Tokyo, August 5, 2009— Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced today a realignment of the MiEV Business Management Office as well as the creation of the "EV Business Office" which will report directly to the president. Changes will take effect on August 20th and details are listed below.
Organizational Realignment
(1)
The PX*1 (MiEV) function will be transferred to the "PX (MiEV)" division to be created under the Marketing Strategy Department.
(2)
The Engineering Planning Team function will be transferred to both the Research & Development Office's MiEV Engineering Department and the Marketing Strategy Department's PX (MiEV).
(3)
The Business Planning Team and the Marketing Team functions will be split, sorted, and transferred to the newly-created EV Business Planning Department, EV Business Promotion Department, and the EV Business Development Department.
*1
PX: Product Executive - in charge of planning, development, production, and sales of a certain product.
Executive Changes
New Position
Former Position
Name
Executive Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Step up 2010 Office
In Charge of Russian Project
Executive Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Step up 2010 Office
In Charge of Russian Project and MiEV Business Management
Makoto Maeda
Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of EV Business Office
Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of CSR Promotion Office
Yoshikazu Nakamura
Executive Officer
Chief Environmental Strategy Officer
Corporate General Manager of CSR Promotion Office and Assistant to the President
Executive Officer
Chief Environmental Strategy Officer
Assistant to the President and Vice Corporate General Manager of CSR Promotion Office and
Masao Ohmichi
Product Strategy Office PX (In charge of i-MiEV)
Corporate General Manager of MiEV Business Management Office
Tohru Hashimoto
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