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, 2022. The

changes will formally be approval after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on 30th March 2022.

 

As of March 30, 2022

Promoted Member of the Board

Name

New

Current

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.

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Head of OHT Div., CEO of ATC Tires

Pvt. Ltd., Chairman of Yokohama India

Pvt. Ltd.

 

Newly appointed Members of the Board

Name

New

Current

Shinji Seimiya

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Chief Technical Officer, in charge of

Corporate Quality Assurance Div., Head

of Tire Development Div.

Officer,  

Assistant in Technology Control, Head of

Tire Development Div.

Hiroko Kaneko

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

 

Changes in Member of the Board’s responsibility

Name

New

Current

Toru Nakamura

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Head of Tire Production Div.

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Head of Tire Production Div., in charge

of Tire Production Technology Div.

Yasuo Nakayama

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and

Couplings Div.

Member of the Board and Officer,  

Head of MB Div., Head of Aerospace Div.

 

Retired Members of the Board

Name

New

Current

Toru Nakamura

Advisor,  

in charge of MB Production and Technology

Member of the Board and Managing Officer,  

Chief Technical Officer, Head of Research

and Advanced Development Div., in charge

of MB Production and Technology, in

charge of Corporate Quality Assurance Div.

Takashi Yamane

 

Member of the Board (Outside)

 

Promoted Officers

Name

New

Current

Jeff Barna

Senior Managing Officer,  

President and CEO of Yokohama Tire

Corporation

Managing Officer,  

President and CEO of Yokohama Tire

Corporation

Tomoaki Miyamoto

Managing Officer,  

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales

& Marketing Div., Member of the Board

of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Officer,  

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales

& Marketing Div., Member of the Board

of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Katsuhiko Yahata

Managing Officer,  

President of Yokohama Tire Japan Co.,

Ltd., Deputy Head of Japan Replacement

Tire Sales & Marketing Div.

Officer,  

President of Yokohama Tire Japan Co.,

Ltd., Deputy Head of Japan Replacement

Tire Sales & Marketing Div.

Yoshikuni Nakamura

Managing Officer,  

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div.,

Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Officer,  

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div.,

President of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

 

 

Change in Officer´s responsibility

Name

New

Current

Masahiro Yuki

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.

Officer,  

Chairman and 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., 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.

Kazuhito Yanadori

Officer,  

Head of Procurement Div., President of

Yokohama Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Officer,  

Head of Global Procurement Div., Head of

Raw Materials Procurement Dept., President

of Yokohama Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Shingo Ishimitsu

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.

Officer,  

Head of Global HR Dept., President of

Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President

of Yokohama Business Association Co.,

Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Health

Insurance Society., President of Yokohama

Rubber Co-op.

 

 

Promoted Associate Officer

Name

New

Current

Naoki Takahashi

Managing Associate Officer,  

Head of Research & Advanced Development

Div.

Associate Officer,  

Assistant in Technology Control

 

Newly appointed Associate Officers

Name

New

Current

Ming Fan

Associate Officer,  

Assistant to President, President of

Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.,

President of Yokohama Tire Sales

(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Assistant to chairman of Yokohama

Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.

Shigemichi Mori

Associate Officer,  

Acting Head of MB Div., Head of MB

Planning Dept.

Acting Head of MB Div., Head of MB

Planning Dept.  

Hiroshi Takizawa

Associate Officer,  

In Charge of  WBCSD TIP

Head of Process & Curing Development Dept.

Head of Process & Curing Development

Dept.

Shoichiro Matsuda

Associate Officer,  

Acting Head of Tire Development Div.,

Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2

Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2

 

Change in Associate Officer´s responsibility

Name

New

Current

Atsushi Tanaka

Associate Officer,  

Acting Head of Tire Production Div., Head

of Tire Mass Production Processing

Technology Dept., President of Hiratsuka

Machine Design Office Co., Ltd., President

of Hama Gomu Engineering Co., Ltd.  

Associate Officer,  

Head of Tire Production Technology Div.,

Head of Tire Mass Production Processing

Technology Dept., President of Hiratsuka

Machine Design Office Co., Ltd., President

of Hama Gomu Engineering Co., Ltd.

 

Retired Associate Officers

Name

New

Current

Yasuhiko Tajima

Advisor,  

Chairman of Yokohama Industries Americas

Inc.

Associate Officer,  

Head of Hose and Couplings Div., Chairman

of Yokohama Industries Americas Inc.

Hiroyuki Hosoda

Advisor

Associate Officer,  

Assistant to Head of MB Div.

Yuji Hasegawa

Advisor,  

President of Yokohama Business Association

Co., Ltd.

Associate Officer,  

Acting Head of CSR Div., Head of Corporate

Compliance Dept.

 

 

<New Management>

 

YOKOHAMA plans to establish the following new management after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on 30th March 2022.

 

Members of the Board

Name

New

Current

Masataka Yamaishi

President, Chairman of the Board

 

Gota Matsuo

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Chief Financial Officer, Head of Corporate

Administration Div., in charge of Corporate

Finance & Accounting Dept., Head of CSR

Div., in charge of IT & Management System

Planning Div., President of Yokohamagomu

Finance Co., Ltd., in charge of PRGR

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

Toru Nakamura

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of Tire Production Div.

Yasuo Nakayama

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings

Div.

Shinji Seimiya

Member of the Board and Managing Officer

Chief Technical Officer, in charge of Corporate

Quality Assurance Div., Head of Tire

Development Div.

Hideichi Okada

Member of the Board (outside)

 

Nobuo Takenaka

Member of the Board (outside)

 

Hirokazu Kono

Member of the Board (outside)

 

Masatoshi Hori

Member of the Board (outside)

 

Hiroko Kaneko

Member of the Board (outside)

 

 

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Name

New

Current

Osamu Mikami

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hisao Uchida

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Atsushi Kamei

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)

Megumi Shimizu

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)

Hiroki Kimura

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)

 

Officers

Name

New

Current

Shinishi Takimoto

Senior Managing Director

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 Director

President and CEO of Yokohama Tire

Corporation

Tadaharu Yamamoto

Managing Officer

Assistant to President, Head of Tire Logistics Div.

Tomoaki Miyamoto

Managing Officer

Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales &

Marketing Div., Member of the Board of

Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Katsuhiko Yahata

Managing Officer

President of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.,

Deputy Head of Japan Replacement Tire

Sales & Marketing Div.

Yoshikuni Nakamura

Managing Officer

Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing

Div., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Yuki

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.

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.U., 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 Corporate Quality Assurance Div.

Takehisa Miromoto

Officer

Chairman and President of Yokohama Tire

Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC.

Shingo Ishimitsu

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.

 

 

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