Announcement of Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes

July 14, 2015

IWATA, July 14, 2015 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective July 15, 2015.

Organizational changes

Organizational Change in the Human Resources & General Affairs Center

In order to facilitate the full-scale creation of global human resources, the human resource development and global human resource functions have been made independent from the Human Resources Division of the Human Resources & General Affairs Center, and reorganized as the ‘Global Human Resources Development Division’.

Organizational Change in the Component Section of the Engine Unit

Aiming to increase the competitiveness of engine development, the 'Digital Engineering Division' has been established within the Component Section of the Engine Unit. The objective is to increase engine development speed by significantly reducing the lead time for design, trial manufacturing, and metal mold preparation through process improvements etc.

Organizational Change in the IM Business Unit of the Vehicle & Solution Business Operations

To enable advanced development and element development to be conducted more steadily and effectively, the SMT Engineering Division of the IM Business Unit has been divided into the ‘1st SMT Engineering Division’, which will conduct advanced and element development, and the ‘2nd SMT Engineering Division’, which will conduct market applicability and product development.

Personnel changes

Changes in duties of Senior Executive Officer
(Name)	(New position)	(Current position)
Katsuaki Watanabe	Senior Executive Officer and Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Chief General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations, and Executive General Manager of Overseas Market Development Operation Business Unit	Senior Executive Officer and Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Chief General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations, and Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations

Changes in duties of Executive Officer
(Name)	(New position)	(Current position)
Yoshitaka Noda	Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Senior General Manager of Component Section, Engine Unit, and General Manager of　Digital Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit	Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Senior General Manager of Component Section, Engine Unit
Yoshihiro Hidaka	Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd., Executive General Manager of 2nd Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations, and Executive General Manager of 1st Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations	Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd., Executive General Manager of 2nd Business Unit, Motorcycle Business Operations

Changes in duties of Executive General Manager, Senior General Manager
(Name)	(New position)	(Current position)
Kouichi Masuda	Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center, and General Manager of Marketing Division, After Sales Section, CS Center	Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center

Changes in group companies
(Name)	(New position)	(Current position)
Toshirou Shibutani	President of Yamaki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	Senior Manager of 2nd Marketing Division, Marketing Section, Marine Business Operations
Masashi Ogawa	President of Yamaha Motor Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi	Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.

Abbreviations;
・ SMT = Surface Mounter
・ CS = Customer Service
・ PF = Platform
・ SCM = Supply Chain Management
・ IM = Intelligent Machinery
・ UMS = Unmanned System

Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・ Yamaki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.: Manufacture and sales of boats and water tanks
・ Yamaha Motor Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi: Import and sales of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, golf cars, their parts, accessories and other products in Turkey
・ Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.: Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products in the Netherlands, marketing of Yamaha Motor products in Europe, product development, finance and other businesses

(Name)	(New position)	(Current position)
Atsuhiko Okano	General Manager of Human Resources Development Division, Human Resources & General Affairs Center, and General Manager of　Global Human Resources Development Division, Human Resources & General Affairs Center	General Manager of Human Resources Development Division, Human Resources & General Affairs Center
Ryusuke Kato	General Manager of Fundamental Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center	Senior Manager of Advanced Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center
Hiroyuki Kaminokado	General Manager of 1st Engine Development Division, Engine Development Section, Engine Unit	Senior Manager of 1st Engine Development Division, Engine Development Section, Engine Unit
Keiji Watanabe	General Manager of Regulation & Homologation Division, Engineering Promotion Section, PF Model Unit	Manager of Regulation & Homologation Division, Engineering Promotion Section, PF Model Unit
Hideshi Hironaka	General Manager of Corporate Quality Assurance Division, CS Center	Manager of Quality Assurance Division, Quality Assurance Section, Motorcycle Business Operations
Satoru Ueda	General Manager of CS Planning Division, CS Center	Senior Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Center
Kouichi Hata	General Manager of SCM Division, Spare Parts Section, CS Center	General Manager of CS Planning Division, CS Center
Hiromu Murata	General Manager of Business Planning Division, Boat Business Unit, Marine Business Operations	General Manager of Marketing Division, After Sales Section, CS Center
Makoto Kawamura	General Manager of Quality Assurance Division, Automotive Business Unit	Manager of Quality Assurance Division, Automotive Business Unit
Tetsuya Utsuhashi	General Manager of Business Promotion Division, Overseas Market Development Operation Business Unit, and General Manager of CS Division, Overseas Market Development Operation Business Unit	General Manager of Business Promotion Division, Overseas Market Development Operation Business Unit
Naoki Hanamura	General Manager of　1st SMT Engineering Division, IM Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations	General Manager of SMT Engineering Division, IM Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
Masahiro Uchiyama	General Manager of 2nd SMT Engineering Division, IM Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations	Manager of SMT Engineering Division, IM Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
Masahiko Hirano	General Manager of 1st Development Division, Smart Power Vehicle Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations	Manager of 1st Development Division, Smart Power Vehicle Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
Kazuhiro Murata	General Manager of Quality Assurance Division, Smart Power Vehicle Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations	General Manager of 1st Development Division, Smart Power Vehicle Business Unit, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations
Yoshihiro Hase	General Manager of Marketing Division, UMS Business Development Section, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations	Senior Manager of Marketing Division, UMS Business Development Section, Vehicle & Solution Business Operations