of executive general managers as of 1 April 2024.

1. Change in organization

  • Chief Marketing will be reformed into Chief Global Marketing, and Japan Marketing, India Operations, Automobile Marketing - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Automobile Marketing - Asia, Latin America and Oceania, Marine Operations, Motorcycle Operations, and Spare Parts and Accessories will be placed under Chief Global Marketing.
    By strengthening the unity of domestic and global automobile businesses, and enhancing lateral expansion of each initiative and issue-solving measure, the company will seek to make further synergy effect globally.
  • Domestic Marketing will be changed to Japan Marketing.
  • Global Automobile Marketing will be restructured into Automobile Marketing - Europe, Middle East and Africa and Automobile Marketing - Asia, Latin America and Oceania.
  • Global Marketing Management Department will be newly established.

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2. Change in responsibilities of directors

New

Name

Previous

Representative Director and

Naomi Ishii

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President,

Executive Vice President,

Assistant to President,

Assistant to President,

Responsible for

Responsible for

Corporate Planning Office,

Corporate Planning Office,

New Mobility Service,

New Mobility Service,

BEV Solutions,

EV Operations,

Public Relations and

Human Resources

Corporate Communications,

Development, Legal/IP,

Human Resources

Global IT,

Development, Legal/IP,

and Product Planning,

Finance, Global IT,

Executive General Manager,

Product Planning,

Corporate Planning Office

and India Corporate Field

Director and Senior Managing

Masahiko Nagao

Director and Senior

Officer,

Managing Officer,

In charge of public relations

Responsible for Public

Relations and Corporate

Communications,

In charge of public relations

Director and Senior Managing

Toshiaki Suzuki

Director and Senior

Officer,

Managing Officer,

Chief Global Marketing

Responsible for Domestic

Marketing, and Spare Parts

and Accessories,

Executive General Manager,

Domestic Marketing,

and in charge of Domestic

Marketing I

Director and Senior Managing

Kinji Saito

Director and Senior

Officer,

Managing Officer,

Chief Global Marketing

Responsible for Global

Automobile Marketing,

Marine Operations, and

Motorcycle Operations,

Executive General Manager,

Global Automobile Marketing

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3. Change in responsibilities of executive vice president

New

Name

Previous

Executive Vice President,

Kenichi Ayukawa

Executive Vice President,

Chief Global Marketing

Chief Marketing Officer,

Officer,

Responsible for India

Responsible for Japan

Operations and Finance,

Marketing, India Operations,

Executive General Manager,

Automobile Marketing -

India Operations

Europe, Middle East and

Africa, Automobile Marketing

- Asia, Latin America and

Oceania, Marine Operations,

Motorcycle Operations, and

Spare Parts and Accessories

4. Change in personnel of officers

  1. Appointment of senior managing officers

New

Name

Previous

Senior Managing Officer,

Shigetoshi Torii

Managing Officer,

Responsible for Quality

Responsible for Quality

Assurance and Inspection,

Assurance and Inspection,

Procurement Strategy,

Procurement Strategy, and

Manufacturing, and India

Manufacturing

Quality, Procurement, and

Manufacturing

Senior Managing Officer,

Hisashi Takeuchi

Managing Officer,

Managing Director & CEO,

Managing Director & CEO,

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

(2) Change in responsibilities of managing officer

New

Name

Previous

Managing Officer,

Koichi Suzuki

Managing Officer,

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager

Automobile Marketing -

(Europe/Middle East/Africa

Europe, Middle East and

Automobile Marketing),

Africa

Global Automobile Marketing

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(3) Appointment of managing officers

New

Name

Previous

Managing Officer,

Aritaka Okajima

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

Public Relations and

Public Relations and

Corporate Communications,

Corporate Communications,

and Branch Manager,

and Branch Manager,

Tokyo Branch

Tokyo Branch

Managing Officer,

Eiichi Muramatsu

In charge of Domestic

Department General

Marketing II,

Manager,

Domestic Marketing

Global Marketing

Management Department

Managing Officer,

Kazunari Yamaguchi

In charge of manufacturing

In charge of manufacturing

in India,

in India,

and in charge of carbon

and in charge of carbon

neutrality in India, and

neutrality in India, and

in charge of Manufacturing,

in charge of Manufacturing,

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Managing Officer,

Masafumi Harano

Executive General Manager

Executive General Manager,

(Asia/Latin America/Oceania

Automobile Marketing - Asia,

Automobile Marketing)

Latin America and Oceania

Managing Officer,

Takahiko Hashimoto

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

EV Operations

BEV Solutions

Managing Officer,

Yusuke Kato

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

Human Resources

Human Resources

Development

Development

Managing Officer,

Takashi Ise

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

Quality Assurance and

Quality Assurance and

Inspection

Inspection

Managing Officer,

Tetsuya Matsushita

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

Automobile Vehicle

Automobile Vehicle

Engineering

Engineering

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Managing Officer,

Toshiya Miki

Deputy Executive General

Executive General Manager,

Manager,

Corporate Planning Office

Corporate Planning Office

Managing Officer,

Junya Kumataki

Executive General Manager,

Executive General Manager,

New Mobility Service

New Mobility Service

(4) Retirement of managing officer

Councilor,

Chief Global Marketing

Shinichi Imaizumi Managing Officer,

Executive General Manager

(Domestic Marketing

Administration & Promotion),

Domestic Marketing

5. Change in personnel of executive general managers

New

Name

Previous

Executive General Manager,

Hideki Taguchi

Department General

India Operations

Manager,

India Automobile Department

Executive General Manager,

Yoshitake Tamakoshi

President, Suzuki Motor

Japan Marketing

Sales Chiba

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