- Toyota's (NYSE:TM) first first female managing officer has resigned following her arrest last month on suspicion of illegally importing the painkiller oxycodone into Japan.
- In April, Julie Hamp was appointed the company’s chief communications officer as part of a drive to diversify Toyota's male-dominated, mostly Japanese executive line-up.
- The automaker accepted the resignation offer after "considering the concerns and inconvenience recent events have caused our stakeholders."
- Previously: Damage control at Toyota over arrest of top exec (Jun. 23 2015)