ISUZU India announces top management changes

ISUZU Motors India has just announced that Naohiro Yamaguchi, General Manager, LCV Sales Project Dept. at Isuzu Japan will take over as Managing Director of Isuzu Motors India (IMI) from today. He will oversee the overall operations of the company which was previously done by Takashi Kikuchi. Hiroyasu Miura, Executive Officer and Executive in-charge of Manufacturing Engineering Planning Dept, Vehicle Manufacturing and New Business Development at Isuzu Japan, will be taking over as the Chairman at Isuzu Motors India.

His responsibilities include product engineering and development. Another change is marked by Taizo Nakahigashi, Senior Vice President at Isuzu Motors India taking over as the Chief Executive Officer at Isuzu Hicom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. These management changes are in tandem with the business plans of the company.

Naohiro Yamaguchi was responsible for the LCV Sales Project at Isuzu, Japan and he will be bringing his knowledge and expertise in the area of sales operations and strategy to India. He is expected to accelerate Isuzu’s growth in India as the company prepares towards full-fledged operations in India by 2016.

Naohiro Yamaguchi, Managing Director, IMI, states “It is indeed a very interesting role that I assume in India. Knowing the growing demand for high-quality, Isuzu has the right setting to offer its world-class products to customers in India. Towards this, Isuzu is already well on its way to establishing a strong organisation, world-class processes and systems to offer the Indian customer the benefit of high quality. I thank Mr Kikuchi for paving the way for growth and ensuring the set-up of IMI, thus far. I also look forward to taking the same further to establishing the strong brand of Isuzu in India.”

Joining as the Chairman at Isuzu Motors India, Hiroyasu Miura, will be responsible for product engineering and development in the company. His extensive learning will enable the company in product engineering as the company plans to add robust products to its portfolio in the future.

Hiroyasu Miura says, “Isuzu is world-renowned for its high quality vehicles owing to a very strong focus on class-leading Production and Quality techniques. The same emphasis will manifest at IMI and customers in India can be very proud of our products. I look forward to my tenure in India and in my role of ensuring the highest quality standards”.