PLANO, Texas, Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota North America (TNA) today announced executive
changes to Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and Toyota Financial
Services (TFS), with the aim to drive critical business needs in
support of TNA's mobility strategy.
The following changes are effective January 2022, unless otherwise noted:
Toyota Motor North America Executive Changes
- Srini Matam is promoted
to group vice president, Powertrain and Shared Services, Production
Engineering. He will report to Norm
Bafunno, senior vice president, Unit Manufacturing &
Production Engineering, TMNA. Matam currently serves as president,
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West
Virginia (TMMWV).
- David Rosier is promoted
to president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (TMMWV). He will report to
Norm Bafunno, senior vice president,
Unit Manufacturing & Production Engineering, TMNA. Rosier
currently serves as head of Toyota Motor Manufacturing,
Kentucky (TMMK) Powertrain.
- David Wilson is promoted
to group vice president and president of Toyota Racing Development
(TRD). He will report to Jack
Hollis, senior vice president, Automotive Operations, TMNA.
Wilson currently serves as president, TRD.
- John Tinney, currently
group vice president, Powertrain and Shared Services, Production
Engineering, will retire after more than 17 years of service to
Toyota, effective February 4,
2022.
Toyota Financial Services Executive Changes
- Scott Cooke is promoted
to senior vice president and chief financial officer, TFS. He will
report to Mark Templin, president
and chief executive officer, TFS. Cooke currently serves as group
vice president and chief financial officer, TFS.
- Alec Hagey is promoted to
senior vice president and chief operating officer, TFS. He will
report to Mark Templin, president
and chief executive officer, TFS. Hagey currently serves as group
vice president of Sales, Product and Marketing, TFS.
- Joanna Dean is promoted
to group vice president, Sales, TFS. She will report to
Alec Hagey, senior vice president
and chief operating officer. Dean currently serves as vice
president, Sales, TFS.
- Ellen Farrell is promoted
to group vice president and chief legal and compliance officer,
TFS. She will report to Mark
Templin, president and chief executive officer, TFS. Farrell
currently serves as vice president, general counsel &
secretary, TFS.
- Vipin Gupta takes on an
expanded role as group vice president and chief innovation and
digital officer, TFS. He will report to Mark Templin, president and chief executive
officer, TFS. Gupta currently serves as group vice president and
chief information officer, TFS.
With more electrified powertrain vehicles on U.S. roads than any
other automaker, Toyota is committed to the future of mobility.
Earlier this year, Toyota announced plans to debut three
new electrified models in the U.S. in 2021—including the Toyota
bZ4X and Lexus NX 450h+— and took a major step forward with a
$1.29 billion investment in an
automotive battery manufacturing plant in North Carolina, called Toyota Battery
Manufacturing, North Carolina
(TBMNC).
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of
the cultural fabric in North
America for more than 60 years, and is committed to
advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota
and Lexus brands plus our 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly
employs more than 47,000 in North
America. The company has contributed world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks
at our 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in
Alabama which began production in
2021.
Through its Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights
the way it partners with community, civic, academic and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move,
anything is possible. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Media Contact:
Carley
Cesaretti
carley.cesaretti@toyota.com
469-292-8754
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