28 December 2018
Change in Organisation and Personnel
Suzuki Motor Corporation will make the following change in organisation, operational responsibility of managing officers, and personnel of adviser and general managers as of 1 January 2019.
1. Change in Organisation
[Spare Parts and Accessories]
- - Spare Parts and Accessories will be newly established to consolidate management (procurement, distribution, and marketing) of spare parts and accessories policy.
- - Spare Parts and Accessories Plant and Spare Parts and Accessories Administration Department will be established under Spare Parts and Accessories.
[Corporate Planning Office]
- - Connected Center will be newly established.
- - Suzuki Racing Company will be newly established as an in-house company.
2. Change in Operational Responsibility of Managing Officers
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Officer in charge of Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, and Spare Parts and Accessories, and Managing Officer and Executive General Manager, Manufacturing |
Hiroaki Matsuura, Director and Managing Officer |
Managing Officer and Executive General Manager, and Managing Officer in charge of Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing |
| Managing Officer, Connected Center |
Naoki Suzuki, Managing Officer |
Managing Officer in charge of Engineering, Corporate Planning Office |
3. Change in Personnel of Adviser
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Adviser in charge of Business Partner, Manufacturing |
Tsuneo Ohashi | Adviser in charge of Thailand Motorcycle and Outboard Motor Manufacturing, and President, Thai Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. |
4. Change in Personnel of Adviser
[Spare Parts and Accessories]
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Executive General Manager, Spare Parts and Accessories |
Kenichi Goto | Executive General Manager, Global IT |
| Plant Manager, Spare Parts and Accessories Plant |
Masanori Sumi | Senior Manager, Spare Parts and KD Plant, Kosai Plant |
| Department General Manager, Spare Parts and Accessories Administration Department |
Yoji Murosaka | President, Suzuki Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
[Corporate Planning Office]
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| General Manager in charge of Headquarters, Connected Center |
Junya Kumataki | Department General Manager, Connected Business Department |
| General Manager in charge of Yokohama, Connected Center |
Yaushiro Hayashi | General Manager based in Changan Suzuki (China) |
| General Manager, Suzuki Racing Company |
Yutaka Kondo | Deputy Division General Manager, Motorcycle Operations |
[Global IT]
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Executive General Manager, and Department General Manager, IT Systems Department, Global IT |
Yoshihiro Ugai | Department General Manager, IT Systems Department |
[Global Automobile Marketing]
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Executive General Manager, and Department General Manager, Oceania and Latin America Automobile Department, Global Automobile Marketing |
Shingo Sezaki | Deputy Executive General Manager, and Department General Manager, China Automobile Department, Global Automobile Marketing |
| President, Suzuki Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
Minoru Amano | Deputy Executive General Manager, and Department General Manager, Oceania and Latin America Automobile Department, Global Automobile Marketing |
[Manufacturing]
| New | Name | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| General Manager in charge of Project, Manufacturing Engineering Department III |
Kazuo Ichino | Plant Manager, Manesar Plant, Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
| General Manager in charge of India Manufacturing, and Plant Manager, Gurgaon Plant, Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
Kazunari Yamaguchi | General Manager in charge of India Manufacturing, and based in Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
| Plant Manager, Manesar Plant, Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
Koji Ono | Plant Manager, Gurgaon Plant, Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
