News Release

Yokohama Rubber Announces Changes in Senior Management

2022.February.17

  • Management relation

Tokyo—The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., 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 March 30, 2022.

As of March 30, 2022

Promoted Member of the Board (current position)

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 (current position)

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 (current position)

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 (current position)

Masaki Noro
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 (current position)

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.)

Changes in Officer’s responsibility (current position)

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 (current position)

Naoki Takahashi
Managing Associate Officer, Head of Research & Advanced Development Div.
(Associate Officer, Assistant in Technology Control)

Newly appointed Associate Officers (current position)

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 (current position)

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 (current position)

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

Members of the Board

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 Office, Head of Tire Production Div.

Yasuo Nakayama
Member of the Board and Officer, Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings Div.

Shinji Seimiya
Member of the Board and 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

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

Shinichi Takimoto
Senior Managing Officer, 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 Officer, 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., 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 Morimoto
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.