Andrew Kirby PrEng FSAAE is the President and CEO of Toyota South Africa Motors and President of NAAMSA. He is a Director of the Boards of Toyota South Africa and of Toyota South Africa Motors. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Cape Town in 1988 and followed an executive PMD course at the Harvard Business School. In 2005 he joined Toyota South Africa Motors as Senior Vice President: Sales and Marketing, managing the Toyota, Lexus and Hino brands. At the beginning of 2011 he moved to Japan to take on global responsibilities for managing and leading the Lexus brand (offices in Nagoya, Toyota City and Tokyo). He returned to South Africa in July 2013 and took over responsibility for the Corporate Administration team. In January 2016 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, assuming responsibilities for all operations, and in April 2016 he was appointed President and CEO.