Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that its Nominating Committee have made an internal decision on the following personnel changes in its Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held in June 2024, and that its Board of Directors decided on personnel changes in its Representative Executive Officers, Executive Officers and Operating Officers to become effective as of April 1, 2024.
The personnel changes in Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in June 2024 shall be formally determined at that Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, and the personnel changes in Executive Officers to become effective as of such date shall be formally determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled to be held on that same day.
Particulars
1. Planned Personnel Changes in Representative Executive Officers
＜As of April 1, 2024＞
Persons to be Representative Executive Officers
| Name | Current Title | New Title |
| Noriya Kaihara | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |
Reason for personnel change:
To further accelerate our transformation into a company that can achieve new growth and new value creation under the new management structure.
2. Planned Personnel Changes in Directors
＜As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2024>
Candidate for Director to be newly appointed
| Name | Current Title | New Title |
| Eiji Fujimura | Executive Officer | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| Jiro Morisawa | Operating Executive | Director |
| Mika Agatsuma | Managing Partner of IBM Japan, Ltd. | Director |
Eiji Fujimura is scheduled to be promoted from Executive Officer to Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2024.
Mika Agatsuma is candidate for Outside Director as defined under the provisions of the Enforcement Regulations of the Companies Act of Japan.
Director to retire
| Name | Current Title |
| Seiji Kuraishi | Chairperson and Director |
| Masafumi Suzuki | Director |
3. Planned Personnel Changes in Executive Officers
＜As of April 1, 2024＞
Executive Officers to be promoted
| Name | Current Title | New Title |
| Noriya Kaihara | Senior Managing Executive Officer | Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Eiji Fujimura | Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
Executive Officers to be newly appointed
| Name | Current Title | New Title |
| Ayumu Matsuo | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
| Minoru Kato | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
| Yutaka Tamagawa | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
| Kazuhiro Takizawa | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
| Katsuto Hayashi | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
| Takashi Onuma | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
Executive Officers to retire
| Name | Current Title |
| Mitsugu Matsukawa | Managing Executive Officer |
| Noriaki Abe | Managing Executive Officer |
| Taro Kobayashi | Managing Executive Officer |
＜For Reference＞
Compositions of Directors and Officers as of April 1, 2024 and as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2024
| Name | As of April 1, 2024 | As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders |
| Toshihiro Mibe | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Shinji Aoyama | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Noriya Kaihara | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer *1 | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Eiji Fujimura | Managing Executive Officer*1 | Director, Managing Executive Officer*2 |
| Seiji Kuraishi | Director | － |
| Asako Suzuki | Director | Director |
| Masafumi Suzuki | Director | － |
| Jiro Morisawa | Operating Executive | Director*2 |
| Kunihiko Sakai | Director*3 | Director*3 |
| Fumiya Kokubu | Director*3 | Director*3 |
| Yoichiro Ogawa | Director*3 | Director*3 |
| Kazuhiro Higashi | Director*3 | Director*3 |
| Ryoko Nagata | Director*3 | Director*3 |
| Mika Agatsuma | － | Director*2,3 |
| Katsushi Inoue | Senior Managing Executive Officer | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Keiji Otsu | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Masayuki Igarashi | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Kensuke Oe | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Manabu Ozawa | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Hironao Ito | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Ayumu Matsuo | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
| Minoru Kato | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
| Yutaka Tamagawa | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
| Kazuhiro Takizawa | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
| Katsuto Hayashi | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
| Takashi Onuma | Executive Officer*2 | Executive Officer |
*1 To be promoted
*2 To be newly appointed
*3 Outside Directors
