Latest Personnel Changes

Effective on June 1, 2001

Name	New Post	Current Post
Kei Kado	Senior Managing Director In charge of R&D, Quality Assurance and Six Sigma	Senior Managing Director In charge of R&D and Quality Assurance

Changes of positions and responsibilities of Directors, new Directors and Corporate Auditor, Effective on June 26, 2001 after 135th General Stockholders Meeting.

Name	New Post (Effective on June 26, 2001)	Current Post (As of June 1, 2001)
Robert L. Shanks	Representative Director, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer In charge of Subsidiary & Affiliated Companies	Representative Director, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer In charge of Corporate Planning, Cost Planning and Subsidiary & Affiliated Companies
Ryoichi Hasegawa	Senior Managing Director In charge of IT Solution, e-Business, General Affairs, Legal Affairs and Osaka Branch; Assistant to the CFO	Managing Director In charge of IT Solution, e-Business, General Affairs, Legal Affairs and Osaka Branch; Assistant to the CFO
Gideon Wolthers	Managing Director In charge of Corporate Planning and Cost Planning; General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.	.
Keishi Egawa	Director General Manager, General Affairs Dept.	Director In charge of Financial Services and Domestic Dealer Financial Administration; General Manager, Financial Services Div.
Hiroshi Hosaka	Director General Manager, Domestic Sales Div	Senior Advisor General Manager, Domestic Sales Div.
Nobuhide Inamoto	Director General Manager, Business Logistics Div.	Senior Advisor General Manager, Business Logistics Div.
Kiyoshi Ozaki	Director In charge of Financial Services and Domestic Dealer Financial Administration; General Manager, Financial Services Div.	.
Teruhiro Shimono	Corporate Auditor (Full time)	.

Director and Corporate Auditor to step down from their positions:
- Masakatsu Takeyari, currently Director, will assume the position of Representative Director and Vice President of Mazda Ace Co., Ltd.
- Keiichiro Yoshikawa, currently Corporate Auditor (Full time), will step down from the position.