Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective April 1, 2011.

1. Organizational Changes

Changes in the area of design

Goals

• To strengthen advance design in order to formulate a clear design vision and continue to create future product design proposals in a strategic and timely manner.
• To strengthen coordination between design and other departments in order to ensure design proposals have a definite link to real products.
• To reinforce division-wide initiatives such as strategic organizational management and human resources development.

Details of the organizational changes

• The Design Development Promotion Dept. has been newly established. The project promotion function of the Design Strategic Studio and some functions of the Design Division have been transferred to it.
• The Advance Design Studio has been newly established as an independent department. The design planning and advance design drafting functions of the Design Strategic Studio, an independent department, have been transferred to it.
• In line with the above changes, the Design Strategic Studio has been eliminated.

2. Personnel Changes

Executive officer

General managers and above