Announcement of Personnel Changes in the Office of Directors and Executive Officers
December 24, 2015
IWATA, December 24, 2015 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd (Tokyo: 7272) announced the following personnel changes affecting Executive Officers approved at the Board of Directors Meeting, December 23, 2015. These changes will be effective following official approval at the Board of Directors Meeting to be held immediately after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for the end of March, 2016.
Changes Affecting Executive Officers
| Katsuaki Watanabe |
Managing Executive Officer (current Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations) |
|---|---|
| Toshizumi Kato | Managing Executive Officer (current Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Vehicle & Solution Business Operations) |
| Minoru Morimoto | current Vice President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing * scheduled to be President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (January 1, 2016) |
|---|---|
| Yasuo Tanaka | current Senior General Manager of Quality Assurance Section, Motorcycle Business Operations * scheduled to be Senior General Manager of After Sales Section, CS Center (January 1, 2016) |
| Motofumi Shitara | current Executive General Manager of Marine Engine Business Unit, Marine Business Operations |
| Eric de Seynes | current COO of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. |
| Dyonisius Beti | current Vice President of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing * scheduled to be COO of PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (January 1, 2016) |
| Masato Adachi | current Executive Officer, Deputy Chief General Manager of Marine Business Operations |
|---|---|
| Tsuneji Suzuki | current Executive Officer, President and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd. |
Abbreviations;
・CS: Customer Service
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing: Manufacture and sales of motorcycles in Indonesia
・Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.: Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products, marketing of Yamaha Motor products in Europe, product development, finance and other businesses, located in the Netherlands
・Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd.: Manufacture of power products (including golf cars) and other products in Japan
