YOKOHAMA Announces Changes in Senior Management

YOKOHAMA announced today that it informally decided the below-mentioned changes of senior management at the meeting of the board members held on February 17, 2023. The changes will formally be approval after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 30, 2023.

 

As of March 30, 2023

Promoted Member of the Board

Name

New Position

Current Position

Shinji Seimiya

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Chief Technical & productional Officer, in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div.

Member of the Board and Officer

Chief Technical Officer, in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Head of Tire Development Div.

 

Newly appointed Members of the Board

Name

New Position

Current Position

Tomoaki Miyamoto

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., in charge of Corporate Administration Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Managing Officer

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Yoshikuni Nakamura

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of Tire Business Planning Div., in charge of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility Div.

Managing Officer

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Yuki

Member of the Board and Officer

Head of Corporate Planning Div., in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.

Officer

Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Chairman of Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., Chairman of Suzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Industrial Products  - Hangzhou Co., Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Industrial

Products Sales - Shanghai Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of Shandong Yokohama Rubber Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

Megumi Shimizu

Member of the Board (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(Outside)

Junichi Furukawa

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

 

Newly appointed Members of the Board and the Audit & Supervisory Committee

Name

New Position

Current Position

Gota Matsuo

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Chief Financial Officer, Head of Corporate Administration Div., in charge of Corporate Finance & Accounting Dept., Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Div., in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div., in charge of PRGR

Hisao Uchida

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hirokazu Kono

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Member of the Board (Outside)

Atsushi Kamei

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(Outside)

Hiroki Kimura

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(Outside)

The members of the Board voted at the meeting of the board members on January 31, 2023, to shift the company from a company with an audit supervisory board to a company with an audit & supervisory committee, subject to approval at the general meeting of shareholders on March 30, 2023.

 

Change in Member of the Board’s responsibility

Name

New Position

Current Position

Nitin Mantri

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of OHT Div., CEO of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires K.K., Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Inc., in charge of Yokohama Europe GmbH

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of OHT Div., CEO of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires K.K., Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.

 

Retired Members of the Board

 

 

 

Yasuo Nakayama

Advisor

Vice Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Industrial Products - Hangzhou Co., Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Industrial Products Sales - Shanghai Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of Shandong Yokohama Rubber Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

Member of the Board and Officer

Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings Div.

 

Toru Nakamura

Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Member of the Board and Officer

Head of Tire Production Div.

Nobuo Takenaka

 

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Retired Audit & Supervisory Board Members (including four individuals newly appointed as Member of the Board or Member of the Board and the Audit & Supervisory Committee)

Name

New Position

Current Position

Osamu Mikami

Advisor

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hisao Uchida

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Atsushi Kamei

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)

Megumi Shimizu

Member of the Board (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)

Hiroki Kimura

 

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)

 

Promoted Officer

Name

New Position

Current Position

Takehisa Morimoto

 

Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC.

Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC.

 

 

 

 

Newly appointed Officers

Name

New Position

Current Position

Anil Gupta

Officer

COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.

Associate Officer

COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.

Tetsuya Nagao

Officer

Head of Tire Production Div.

Associate Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc.

Takeshi Masatomo

Officer

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept.

Shoichiro Matsuda

Officer

Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2

 

Changes in Officers’ responsibility

Name

New Position

Current Position

Shinichi Takimoto

Senior Managing Officer

Chairman and CEO of Yokohama Corporation of North America, Chairman of Yokohama Tire Corporation, Chairman of Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Senior Managing Officer

President and CEO of Yokohama Corporation of North America, Chairman of Yokohama Tire Corporation, CEO of Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc., CEO of Yokohama Tire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Jeff Barna

Senior Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Corporation of North America, President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation

Senior Managing Officer

President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation

Shingo Ishimitsu

Officer

Head of HR Dept., President of Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Co-op.

Officer

Head of HR Dept., President of Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Health Insurance Society., President of Yokohama Rubber Co-op.

 

Promoted Associate Officers

Name

New Position

Current Position

Takashi Shirokawa

Managing Associate Officer

Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Div., Head of Hiratsuka Factory

Associate Officer

Head of Hiratsuka Factory, Head of Materials Technologies Dept.

Tsuneyuki Ishizuka

Managing Associate Officer

Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Corporate General Affairs Dept.

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Corporate General Affairs Dept.

Masaki Nakamura

Managing Associate Officer

Head of IT & Management System Planning Div., President of Hamagomu Aicom Inc.

Associate Officer

Head of IT & Management System Planning Div., Head of System Development Dept., President of Hamagomu Aicom Inc.

 

Newly appointed Associate Officers

Name

New Position

Current Position

Hideki Satowa

Associate Officer

Deputy in charge of MB Production and Engineering, Head of MB Production and Engineering Planning Dept.

Assistant in charge of MB Production and Engineering Planning, Head of MB Production and Engineering Planning Dept.

Motoji Fujita

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Research & Advanced Development Div., Head of Materials Technologies Dept.

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Hidekazu Onoi

Associate Officer

Head of Tire Materials Development Dept. No.2

Head of Tire Materials Development Dept. No.2

Takayoshi Omae

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Dept.

Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Dept.

Kazuhiro Masuda

Associate Officer

Acting Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Legal Dept.

Head of Legal Dept.

Stan Chandgie

Associate Officer

Vice President of Yokohama Tire Corporation

Vice President of Yokohama Tire Corporation

 

Changes in Associate Officers’ responsibility

Name

New Position

Current Position

Michio Shimizu

Associate Officer

Head of Motorsports Tire Development Dept.

Associate Officer

Deputy Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Motorsports Tire Development Dept.

Koji Watanabe

Associate Officer

Head of Tire Technical Planning & Administration Dept.

Associate Officer

Deputy Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Technical Planning & Administration Dept.

Naoki Takeda

Associate Officer

President of Aichi Tire Industry Co., Ltd.

Associate Officer

Head of Internal Audit Dept.

Takayuki Hamaya

Associate Officer

Head of MB Div., Head of Industrial Products Div.

Associate Officer

Head of Industrial Products Div.

Shigemichi Mori

Associate Officer

Acting Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings Div., Head of MB Planning Dept.

Associate Officer

Acting Head of MB Div., Head of MB Planning Dept.

Ming Fan

Associate Officer

Assistant to President, President of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Chairman and President of Yokohama Tire Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Chairman of Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., Chairman of Suzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd.

Associate Officer

Assistant to President, President of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Tire Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

New Management

Yokohama Rubber plans to establish the following new management after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 30, 2023.

 

Members of the Board

Name

Position

Responsibility

Masataka Yamaishi

President, Chairman of the Board

 

Nitin Mantri

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of OHT Div., CEO of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires K.K., Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Inc., in charge of Yokohama Europe GmbH

Shinji Seimiya

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Chief Technical & productional Officer, in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div.

Tomoaki Miyamoto

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., in charge of Corporate Administration Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Yoshikuni Nakamura

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of Tire Business Planning Div., in charge of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility Div.

Masahiro Yuki

Member of the Board and Officer

Head of Corporate Planning Div., in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.

Hideichi Okada

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Masatoshi Hori

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Hiroko Kaneko

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Megumi Shimizu

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Junichi Furukawa

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Gota Matsuo

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

 

Hisao Uchida

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

 

Hirokazu Kono

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

 

Atsushi Kamei

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

 

Hiroki Kimura

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee

 

 

Officers

Name

Position

Responsibility

Shinichi Takimoto

Senior Managing Officer

Chairman and CEO of Yokohama Corporation of North America, Chairman of Yokohama Tire Corporation, Chairman of Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Jeff Barna

Senior Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Corporation of North America, President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation

Tadaharu Yamamoto

Managing Officer

Assistant to President, Head of Tire Logistics Div.

Katsuhiko Yahata

Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd., Deputy Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div.

Takehisa Morimoto

Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC.

Toru Nakamura

Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Shioiri

Officer

Chairman of Yokohama Europe GmbH, Chairman of Yokohama Scandinavia AB, Chairman of Yokohama H.P.T. Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama Iberia S.A., Chairman of Yokohama France S.A.S., President of Yokohama Danmark A/S, President of Yokohama Suisse SA, President of Yokohama CEE Spółka z.o.o.

Satoshi Fujitsu

Officer

Head of O.E. Tire Sales & Marketing Div.

Kazuhito Yanadori

Officer

Head of Procurement Div., President of Yokohama Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Hiroyuki Narabayashi

Officer

Head of Quality Assurance Div.

Shingo Ishimitsu

Officer

Head of HR Dept., President of Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Co-op.

Anil Gupta

Officer

COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.

Tetsuya Nagao

Officer

Head of Tire Production Div.

Takeshi Masatomo

Officer

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Shoichiro Matsuda

Officer

Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2

 

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