TMC Unveils Leadership Changes, Board Restructure

Toyota City, Japan, March 5, 2026―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today changes to its executive and senior professional/senior management employees effective April 1 and the structure of its Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the "General Shareholders' Meeting").

  1. Changes in Areas of Responsibility for Executives and Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees, effective April 1

Executives

NameCurrentNew
Takefumi ShigaProduction Group (Deputy Chief Officer)Operating Officer

Chief Production Officer

Executives structure effective April 1 (Excluding Directors and Fellows)

"♦" denotes change to responsibility (does not include organizational name changes); "*" denotes newly appointed.
NameCurrentNew
Koji SatoPresident

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Vice Chairman

Chief Industry Officer

Kenta KonOperating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc.

President

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Hiroki NakajimaExecutive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Yoichi MiyazakiExecutive Vice President

Operating Officer

Executive Vice President

Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Takahiro ImuraOperating Officer

Production Group (Chief Officer)

Operating Officer

Production Group (Chief Officer)

Tetsuo OgawaOperating Officer

North America Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Operating Officer

North America Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Tatsuro UedaOperating Officer

China Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Operating Officer

China Region (Chief Executive Officer)

Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Simon HumphriesOperating Officer

Chief Branding Officer

Operating Officer

Chief Branding Officer

*Takefumi ShigaProduction Group (Deputy Chief Officer)Operating Officer

Chief Production Officer

Senior Professional/Senior Management Employees (Chief Officers, Presidents, Fellows etc.)

NameCurrentNew
Yasuhiro ArimaToyota Motor North America, Inc.Japan Business Group (Deputy Chief Officer)
Masahiro MiyoshiJapan Business Group (Deputy Chief Officer)Seconded to TOYOTA FINANCE CORPORATION

  1. Changes to members of the Board of Directors following the 122nd Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting

The members of the Board of Directors after the General Shareholders' Meeting will be as follows. The six candidates for directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) will be officially appointed after approval at the General Shareholders' Meeting in June 2026. The four directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members serve a single two-year term, so they will not be submitted to this general meeting. Specific titles for board members and the assignment of legal representative status will be determined at the Board of Directors meeting following the General Shareholders' Meeting. The resignation of the outgoing Board of Directors will become official following the closing of the General Shareholders' Meeting.

Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

*Newly appointed
NameNew TitleOutside / Independent Member
Akio ToyodaChairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
*Kenta Kon*1President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
Hiroki Nakajima*1Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
Yoichi Miyazaki*1Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)
Shigeaki OkamotoMember of the Board of DirectorsOutside / Independent
Kumi FujisawaMember of the Board of DirectorsOutside / Independent
*1 Concurrent Operating Officer

Members of the Board of Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

NameNew TitleOutside / Independent Member
George OlcottMember of the Board of Directors (Chairman of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)Outside / Independent
Christopher P. ReynoldsMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Masahiko OshimaMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)Outside / Independent
Hiromi OsadaMember of the Board of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members (full-time))Outside / Independent

Outgoing Member of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

NameCurrent Title
Koji SatoPresident, Member of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)

Operating Officer

Chief Executive Officer

New Member Nominees of the Board of Directors (Excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

NameCurrent Title
Kenta KonOperating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Director and Chief Financial Officer of Woven by Toyota, Inc.

Sustainable Development Goals

Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we transform into a mobility company developing connected, automated, shared and electrified technologies, we also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.

SDGs Initiatives
https://global.toyota/en/sustainability/sdgs/
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