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Didier Leroy reshapes Toyota for an era of new rivals, new risks

Didier Leroy is Toyota's first non-Japanese executive vice president, but his working style exemplifies the Toyota Way's obsession for personal responsibility and improvement. (BLOOMBERG)
November 23, 2016 05:00 AM
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Title:Executive vice president, chief competitive office

Age:58

Nationality:French

Education:Bachelor of engineering, Ecole Superieure des Sciences et Technologies de I'Ingenieur, Nancy, France

Joined Renault:1982

Joined Toyota: 1998

First assignment at Toyota:Launch company's assembly plant in Onnaing, France

Appointed to Toyota board:2015

Appointed chief competitive officer:2016

TOKYO -- The top Toyota executive tasked with reinvigorating the company's celebrated Toyota Way for the future mastered its core principles not in the factories of Toyota City but on Renault's shop floors, one of the industry's ailing automakers at the time.

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