Yokohama Tire Implements Organisational Changes

The organisational structure at Yokohama Tire Corporation has been altered following Jim MacMaster’s retirement on June 30. President and CEO of Yokohama’s US operation, Takao Oishi, has not named a direct successor for MacMaster, who served as executive vice president and COO. Instead, Dan King, previously vice president of sales and marketing, will now also be responsible for corporate strategy and planning, while Gary Nash has been promoted to vice president, off-the-road (OTR) division and Yukio Kuroda now oversees technical services and product liability.

Dan King, along with vice president of operations Jim Quinn, previously reported to MacMaster. Both men will now report directly to Oishi. Following the organisational changes Quinn will oversee logistics and supply chain planning in his post. Nash and Kuroda now also report directly to Oishi. Previous appointments, including Naoki Takeda to chief financial officer, Kazuo (Kaz) Teramoto as chief technical advisor in the OTR division, and Takeshi (Tom) Yoshikawa as chief advisor in the corporate strategy and planning remain unchanged.