Mark Templin

Mark Templin is a managing officer of Toyota Motor Corporation and Deputy Chief Officer of TMC’s Sales Finance Business Group. He is Toyota Financial Services Group Chief Marketing Officer; Toyota Financial Services International President & Chief Operating Officer (as of July 1, 2016) and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation Chairman.

Prior to his current assignment, Templin served as executive vice president of Lexus International, responsible for leading the luxury brand’s global operations. With his appointment to this role in April 2013, Templin became the first non-Japanese executive to oversee an operational division within the company’s global headquarters in Japan. He also served as group vice president and general manager of the Lexus Division for Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., overseeing all aspects of Lexus’ U.S. automotive operations. He concurrently served as general manager of the Lexus Planning Division, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), working closely with international Lexus affiliates to build the Lexus Brand worldwide.

Templin joined Toyota Motor Sales in 1990 and has held a number of positions, including general manager for the Lexus Southern Area, assistant general manager for both the Southern and Western Area Lexus offices, sales administration manager and retail operations manager at Lexus’ national headquarters in Torrance, Calif., and as vice president of parts, service, customer satisfaction and training for the Lexus Division; vice president of Lexus marketing and vice president of Scion. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Mo., where he studied automotive technology.