Executive Profiles

MITSURU OZAKI
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mitsuru Ozaki, 54, has been in the automobile industry for nearly 22 years. He has had extensive experience in various countries outside Japan. In the early years of his career with Honda, Mr Ozaki was in charge of foreign sales for the Oceania region. In 1978, he was transferred to Honda’s Thai unit where he had responsibilities covering import, sales, marketing and PR. In 1984, he moved to Honda Federal Inc in Indonesia where he was the Sales & Marketing Advisor in the joint-venture company which manufactures and distributes Honda motorcycles.

Mr Ozaki has also spent time in Honda’s unit in Italy where he served as its president. It was one of his tougher assignments as Italy has a strong indigenous motorcycle industry.

In 1997, he moved back to Thailand to become vice-president of Asian Honda Motor, Honda’s ASEAN headquarters.

ABDUL RASHID bin ABDUL RAHIM
President and Chief Operating Officer

A graduate of the RAF College in Cranwell, Encik Rashid, 50, holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering as well as a Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a BSc Honours degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

Prior to entering the automobile industry 10 years ago, he served in the RMAF (until 1985) where he attained the rank of major. He then joined AIROD, a company which services aircraft, and remained there when it was privatized.

His entry into the automobile industry began when he joined USF as its General Manager, after which he was appointed the first CEO of USPD (the joint-venture between Proton and the DRB Group, now renamed Proton Edar after Proton acquired it completely). His other positions in the DRB Group prior to joining DOH in January 2001 were CEO of Proton Corporation and also CEO of DRB-HICOM Export Corporation.