Prasanna Ganesh

Executive Vice President People and Business Transformation, CISO, Toyota Motor Asia

Executive Program Director, Asia-Pacific Region, Toyota Mobility Foundation

A lawyer by education from India, Pras pursued his Masters in International Relations in Japan and the United States. Thereafter he spent his initial career as an in-house legal advisor and a management consultant in Japan and Australia, prior to joining Toyota.

For over two decades, he has been in Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, Europe, and now Thailand and Singapore, with experience in Human Resources, Accounting & Finance, Global External Affairs, Corporate Planning, Production Control and Logistics.

Currently, as Executive Vice President of the People & Business Transformation Group in the Regional Headquarters, he has responsibility for the company’s roadmap towards Carbon Neutrality, Digital and People Transformation across the Asia region. To fulfil this role, he leads the external and environmental affairs, human resources, information systems and new mobility business for Toyota’s operations in Asia. He is also the Chief Information Security Officer for the region.

Additionally, Pras holds the responsibility of Executive Program Director for the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) across the Asia-Pacific Region. In a world with mounting mobility challenges, TMF was set up to use Toyota’s know-how in partnership with like-minded innovative stakeholders to address the mobility issues of tomorrow today.