Takeshi Yoshida is chief engineer for the 2000

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and a Senior Managing Director of

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. In 2003, Yoshida was appointed as Managing Officer of the

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Development Center, to spearhead the luxury division's development of new platforms and technologies.The pursuit of higher sales: new Lexus managing officer is on a mission to grow Lexus in the European and Japanese markets - Asia Report
/ref> In 2007, Yoshidaa was promoted from his Managing Officer position to Senior Managing Director on the Toyota board.

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Toyota Company Profile
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