Yokohama Rubber Announces Changes in Senior Management

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, 2023. The changes will formally be approval after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 30, 2023.

As of March 30, 2023

Shinji Seimiya Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Chief Technical & productional Officer, in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div. (Member of the Board and Officer, Chief Technical Officer, in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Head of Tire Development Div.)

Tomoaki Miyamoto Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., in charge of Corporate Administration Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd. (Managing Officer, Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.)

Yoshikuni Nakamura Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Head of Tire Business Planning Div., in charge of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility Div. (Managing Officer, Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.)

Masahiro Yuki Member of the Board and Officer, Head of Corporate Planning Div., in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. (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.)

Megumi Shimizu Member of the Board (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

Junichi Furukawa Member of the Board (Outside)

Gota Matsuo Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Corporate Administration Div., in charge of Corporate Finance & Accounting Dept., Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Div., in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div., in charge of PRGR)

Hisao Uchida Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Hirokazu Kono Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside) (Member of the Board (Outside))

Atsushi Kamei Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

Hiroki Kimura Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

*The members of the Board voted at the meeting of the board members on January 31, 2023, to shift the company from a company with an audit ＆ supervisory board to a company with an audit ＆ supervisory committee, subject to approval at the general meeting of shareholders on March 30, 2023.

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., Chairman of Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Inc., in charge of　Yokohama Europe GmbH (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.)

Yasuo Nakayama Advisor, Vice Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) 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. (Member of the Board and Officer, Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings Div.)

Toru Nakamura Officers , President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Member of the Board and Officer, Head of Tire Production Div.)

Nobuo Takenaka (Member of the Board (Outside))

Osamu Mikami Advisor (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Hisao Uchida Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Atsushi Kamei Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

Megumi Shimizu Member of the Board (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

Hiroki Kimura Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside))

Takehisa Morimoto Managing Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC. (Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC.)

Anil Gupta Officer, COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd. (Associate Officer, COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.)

Tetsuya Nagao Officer, Head of Tire Production Div. (Associate Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc.)

Takeshi Masatomo Officer, Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd. (Associate Officer, Acting Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept.)

Shoichiro Matsuda Officer, Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2 (Associate Officer, Acting Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2)

Shinichi Takimoto Senior Managing Officer, Chairman and CEO of Yokohama Corporation of North America, Chairman of Yokohama Tire Corporation, Chairman of Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (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 of Yokohama Corporation of North America, President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation (Senior Managing Officer, President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation)

Shingo Ishimitsu Officer, Head of HR Dept., President of Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Co-op. (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.)

Takashi Shirokawa Managing Associate Officer, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Div., Head of Hiratsuka Factory (Associate Officer, Head of Hiratsuka Factory, Head of Materials Technologies Dept.)

Tsuneyuki Ishizuka Managing Associate Officer, Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Corporate General Affairs Dept. (Associate Officer, Acting Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Corporate General Affairs Dept.)

Masaki Nakamura Managing Associate Officer, Head of IT & Management System Planning Div., President of Hamagomu Aicom Inc. (Associate Officer, Head of IT & Management System Planning Div., Head of System Development Dept., President of Hamagomu Aicom Inc.)

Hideki Satowa Associate Officer, Deputy in charge of MB Production and Engineering, Head of MB Production and Engineering Planning Dept. (Assistant in charge of MB Production and Engineering Planning, Head of MB Production and Engineering Planning Dept.)

Motoji Fujita Associate Officer, Acting Head of Research & Advanced Development Div., Head of Materials Technologies Dept. (President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.)

Hidekazu Onoi Associate Officer, Head of Tire Materials Development Dept. No.2 (Head of Tire Materials Development Dept. No.2)

Takayoshi Omae Associate Officer, Acting Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Dept (Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Dept.)

Kazuhiro Masuda Associate Officer, Acting Head of Corporate Administration Div., Head of Legal Dept. (Head of Legal Dept.)

Stan Chandgie Associate Officer, Vice President of Yokohama Tire Corporation (Vice President of Yokohama Tire Corporation)

Michio Shimizu Associate Officer, Head of Motorsports Tire Development Dept. (Associate Officer, Deputy Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Motorsports Tire Development Dept.)

Koji Watanabe (Associate Officer, Head of Tire Technical Planning & Administration Dept. (Associate Officer, Deputy Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Technical Planning & Administration Dept.)

Naoki Takeda Associate Officer, President of Aichi Tire Industry Co., Ltd. (Associate Officer, Head of Internal Audit Dept.)

Takayuki Hamaya Associate Officer, Head of MB Div., Head of Industrial Products Div. (Associate Officer, Head of Industrial Products Div.)

Shigemichi Mori Associate Officer, Acting Head of MB Div., Head of Hose and Couplings Div., Head of MB Planning Dept. (Associate Officer, Acting Head of MB Div., Head of MB Planning Dept.)

Ming Fan Associate Officer, Assistant to President, 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. (Associate Officer, Assistant to President, President of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Tire Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)

Yokohama Rubber plans to establish the following new management after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 30, 2023.

Masataka Yamaishi President, Chairman of the Board

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., Chairman of Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Inc., in charge of　Yokohama Europe GmbH

Shinji Seimiya Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Chief Technical & productional Officer, in charge of IT & Management System Planning Div.

Tomoaki Miyamoto Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Consumer Tire Product Planning Div., in charge of Corporate Administration Div., Member of the Board of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

Yoshikuni Nakamura Member of the Board and Managing Officer, Head of Tire Business Planning Div., in charge of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility Div.

Masahiro Yuki Member of the Board and Officer, Head of Corporate Planning Div., in charge of Quality Assurance Div., Chairman of Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.

Hideichi Okada Member of the Board (Outside)

Masatoshi Hori Member of the Board (Outside)

Hiroko Kaneko Member of the Board (Outside)

Megumi Shimizu Member of the Board (Outside)

Junichi Furukawa Member of the Board (Outside)

Gota Matsuo Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee

Hisao Uchida Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee

Hirokazu Kono Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Atsushi Kamei Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Hiroki Kimura Member of the Board, Member of the Audit ＆ Supervisory Committee (Outside)

Shinichi Takimoto Senior Managing Officer, Chairman and CEO of Yokohama Corporation of North America, Chairman of Yokohama Tire Corporation, Chairman of Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Jeff Barna Senior Managing Officer, President of Yokohama Corporation of North America, President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation

Tadaharu Yamamoto Managing Officer, Assistant to President, Head of Tire Logistics Div.

Katsuhiko Yahata Managing Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Japan Co., Ltd., Deputy Head of Japan Replacement Tire Sales & Marketing Div.

Takehisa Morimoto Managing Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC., Chairman of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC.

Toru Nakamura, Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) 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 Quality Assurance Div.

Shingo Ishimitsu Officer, Head of HR Dept., President of Yokohama Peer Support Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Rubber Co-op.

Anil Gupta Officer, COO of ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman of Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd.

Tetsuya Nagao Officer, Head of Tire Production Div.

Takeshi Masatomo Officer, Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Div., Head of Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing Dept., Chairman of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.

Shoichiro Matsuda Officer, Head of Tire Development Div., Head of Tire Designing Dept. No.2