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27 September 2021

Notice regarding Change in Organization and Personnel

Suzuki Motor Corporation will make the following change in organization, change in responsibilities of Directors and Managing Officers, retirement and appointment of Managing Officers, and change in personnel of managers as of 1 October, 2021.

1. Change in Organization

  • - Domestic Legal Department and Global Legal Department of Legal/IP will be reorganized as Corporate Legal Department and Business Legal Department.
  • - Customer Quality Assurance and Service and Inspection will be consolidated into Quality Assurance and Inspection.
  • - Purchasing will be renamed as Procurement Strategy.
  • - Managing Officer in charge of IT and Spare Parts will be appointed to preside both areas.

2. Change in Responsibilities of Directors

New Name Current
Representative Director and
Senior Technical Executive,
in charge of Technology and Logistics Strategy
Osamu Honda Representative Director and
Senior Technical Executive,
Chief Technology Officer
Director and
Senior Managing Officer,
Chief Technology Officer,
and in charge of Automobile Engineering Quality
Yukihiro Yamashita Director and
Senior Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Automobile Powertrain Engineering,
and in charge of Automobile Engineering Quality

3. Change in Responsibilities of Managing Officers

New Name Current
Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Legal/IP,
and Committee, Inspection Reform Committee
Yutaka Kikukawa Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Legal/IP,
and Department General Manager, Domestic Legal Department,
and Committee, Inspection Reform Committee
Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Quality Assurance and Inspection,
and Chief Officer, Inspection Reform Committee
Katsuhiro Kato Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Customer Quality Assurance and Service
Managing Officer in charge of manufacturing in India,
and in charge of carbon neutral in India,
and Joint Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki India Limited,
and Senior Vice President, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited
Shigetoshi Torii Managing Officer in charge of manufacturing in India,
and Joint Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Product Planning
Masayuki Fujisaki Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Alliance
Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Cost Control/Reduction
Keiichi Asai Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Inspection,
and Chief Officer, Inspection Reform Committee
Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Procurement Strategy,
and Executive General Manager, Automobile Vehicle Engineering
Masahiro Ikuma Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Automobile Vehicle Engineering

4. Appointment of Managing Officer

New Name Current
Managing Officer in charge of IT and Spare Parts,
and in charge of Parts Center and PDI Operations Reform,
and Executive General Manager, Spare Parts and Accessories
Kenichi Goto Executive General Manager,
Spare Parts and Accessories

5. Retirement of Managing Officer

New Name Current
Supporting Executive General Manager,
Cost Control/Reduction
Masamichi Suzuki Managing Officer,
Executive General Manager,
Cost Control/Reduction

6. Personnel Change of Managers

[Alliance]

New Name Current
Executive General Manager,
Alliance,
and Department General Manager,
Alliance Department
Yoichi Kojima Department General Manager,
Alliance Department

[EV Operations]

New Name Current
EV Operations,
in charge of automobile engineering
Yoshihiko Kumagai Executive General Manager,
Product Planning
EV Operations,
in charge of motorcycle/new mobility engineering
Hidetoshi Kumashiro Executive General Manager,
Manufacturing,
and Deputy Chief Officer, Inspection Reform Committee

[Legal/IP]

New Name Current
Group Manager,
Corporate Legal Department
Keiji Matsumoto Group Manager,
Domestic Legal Group,
Domestic Legal Department
Department General Manager,
Business Legal Department
Yukio Mochizuki Department General Manager,
Global Legal Department

[Automobile Powertrain Engineering]

New Name Current
Executive General Manager,
Automobile Powertrain Engineering,
and Department General Manager,
Automobile Powertrain System Development Department
Takashi Ise Department General Manager,
Automobile Powertrain System Development Department

[Procurement Strategy]

New Name Current
Supporting Executive General Manager,
Procurement Strategy
Masayuki Koide Executive General Manager,
Purchasing

[Manufacturing]

New Name Current
Executive General Manager,
Manufacturing,
and in charge of Painting Plant in Manufacturing,
and Deputy Chief Officer, Inspection Reform Committee
Kazuo Ichino Plant Manager,
Kosai Plant,
and in charge of Painting Plant in Manufacturing
Plant Manager,
Kosai Plant
Kazunari Yamaguchi Automobile Plant Manager in Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (India)
Managing Director,
Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (India),
and in charge of Overall Production,
and Automobile Plant Manager
Tetsuharu Hayasaka Managing Director,
Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (India),
and in charge of Overall Production<