Honda Cars India has appointed Katsushi Inoue as its new President and CEO w.e.f. April 1, 2015. As part of the other management changes, Hiroyuki Shimizu will be the new Vice-President and Director, Marketing and Sales in HCIL.
Inoue takes over from Hironori Kanayama who has served as HCIL President and CEO for the past three years since assuming this position in April 2012. Inoue has been associated with Honda Motors for over 29 years and has served as General Manager in Marketing Planning office in Japan headquarters in his last assignment. He has worked with Honda ventures in different markets, across the globe including Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, UK, Poland and Germany.
Hiroyuki Shimizu takes over from the current Senior Vice-President and Director, Marketing and Sales - Shigeru Yamazaki, who held this position since April 2012. Shimizu has been associated with Honda Motors for over 25 years and in his last assignment served as Director and Vice-President in Honda Automobile (Thailand). Shimizu started his professional career with the company in the year 1990 and has significant experience in the field of Product Planning, Marketing and Sales. Shigeru Yamazaki will go back to Japan and will be responsible for Automobile Operations Business Planning in Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Hironori Kanayama moves back to Japan as he retires after successfully completing his career in Honda. During the three years of Kanayama's leadership in India, HCIL witnessed rapid growth in its business. It was in his tenure that Honda forayed into the diesel segment in India with the launch of its revolutionary 1.5L i-DTEC diesel engine and entered into many new segments in the market leading to increase in HCIL operating field from 10 per cent in 2012 to the current 51 per cent. Many successful products such as Honda Amaze, Honda Mobilio and the fourth Generation Honda City were launched in the Indian market during this period.
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Managing Officer, Honda Motors who was the Representative of Development, Purchasing and Production in Asia andamp; Oceania since April 2013 and was stationed in India, moves to Japan after completing his tenure. He will take over as the Chief Operating Officer of the Automobile Operation at Honda Motors. He is planned to be elevated to the position of Director on the Board of Directors in Honda Motor Co., Ltd. with the title of Senior Managing Officer and Director after approval at the General Meeting of Shareholders of the company scheduled to be held in June 2015.
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