Today, Mazda Motor Corporation's Board of Directors approved the executive personnel lineup to take effect at the conclusion of the 156th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 24, 2022 and the immediately following Board of Directors meeting as follows.

1.	Candidates for Director (excluding Directors who are members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee) New post and assignment 	Current post and assignment 	Name

Representative Director and

Chairman of the Board 	Representative Director and
Chairman of the Board 	Kiyotaka Shobuda

Representative Director

President and CEO 	Representative Director
President and CEO 	Akira Marumoto

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Financial Services and

Corporate Planning & Development 	Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Financial Services and

Corporate Planning & Development 	Mitsuru Ono

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Corporate Strategy,

Product Strategy, MDI & IT

and Partnership 	Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Corporate Strategy,

Product Strategy and MDI & IT 	Akira Koga

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Communication,

Corporate Communications,

Corporate Liaison, Sustainability and Administrative Domain 	Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Communication,

Corporate Communications,

Corporate Liaison and Administrative Domain 	Masahiro Moro

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Global Marketing, Sales, Customer Service and New Business (MaaS) 	Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Global Marketing, Sales and Customer Service 	Yasuhiro Aoyama

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of R&D, Cost Innovation and Innovation 	Senior Managing Executive Officer

Oversight of R&D and Cost

Innovation 	Ichiro Hirose

Director and Senior Managing

Executive Officer

Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production, Business Logistics and Carbon Neutrality 	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production and Business Logistics; In charge of Cost Innovation 	Takeshi Mukai
New post and assignment 	Current post and assignment 	Name
Director 	Director 	Kiyoshi Sato
Director 	Director 	Michiko Ogawa

Note: - As candidates for Outside Director, Mr. Sato and Ms. Ogawa meet the Company's criteria for independence as an outside officer.

The six directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee members are not up for re-election this year, and there are not changes.

2.	Executive Officers (excluding Executive Officers concurrently serving as Directors, changes only) New post and assignment 	Current post and assignment 	Name

Executive Officer

In charge of Global Quality and Cost Innovation 	Executive Officer
In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation 	Ikuo Sugiyama

Executive Officer

In charge of Corporate Communications,

Corporate Liaison, Sustainability

and Operations in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area 	Executive Officer

In charge of Corporate Communications,

Corporate Liaison and Operations

in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area 	Noriyuki Takimura

Executive Officer

In charge of Purchasing and Cost Innovation 	Executive Officer
In charge of Purchasing 	Kazuhiko Sumi

Executive Officer

In charge of Production Engineering,

Business Logistics, Carbon Neutrality

and Cost Innovation 	Executive Officer

In charge of Production Engineering

and Business Logistics 	Taketo Hironaka
3.	Representative Director to step down from their positions Current post and assignment 	Name

Representative Director Executive Vice President and COO

Oversight of Innovation, Carbon Neutrality, Partnership and New Business 	Kiyoshi Fujiwara

Note: The Representative Director will step down from his position upon completion of his term of office (scheduled changeover date: June 24, 2022)

Brief Personal Record of New Appointee for Director

Ichiro Hirose

Date of birth: 	October 26, 1960
Career: 	Mar. 1984 	Joined the Company
Apr. 2009 	General Manager, Engine Design Engineering Dept.
Nov. 2011 	Deputy General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
Apr. 2012 	Vice President, Mazda Motor Europe GmbH
Feb. 2014 	General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
Apr. 2015 	Executive Officer; General Manager, Powertrain Development Div.
Apr. 2017 	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Powertrain Development, Vehicle Development and Product Planning
Jun. 2018 	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Powertrain Development, Vehicle Development, Product Planning and Cost Innovation
Apr. 2019 	Senior Managing Executive Officer; Oversight of R&D and Cost Innovation; In charge of Powertrain Development and Integrated Control System Development
Apr. 2020 	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Oversight of R&D and Cost Innovation

(to the present)

Number of Company shares held: 3,800

Takeshi Mukai

Date of birth: 	March 14, 1962
Career: 	Mar. 1986 	Joined the Company
Apr. 2006 	General Manager, Body Production Engineering Dept.
Sep. 2010 	Vice President, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2013 	Deputy General Manager, Hofu Plant
Apr. 2015 	Executive Officer; General Manager, Hofu Plant
Apr. 2016 	Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality
Apr. 2017 	Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation
Apr. 2018 	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Quality; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Cost Innovation
Apr. 2019 	Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Production, Global Business Logistics and Cost Innovation
Apr. 2021 	Senior Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Global Purchasing, Global Production, Global Business Logistics and Cost Innovation
Jun. 2021 	Senior Managing Executive Officer; Oversight of Quality, Purchasing, Production and Business Logistics; In charge of Cost Innovation

(to the present)

Number of Company shares held: 5,300

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