Suzuki change management position and lay a successor to the President
Suzuki change management position and lay a successor to the President
Suzuki Motor Corp said Friday that they change management position and lay groundwork for a successor to the 81-year-old Osamu Suzuki’s Chairman and President .
The team consisting of four key directors.Headed by Toshihiro Suzuki, the Osamu Suzuki’s leader’s eldest son, who oversees sales abroad,The other three directors in the team are: Minoru Tamura, charged with domestic sales; Osamu Honda, who oversees the development of technologies for automobiles; and Yasuhito Harayama, in charge of partnerships with Volkswagen AG and other issues.
The team will taking care of charting the carmaker’s strategy and resolve a host of challenges including the damages from the recent earthquake In order to survive the increasingly competitive global market, it must develop environmentally friendly vehicles and cultivate the Asian market further.
Asked if the creation of the new unit is an intermediate step toward the eventual transfer of power to his successor, Suzuki said, “I have missed the chance to shift authority before. I thought this is a good time to start.”
Still, restoring earnings that are weakening in the quake’s aftermath “is my responsibility,” Suzuki said. “Ceding the position now to a successor is like fleeing in the face of the enemy.”
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