Bangalore, December 29^th 2021: Toyota Kirloskar Motor, today announced organizational changes effective from 1^st January 2022. Key resources have been aligned and assigned responsibilities in a way, so as to drive synergy and efficiency throughout the organization.

The Key Executive Changes announced are –

1. Mr. Raju B. Ketkale as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing
2. Mr. Yoshinori Noritake as Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer
3. Mr. Tadashi Asazuma as Executive Vice President, Sales & Customer Services
4. Mr. Swapnesh R. Maru as Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration
5. Mr. Vikram Gulati as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Governance
6. Mr. Sudeep S. Dalvi as Senior Vice President & Chief Communication Officer

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Masakazu Yoshimura, Managing Director – Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said, “We at TKM, are pleased to announce the realignment of our senior leadership team, aimed at strengthening the organization while rationalizing the management structure based on accountability, complexity and future readiness. As a people centric organisation,TKM has always put high emphasis on recognizing talent who exhibit proficiency while ensuring flexibility in assignment to further enhance competitiveness. This announcement not only recognize the truly significant contributions of the senior leaders, but also allows us to bring diversity within the management team, to nurture ‘One Team Asia’ spirit. I am excited to see this new team in action and I am certain that they will continue TKM’s consistent growth in the industry.”

Mr. Mahesh N Salkar currently Executive Vice President will be retiring on 31^st December, 2021. He joined TKM on 21^st September ,1998 and served TKM till he became Senior Vice President for customer service group. Since 2015, he has been on an assignment at a senior role in Toyota Motor Asia Pacific , Singapore and Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing, Thailand.

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Overview of TKM:

Company name	Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited
Equity participation	TMC: 89%, Kirloskar Systems Limited (Mr. Vikram S. Kirloskar): 11%
Number of employees	Approx. 6,000
Land area	Approx. 432 acres (approx.1,700,000 m2)
Building area	74,000 m2
Total Installed Production capacity	Up to 3,10,000 units

Overview of TKM 1^st Plant:

Established	October 1997 (start of production: December 1999)
Location	Bidadi
Products	Innova, Fortuner manufactured in India.
Installed Production capacity	Up to 1,00,000 units

Overview of TKM 2^nd Plant:

Start of Production	December 2010
Location	On the site of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited, Bidadi
Products	Camry Hybrid
Installed Production capacity	Up to 2,10,000 units

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd.	Current Global
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