On March 17, Mazda Motor announced the change of president and CEO of the company - the position will be taken by Katsuhiro Moro. He will be confirmed in his new position at the next meeting of shareholders, which will be held in June 2023.
Moro has been with Mazda since March 1983, having served as Vice President of Mazda Europe GmbH and President and CEO of Mazda Motor of America Inc.
Current Mazda President and CEO Akira Marumoto will step down, while Chairman Kiyotaka Ayameta will continue to serve.
At the same time, Mazda Motor announced structural changes in the company, which will come into force on April 1. There will be a corporate strategy office, a product strategy division, and new technology management. The goal is to build a management system that will facilitate an accelerated transition to the production of cars of a fundamentally new type.
The outgoing head of Mazda, Akira Marumoto, is 65 years old, he has been heading the company since June 2018, among other things, under the leadership of Marumoto, Mazda launched the first mass-produced electric car in its history (MX-30), and also returned the Wankel rotary piston engine to the range.
Mazda has a new president
