Isuzu announces new executive structure

Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL) has changed the makeup of its executive structure.

Under the new configuration, current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ms Hiroko Yaguchi, will become Managing Director.

Ms Yaguchi has considerable and broad Isuzu expertise and has led IAL since June last year, already demonstrating a significant contribution to the organisation’s future direction and strategic positioning.

Also shifting roles will be current Director and Chief Operating Officer, Phil Taylor, who will assume the new mantle of Director and CEO.

Mr Taylor has been an integral part of the IAL team for over 27 years, starting out in Brisbane before moving to the Melbourne Head Office team 18 years ago.

Mr Taylor’s new role will focus on ensuring IAL continues implementing appropriate business strategies that take advantage of the latest technologies entering the Australian truck market.

Finally, current IAL Director, Sales and Marketing, Andrew Harbison, will take on Mr Taylor’s previous role as Director and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr Harbison will apply the knowledge gained from 13 years with IAL to overseeing multiple areas of the business, including sales and marketing, product planning and engineering, I.T. and after-sales.

“The 2018 Australian Truck market is showing levels of strength and growth unseen since the record market numbers set in 2007,” said Ms Yaguchi.

“At the same time, the market is being flooded with an unprecedented level of new technologies, including enhanced safety features, electric and autonomous vehicles to name a few.

“Going forward, IAL must maintain its market strength to take advantage of these seismic shifts.

“Isuzu’s success in Australia is the product of balancing an understanding of current issues with an eye on future trends,” said Ms Yaguchi.

“Australia’s trucking landscape faces disruption and change from many different angles, and IAL is responding with a number of new initiatives and an organisational structure that targets our key areas of focus.

“Phil, Andrew and myself are excited to meet these challenges and advance to even greater triumphs that drive our business forwards,” she concluded.

Photo L-R: Director and Chief Executive Officer, Phil Taylor, Managing Director, Hiroko Yaguchi, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Harbison and Director of Administration & Chief Financial Officer, Hiroaki Kudo.