Daihatsu Announces Changes in Responsibility for Director and Executive Officers

Dec. 27, 2006

DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. announced today the changes in responsibility for some of its executive members as of 1 January 2007.

1. Changes in Responsibility for Director

Name New Areas of Responsibility Former Areas of Responsibility
Kiyokazu Seo
(Executive Vice President)
  • Quality Generalization Group
  • Quality Group
  • Headquarters of Production Group
  • Task Forces
    (BR*1 Promotion Block, CF*2 Promotion, VS*3 Promotion)
  • Quality Group
  • Headquarters of Production Group
  • Task Forces
    (BR*1 Promotion Block, CF*2 Promotion, VS*3 Promotion)

*1: Business Reform
*2: Customer First
*3: Value Strategy

2. Changes in Responsibility for Executive Officers

Name New Areas of Responsibility Former Areas of Responsibility
Yukio Koshida
  • Manufacturing Block
    (Operations Management Consulting Division, Shiga (Ryuo) Plant)
  • Manufacturing Block
Kunihiko Morita
  • Manufacturing Block
    (Head (Ikeda) Plant, Kyoto Plant)
  • Purchasing Block
Tadafumi Aisaka
  • Development Block No.1
  • Development Block No.3
  • Global Product Planning Block
  • Development Block No.1
  • Global Product Planning Block
Naoto Kitagawa
  • Development Block No.2
  • Vehicles Development Block
  • Development Block No.3
  • Vehicles Development Block
Masahiro Fukutsuka
  • Purchasing Block
  • Development Block No.2