Announcement of Personnel Changes
September 13, 2019
IWATA, September 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective September 15, 2019.
1. Change in duties of Executive Chief General Managers and Senior General Managers
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Minoru Iida | Senior General Manager of Research & Development Section, Advanced Technology Center | General Manager of Fundamental Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Advanced Technology Center |
2. Change in duties of General Managers
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Minoru Yamamoto | General Manager of Fundamental Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Advanced Technology Center | Manager of FS Group, Fundamental Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Advanced Technology Center |
| Ryusuke Ikuta | Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center, and General Manager of Overseas Sales Division, After Sales Section, CS Center, and General Manager of Planning Division, CS Center | Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center, and General Manager of Overseas Sales Division, After Sales Section, CS Center |
3. Changes in group companies
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Okutani | President of Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd. | General Manager of Planning Division, CS Center |
| Takeshi Yano | Chairman of Yamaha Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. | General Manager of East Asia Group, Southeast & East Asia Sales Division, 2nd Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations |
| Hirokazu Yoshimitsu | General Director of Yamaha Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. | Managing Director of Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. |
| Hiroyuki Seto | Chairman of Yamaha Motor (China) Co., Ltd. | President of Shanghai Yamaha Jianshe Motor Marketing Co., Ltd. |
| Hidehiko Takagi | President of Shanghai Yamaha Jianshe Motor Marketing Co., Ltd. | Vice President of Shanghai Yamaha Jianshe Motor Marketing Co., Ltd. |
Abbreviations;
FS = Future System
CS = Customer Service
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
- Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd.: Manufacture and sales of motorcycles in Taiwan
- Yamaha Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd.: Manufacture and sales of motorcycles in Vietnam
- Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt.Ltd.:Sales of motorcycles and related parts in India
- Yamaha Motor （China） Co., Ltd.: China Headquarters for Yamaha Motor, in charge of import, export and wholesale of Yamaha Motor products, and export of parts from China
- Shanghai Yamaha Jianshe Motor Marketing Co., Ltd.: Sales and Service of Yamaha Motor products in China
