Management Change at Toyota Turkiye

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Adapazari — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkiye (TMMT) announced that Tamer Ünlü has been appointed to TMMT’s President and CEO position, effective 22nd June, 2007. Mr.Ünlü replaces Kazuhiro Kobayashi, who will return to Japan.
 
Mr Unlu was born in Adana in 1947. After high school, he went to Manchester-UK for his higher education. He continued his education, while he was working at the same time. He returned to Turkiye as “Mechanical and Production Engineer” in 1974.
 
During the 16 years he worked in Sabanci company Temsa/Adana, he was in charge of establishing the automotive division in company, spreading Mitsubishi Motors presence in Turkiye and starting the local production through building a bus producing commercial vehicle plant.
 
After his employment in Temsa, with the start of Toyota Project in 1990, he was transfered and put in charge of establishing and operating the plant in Adapazarı. Since 1990, he served as the Director in charge of production , and later as Manufacturing Senior Vice President in Toyota Turkiye. He is promoted to President & CEO position as of 22nd June,2007. Mr.Unlu is married, and he has one daughter and one son.