FULLERTON, Calif.—The Yokohama Tire Corp. appointed two executives: Naoki Takeda will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer and Taketoshi Morita will serve as vice president, original equipment business.
Takeda started working for Yokohama's parent company, The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., in 1988 and returns to Yokohama after over two years as GM at the tire maker's tire business planning department.
Morita moved from Spain to the U.S. to join Yokohama's newly created vice president, OE business position. He began his career with Yokohama in 1987 and has held several positions, most recently president of Yokohama Iberia (Spain and Portugal) since 2009.