Mazda Motor Corporation announced the corporate officer changes, effective as of the completion of the 147th General Shareholders' Meeting on June 25, 2013 and the subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The list of the officer's promotions and new appointment line-up effective June 25, 2013 is as follows: Seita Kanai as Vice Chairman of the Board. Masamichi Kogai as Representative Director, President and CEO.

Akira Marumoto as Representative Director, Executive Vice President Assistant to President; oversight of Operations in the Americas and Corporate Planning Domain. Yuji Harada as Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer oversight of fleet sales no. 2 and financial services; in charge of CSR, Environment and Global Corporate Communications.

Yuji Nakamine as Director and Senior Managing, Executive Officer oversight of opperations in Europe, Asia & Oceania, Middle East & Africa and new emerging markets; President, Mazda South East Asia Ltd. Nobuhide Inamoto as Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer oversight of operations in China, domestic sales and fleet sales no. 1; Chairman, Mazda Motor (China) Co. Ltd. Koji Kurosawa as Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer oversight of fleet sales no.

3, human resources, Secretariat and General & Legal Affairs; in charge of Global Auditing, Safety, Health & Disaster Prevention and Mazda Hospital. Nobuyoshi Tochio as Audit & Supervisory Board Member. Kazuki Imai as Managing Executive Officer in charge of purchasing.

Minoru Mitsuda as Managing Executive Officer oversight of Tokyo office; in charge of corporate liaison and fleet sales; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Corporate Planning and Corporate Communications Executive Officer Assistant to the Officer in charge of Corporate Planning and Corporate Communications. Masafumi Nakano as Managing Executive Officer in charge of global product quality and brand quality; General Manager, quality div. Kiyotaka Shobuda as Managing Executive Officer in charge of global production and global business logistics; General Manager, production engineering div.

Kiyoshi Fujiwara as Managing Executive Officer in charge of business strategy; product, design and cost innovation. Masahiro Moro as Managing Executive Officer Global Sales Coordination; in charge of global marketing, customer service and sales innovation. Akira Koga as Managing Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Mazda Motor of America Inc. Takashi Furutama as Managing Executive Officer, in charge of corporate planning, profit control and global IT solution; General Manager, corporate planning & development div.

Takahisa Sori as Managing Executive Officer, in charge of R&D; General Manager, vehicle development div.; President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co. Ltd. Mitsuo Hitomi as Executive Officer, in charge of technical research center and powertrain development; General Manager, powertrain development div. Takeshi Fujiga as Executive Officer, in charge of global human resources; General Manager, human resources office; Assistant to the Officer in charge of Safety, Health & Disaster Prevention.

Kazuhisa Fujikawa as Executive Officer, General Manager, purchasing div. Kazuyuki Fukuhara as Executive Officer, in charge of domestic sales; General Manager, domestic sales div. Nobuhiko Watabe as Executive Officer, in charge of operations in China; General Manager, china business div.; CEO, Mazda Motor (China) Co.

Ltd. Raita Nishiyama as Executive Officer, President, Kanto Mazda Co. Ltd. Ikuo Maeda as Executive Officer and General Manager, design div. Hidenori Kawakami as Executive Officer, General Manager, ASEAN Powertrain Production Preparation Office.

Tetsuya Fujimoto as Executive Officer, in charge of financial services; General Manager, financial services div. Hiroshi Inoue as Executive Officer, in charge of new emerging market operation (excepting Latin America). Makoto Yoshihara as Executive Officer, in charge of Secretariat, General & Legal Affairs, Compliance and Risk Management; General Manager, office of general & legal affairs.

Executive to step down from their positions are:- Kiyoshi Ozaki as Representative Director and Executive Vice President and CFO, Assistant to President; oversight of corporate planning domain; in charge of financial services and global auditing. Hirotaka Kanazawa as Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of R&D; Assistant to the officer in charge of promoting Mono Tsukuri Innovation; President, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co. Ltd. Junichi Yamamoto as Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

Noriaki Yamada as Managing Executive Officer, in charge of china business; Chairman and CEO, Mazda Motor (China) Co. Ltd. Toshinori Kusuhashi as Executive Officer, in charge of overseas project; Assistant to the officer in charge of production and Philip J. Waring as Executive Officer COO, Sales, Mazda Motor Europe GmbH.