Resignation of Tokyo 2020 VP

Resignation of Tokyo 2020 Vice President

 Tokyo 2020 today announced the resignation of Mr. Akio Toyoda as Vice President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. He will remain in his position as Chair of the Japan Business Federation’s (Keidanren) Committee on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in which capacity he will lead the efforts of Japan’s business community to provide further support to the successful delivery of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tokyo 2020 Councillors will meet in the near future to approve the appointment of a new Executive Board member who will succeed Mr. Toyoda.

Explaining his decision, Mr. Toyoda said, “I feel it is vitally important that the Organising Committee and Japan’s business community further strengthen their collaborations prior to the Rio 2016 Games. I have therefore decided to reorganise my roles and further intensify my efforts to encourage the business community to actively support the delivery of the 2020 Games.

“I am looking forward to forging even closer ties between the Organising Committee and Japan’s business community, and I am determined to work even harder to ensure the successful delivery of the 2020 Games.”

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee would like to extend its sincere gratitude to Mr. Toyoda for his dedication and tireless efforts as Vice President, and looks forward very much to his continued support towards the successful delivery of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

 

豊田副会長の辞任について

公益財団法人東京オリンピック・パラリンピック競技大会組織委員会副会長の豊田章男は、本日付けで副会長を辞任することになりましたので、お知らせします。
なお、今後について、近日中に評議員会を開催し、新たに理事を選任後、理事会にて後任の副会長を選任する予定です。

■ 豊田　章男　東京2020組織委員会　副会長コメント
私は、組織委員会の理事・副会長を辞任し、オリンピック・パラリンピック等経済界協議会の会長、経団連のオリンピック・パラリンピック等推進委員会の委員長として、経済界としての大会支援に専念することと致しました。

リオ大会を前に、組織委員会と経済界の連携がますます重要になってくることから、私自身の役割・立場を整理し、経済界としての大会支援体制を更に充実強化していきたいと考えました。

今後とも、組織委員会と経済界をしっかりつなぎ、大会成功のために、これまで以上に努力して参る所存です