Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Executive Officers, Directors and Officers
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that its Nominating Committee today made an internal decision on the following personnel changes in its Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held in June 2023, and that its Board of Directors today decided on personnel changes in its Representative Executive Officers, Executive Officers and Operating Officers to become effective as of April 1, 2023.
The personnel changes in Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in June 2023 shall be formally determined at that Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, and the personnel changes in Executive Officers to become effective as of such date shall be formally determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled to be held on that same day.
Particulars
1. Planned Personnel Changes in Representative Executive Officers
<As of April 1, 2023>
Persons to be or to retire Representative Executive Officers
Name |
Current Title |
New Title |
Kohei Takeuchi |
Director, |
Director |
Shinji Aoyama | Director, |
Director, |
Reason for personnel change:
To further accelerate our transformation into a company that can achieve new growth and new value creation under the new management structure.
2. Planned Personnel Changes in Directors
<As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2023>
Candidate for Director to be newly appointed
Name |
Current Title |
New Title |
Noriya Kaihara |
Managing Officer |
Director, |
Noriya Kaihara is scheduled to be promoted from Managing Officer to Senior Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2023.
Director to retire
Name |
Current Title |
Kohei Takeuchi |
Director, |
3. Planned Personnel Changes in Executive Officers
<As of April 1, 2023>
Executive Officers to be newly appointed
Name |
Current Title |
New Title |
Noriya Kaihara |
Managing Officer |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Katsushi Inoue |
Managing Officer |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Mitsugu Matsukawa |
Managing Officer |
Managing Executive Officer |
Masayuki Igarashi |
Managing Officer |
Managing Executive Officer |
Kensuke Oe |
Managing Officer |
Managing Executive Officer |
Taro Kobayashi |
Operating Executive |
Managing Executive Officer |
Manabu Ozawa |
Operating Executive |
Managing Executive Officer |
Hironao Ito |
Operating Executive |
Managing Executive Officer |
Eiji Fujimura |
Operating Executive |
Executive Officer |
4. Planned Personnel Changes in Operating Officers
<As of April 1, 2023>
Operating Officers to retire
Name |
Current Title |
Hisao Takahashi |
Senior Managing Officer |
Yoshishige Nomura |
Managing Officer |
<For Reference>
Compositions of Directors and Officers as of April 1, 2023 and as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2023
Name |
As of April 1, 2023 |
As of the date of the Ordinary |
Seiji Kuraishi |
Chairman and Director |
Chairman and Director |
Toshihiro Mibe |
Director, |
Director, |
Shinji Aoyama |
Director, |
Director, |
Noriya Kaihara |
Senior Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Director, |
Kohei Takeuchi |
Director |
- |
Asako Suzuki |
Director |
Director |
Masafumi Suzuki |
Director |
Director |
Kunihiko Sakai |
Director*3 |
Director*3 |
Fumiya Kokubu |
Director*3 |
Director*3 |
Yoichiro Ogawa |
Director*3 |
Director*3 |
Kazuhiro Higashi |
Director*3 |
Director*3 |
Ryoko Nagata |
Director*3 |
Director*3 |
Katsushi Inoue |
Senior Managing Executive |
Senior Managing Executive |
Mitsugu Matsukawa |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Noriaki Abe |
Managing Executive Officer |
Managing Executive Officer |
Keiji Ohtsu |
Managing Executive Officer |
Managing Executive Officer |
Masayuki Igarashi |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Kensuke Oe |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Taro Kobayashi |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Manabu Ozawa |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Hironao Ito |
Managing Executive Officer*2 |
Managing Executive Officer |
Eiji Fujimura |
Executive Officer*2 |
Executive Officer |
*1 To be promoted
*2 To be newly appointed
*3 Outside Directors