EX-99.1 2 ss55619_ex9901.txt ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT [Translation] January 20, 2009 To Whom It May Concern: Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Name and Title of Representative: Katsuaki Watanabe, President (Code Number: 7203 Securities exchanges throughout Japan) Name and Title of Contact Person: Takuo Sasaki General Manager, Accounting Division (Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121) Toyota Announces Change in Management ------------------------------------- Tokyo -- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced a list of executive nominees (for the positions of president and representative director and higher) to be officially approved at a board of directors' meeting following this year's annual general shareholders' meeting in June. Nominated executives (for the positions of President and Representative Director and higher) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name New title Current title ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fujio Cho Chairman and Chairman and Representative Director Representative Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katsuaki Watanabe* Vice Chairman and President and Representative Director Representative Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazuo Okamoto Vice Chairman and Vice Chairman and Representative Director Representative Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Akio Toyoda* President and Executive Vice President Representative Director and Representative Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asterisk indicates promotion Executive planning to retire (at the rank of President and Representative Director or higher) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katsuhiro Nakagawa Vice Chairman and Representative Director -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of Document [For Reference] Biography of the new President and Representative Director nominee (as of January 2009) Name Akio Toyoda Date of Birth May 3, 1956 Education Mar. 1979 Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law Business Experience Apr. 1984 Joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Apr. 1998 Vice President, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Jan. 2000 Project General Manager, Gazoo.com Div., TMC Jun. 2000 Director, Member of the Board, TMC Jun. 2001 Chief Asia Operations Officer, TMC Jun. 2002 Managing Director, Member of the Board, TMC Jun. 2003 Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, TMC Jan. 2005 Chief Asia, Oceania & Middle East Operations Officer, TMC Jan. 2005 Chief China Operations Officer, TMC Jun. 2005 Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, TMC (Present) Chief IT & ITS Officer Concurrent Post Jun. 2006 Corporate Auditor, Toyota Boshoku Corporation