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Comments from an Outside Director and
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Executive Officers
Executive Officers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hiroyuki Yanagi
Executive Vice President
Takaaki Kimura
Chief General Manager of Technology Center and
Chief General Manager of Marine Business Operations
Managing Executive Officer
Nobuya Hideshima
Chief General Manager of
Engine Unit
Managing Executive Officer
Kozo Shinozaki
Chief General Manager of
Corporate Planning &
Finance Center
Managing Executive Officer
Masahiro Takizawa
Chief General Manager of New
Business Development Center
Managing Executive Officer
Katsuaki Watanabe
Chief General Manager of
Motorcycle Business Operations
Managing Executive Officer
Toshizumi Kato
Chief General Manager of Vehicle &
Solution Business Operations
Senior Executive Officer
Yoichiro Kojima
Deputy Chief General Manager
of New Business Development
Center and Senior General
Manager of New Land Vehicle
Business Development Section,
New Business Development
Center
Senior Executive Officer
Ryouichi Sumioka
Deputy Chief General Manager
of Corporate Planning &
Finance Center
Senior Executive Officer
Hiroaki Fujita
Managing Director of Yamaha
Motor India Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer
Makoto Shimamoto
Chief General Manager of PF Model
Unit and Senior General Manager of
PF Model Development Section, PF
Model Unit
Senior Executive Officer
Katsuhito Yamaji
Chief General Manager of
Manufacturing Center
Executive Officer
Kazuhiro Kuwata
President of Yamaha Motor
Europe N.V.
Executive Officer
Masaru Ono
Chief General Manager of
CS Center
Executive Officer
Masaki Asano
Managing Director of
Yamaha Motor India Sales
Pvt. Ltd.
Executive Officer
Masahiro Inoue
Chief General Manager of
Procurement Center, and General
Manager of Procurement Planning
Division, Procurement Center, and
Senior General Manager of Cost
Innovation Section, PF Model Unit
Executive Officer
Yoshitaka Noda
Senior General Manager of
Component Section,
Engine Unit
Executive Officer
Yoshihiro Hidaka
Executive General Manager of
1st Business Unit, Motorcycle
Business Operations, and
General Manager of Southeast
& East Asia Sales Division, 1st
Business Unit, Motorcycle
Business Operations
Executive Officer
Heiji Maruyama
Deputy Chief General Manager of
Engine Unit, and Senior General
Manager of Engine Development
Section, Engine Unit, and Executive
General Manager of Automotive
Business Unit
Executive Officer
Junzo Saitoh
Chief General Manager of
Human Resources &
General Affairs Center
Executive Officer
Akihiro Nagaya
Chief General Manager of
Design Center
Executive Officer
Tatsumi Okawa
President of Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A. and
Deputy Chief General
Manager of Marine
Business Operations
Executive Officer
Yasuo Tanaka
Senior General Manager of After
Sales Section, CS Center
Executive Officer
Motofumi Shitara
Executive General Manager of
Marine Engine Business Unit,
Marine Business Operations
Executive Officer
Minoru Morimoto
President of PT. Yamaha
Indonesia Motor Manufacturing
Executive Officer
Hirofumi Usui
Senior General Manager of
Marketing Section, Marine
Business Operations
Executive Officer
Satohiko Matsuyama
Executive General Manager of
Recreational Vehicle Business Unit,
Vehicle & Solution Business
Operations
Executive Officer
Dyonisius Beti
COO of PT. Yamaha Indonesia
Motor Manufacturing
Executive Officer
Eric de Seynes
COO of Yamaha Motor
Europe N.V.
CS: Customer Service
PF: Platform
Tamotsu Adachi
Outside Director
With the Corporate Governance Code having taken effect, the role of an Outside Directors has become
even more important. In essence, I believe it is vital for Outside Directors to provide guidance based on
their experience without the Company, taking a comprehensive view of corporate management. From this
perspective, in addition to participating in deliberations about how to enhance corporate value over the
medium to long term and monitoring the implementation of such decisions, I intend to offer proactive input
on other important issues that are central to determining corporate value, including organizational issues
and compliance and risk management.
Yamaha Motor provides many opportunities for Outside Directors to give input, such as at Board of
Directors’ meetings, as well as at Management Research Committee and Executive Personnel Committee
meetings, and has established a culture whereby management makes active use of this input. I believe
that this fundamental stance and culture function very effectively as a foundation for proper corporate
governance.
To ensure Yamaha Motor continues to develop going forward, I believe it is important to expand new
businesses while also raising current levels of productivity and effi ciency at existing businesses to generate
solid cash fl ow. We will leverage these positive developments to create innovative, unique products, and
popularizing these products around the world, to lay a sure path toward continuous growth. I hope that
Outside Directors can make further contributions to these discussions.
With the establishment last year of the Corporate Governance Code that lays out the main principles of
effective corporate governance, “offensive governance” that contributes to enhanced corporate value has
gained momentum in Japan. The Board of Directors of Yamaha Motor has favored offensive governance
since before the Corporate Governance Code was enacted, and has striven to fulfi ll the responsibilities of a
global company through proactive deliberations of management issues including management vision and
strategy from a long-term perspective.
Like the motorcycles that Yamaha Motor manufactures, a powerful engine and a reliable brake are
indispensable for a company’s continuous growth, and technologies for effective operations are necessary
as well. Yamaha Motor has strong leadership, and its management carefully listens to the opinions of
Outside Directors as well. Going forward, I expect the Company to maintain a determined course as it
navigates an increasingly complex and challenging business environment.
Outside Directors act as a crucial “protection” for the Board of Directors, offering advice from diverse
viewpoints. From my perspective as a woman, and also as a specialist in law and accounting, I hope to
contribute to the enhancement of Yamaha Motor’s corporate value as a company that is loved by everyone.
Tomomi Yatsu
Outside Audit & Supervisory
Board Member
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