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Title: Operating Officer, Chief Production Officer and Chief Officer of Production Engineering Group

Company: Toyota Motor Industry: Automotive

Takefumi Shiga earned a master’ s degree in engineering from Kyoto University before joining Toyota in 1992. His roles included General Manager of Body Assembly and Design divisions, and he eventually became Executive Vice President of its Vehicle Development Center. From January 2023 through the end of

2025, he served as the Executive Vice President of Production Engineering and Manufacturing for Toyota Motor North America. In this position, he was responsible for overseeing 14 vehicle and unit plants across the continent and leading the development of Toyota Battery Manufacturing in North Carolina. He returned to Japan in 2026 to become an Operating Officer of the company, alongside the roles of Chief Production Officer and Chief Officer of the new Production Engineering Group. This consolidates manufacturing engineering teams that were previously scattered across different departments.

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