{"id":269440,"date":"2025-01-15T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-mazda-north-american-operations-announces-executive-leadership-changes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:30:01","slug":"mazda-north-american-operations-anuncia-cambios-en-el-equipo-de-liderazgo-ejecutivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mazda-north-american-operations-anuncia-cambios-en-el-equipo-de-liderazgo-ejecutivo\/","title":{"rendered":"MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CHANGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Changes are effective as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 1, 2025<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 15, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced today changes to its leadership team. Effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 1, 2025<\/span>, changes include:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf7a0left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgf7a0left\" title=\"Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at www.mazdausamedia.com. (PRNewsFoto\/Mazda North American Operations)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/53154\/mazda_north_american_operations_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at www.mazdausamedia.com. (PRNewsFoto\/Mazda North American Operations)\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Takuji Iwashita<\/span>, currently President and CEO of Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation, has been appointed Executive Vice President of MNAO. Iwashita replaces <span class=\"xn-person\">Takeshi Nishiki<\/span>, who returns to Mazda Motor Corporation to become General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division. In this role, Iwashita will oversee Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) and manage operations at Mazda Canada, Mazda Motor de <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, and Mazda Colombia, fostering collaboration and operational excellence across <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. Iwashita will report to <span class=\"xn-person\">Tom Donnelly<\/span>, President and CEO of MNAO.\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Takashi Suzuki<\/span>, currently Senior Director of Purchasing at MNAO, will transition to the role of Vice President of Monozukuri Operations, overseeing Mazda&#8217;s operations at Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM). Suzuki will be responsible for business profitability and parts supply-chain management, in addition to promoting cost improvement and unification of standards, operations, and processes. <span class=\"xn-person\">Naoki Okano<\/span>, current Senior Vice President of Monozukuri Operations, will transition into the role of Division General Manager of the Product Development Division at Mazda Motor Corporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proudly founded in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hiroshima, Japan<\/span>, Mazda has a history of sophisticated craftsmanship and innovation, and a purpose to enrich life-in-motion for those it serves. By putting humans at the center of everything it does, Mazda aspires to create uplifting experiences with our vehicles and for people. Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Irvine, California<\/span>, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> through approximately 795 dealers. Operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span> are managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in <span class=\"xn-location\">Richmond Hill, Ontario<\/span>; operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> are managed by Mazda Motor de <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico City<\/span>; and operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> are managed by Mazda de <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Bogota, Colombia<\/span>. 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Effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 1, 2025<\/span>, changes include:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf7a0left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269440"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269450,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269440\/revisions\/269450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}