EX-99.1 2 ex99-1tof6k_042704.txt ENGLISH TRANSLATION - PRESS RELEASE [Translation] To Whom It May Concern: April 6, 2004 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1, Toyota-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Toyota Names New Executives Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today executive changes, as described below. 1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (4 people)--Pending approval at this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name New Title Current title ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tetsuo Hattori Senior Managing Director Managing Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Takeshi Suzuki Senior Managing Director Managing Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yukitoshi Funo Director (with Senior Managing Director status) Managing Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atsushi Niimi Director (with Senior Managing Director status) Managing Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Retiring Directors (3 people}--To retire on the same day as this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Current title -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zenji Yasuda Senior Managing Director -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teruyuki Minoura Senior Managing Director -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuhei Toyoda Director (with Senior Managing Director status) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. New Managing Officers (13 people)--Pending approval at a board of directors meeting following this years scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Current title/assignment. (at TMC, unless noted) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wahei Hirai Seconded to Toyota Europe Design Development S.A.R.L. (ED2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tatehito Ueda General Manager, Power Train Management Engineering Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Takashi Shigematsu General Manager, Integrated System Engineering Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yuzo Ushiyama General Manager, Overseas Planning Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshikatsu Tanaka General Manager, Administration Div., Kinuura Plant --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobuyoshi Hisada General Manager, Production Engineering Planning Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yasumori Ihara General Manager, Business Development Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitsuhisa Kato Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Takahiko Ijichi General Manager, Accounting Div.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshio Furutani Seconded to FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co.. Ltd. (FTMS) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetsuo Agata General Manager, Production Control Div. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Harry Conomos Executive Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panagiotis J. Athanasopoulos Executive Vice President and COO, Toyota Motor Marketing Europe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Retiring Managing Officers (4 people)--To retire on the same day as this year's scheduled ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shokichi Yasukawa, Hiroaki Yoshida, Kiyoshi Nakanishi and Hironobu Ono --------------------------------------------------------------------------------