Akito Tachibana has been appointed the managing director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), effective April 01, 2016. Akito Tachibana has spent three decades at Toyota spanning across functions like domestic and overseas planning and used car and product management. He has worked in the corporate planning function at Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc., and has also been responsible for product planning of Toyota North America. Tachibana has also headed Toyota Motor Vietnam Co. Ltd. as its president.