After serving Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) as its Managing Director for five years, Atsushi Toyoshima recently made way for Hiroshi Nakagawa to take over as the head of Toyotas Indian operations. Nakagawa was formerly General Manager, Plant Administration Division at the Tsutsumi Plant, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan. The appointment is with effect from January 11, 2008 and Nakagawa takes up his board position immediately. With over 30 years of experience in the automobile industry, Nakagawa is credited to have a strong grounding in all aspects of sales, new model development, production and product support. He is a graduate in Politics & Economics from MEIJI University, Japan. Toyoshima meanwhile, will now head the European operations of Toyota Boshoku, a Toyota group company, one of the main suppliers of Toyota Motor Corporation.