Naohiro Yamaguchi who was
responsible for the LCV Sales Project at Isuzu, Japan will bring his rich
experience in the area of sales operations and strategy to India and will
further accelerate Isuzu’s growth in the country, as it gears up towards its
full-fledged operations in India by 2016.
In his previous role,
Yamaguchi was responsible for overseas sales operations and business
development at Isuzu Motors in Japan, Thailand and Europe. He was one of the
key members of the India project team at Isuzu, Japan.
Naohiro Yamaguchi, Managing
Director, IMI, said, “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.”
At the same time, Hiroyasu
Miura who joins as the Chairman at Isuzu Motors India will be primarily
responsible for product engineering & development in the company. He comes
with a rich experience in the areas of vehicle production and quality control
in Japan & Thailand with a global approach. Isuzu Motors India will benefit
from Miura’s global expertise in product engineering as the company plans to
add robust products to its portfolio in the future, the release added.
With a strong focus on
class-leading Japanese production methodologies, Isuzu lays much emphasis on a
very robust production system in India, to ensure very high standards of
quality. Towards this end, the intensive experience of Mr. Miura will add a
special dimension of focus towards standards in Production and Quality Control.
Hiroyasu Miura, said, “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”.