Executives

Executives

Executives

Executives

Chairman
Masaki Yamazaki


Masaki Yamazaki

Career Summary

Apr. 1979
Joined AIU Insurance Company, Ltd.
Jan. 1996
Joined Walt Disney Enterprise, Japan (Present The Walt Disney Company, Japan)
Finance Director
Jan. 2001
Joined Electronic Arts, Japan
CFO,Vice President
Apr. 2004
Joined Vale Japan Limited
Director, Responsible for finance and business management
Dec. 2012
Vice president & Representative director of Vale Japan Limited
Jun. 2016
Outside Director, Audit/Supervisory Committee Member (Standing) of the Company
Jun. 2018
Deputy President and Officer in Charge of Planning of the Company
Jun. 2019
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
Jun. 2024
Chairman of the Company (Present position)

President and CEO
Taro Nakagome


Taro Nakagome

Career Summary

Apr. 1997
Joined the Company
Apr. 2010
General Manager of Sales Administration Department of Melife Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2012
President and CEO of Indess Co., Ltd.
May 2018
President and CEO of Indess Co., Ltd. And President and CEO of U-Techs Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020
President and CEO of Takara Building Maintenance Co., Ltd., President and CEO of Indess Co., Ltd., and President and CEO of U-Techs Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2021
President and CEO of Takara Building Maintenance Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2023
President and CEO of Sinanen Axia Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2024
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (Present position)

Director
Miwa Mitsuhashi


Miwa Mitsuhashi

Career Summary

Apr. 1996
Joined the Company
Apr. 2019
President and Representative Director of Sinanen Mobility Plus Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2023
Director and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company
Jun. 2024
Director of the Company (Present position)

Director and CCO
Tetsuya Nakamura


Tetsuya Nakamura

Career Summary

Apr. 1982
Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
Feb. 2011
Transferred to Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.)
Jun. 2011
Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2016
Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd., Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Oct. 2019
Joined the Company
Apr. 2020
General Manager of Audit Department of the Company
Jun. 2024
Director and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company (Present position)

Outside Director
Hiroyuki Ohashi


Hiroyuki Ohashi

Career Summary

Apr. 2009
Joined HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
General Manager of Industry Specialized Business Department, Corporate Business Division
Aug. 2016
Director of MEmobile Co., Ltd. (Present position)
Apr. 2017
General Manager of Alliance Finance Department, Sales Administration Division of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
Apr. 2018
Executive Officer of Alliance Finance Department, Sales Administration Division of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
Jun. 2019
Director of FTGroup CO., LTD. (Present position)
Apr. 2021
Director of CHIC Holdings INC. (Present position)
Apr. 2022
Senior Executive Officer of Business Department Group 2 (currently Business Department Group 1) of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
Jun. 2023
Director of DLX Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Arciel Co., Ltd.)
Dec. 2023
Director of N-STAFF Co., Ltd. (currently Arciel Co., Ltd.) (Present position)
Jan. 2024
Senior Executive Officer of Business Department Group 2 of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
Apr. 2024
Managing Executive Officer of Business Department Group 1 and Business Department Group 2 of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. (Present position)
Jun. 2024
Outside Director of the Company (Present position)

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member (Full time)

Yuichiro Munakata


Yuichiro Munakata

Career Summary

Mar. 1993
Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
Jun. 1993
Joined Ota Showa Audit Corporation(currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Jul. 1998
Stationed at Ernst & Young LLP New York Office
May 2000
Joined Century Ota Showa & Co. as Partner(currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Dec. 2001
Obtained US Certified Public Accountant license
Jul. 2014
Leader of EY Japan Area Accountants and member of the Steering Committee, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.)
Sept. 2016
EY Japan Area Assurance Deputy Leader, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.
Apr. 2018
General Manager of FAAS Division of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.
May 2018
Representative Director of Ernst & Young Solutions Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2022
Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kasumigaseki Capital Co., Ltd. (present position)
Jun. 2023
Outside Director and Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company
Jun. 2024
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Outside Corporate Auditor (Present position)
Jun. 2024
Outside Director and Audit/Supervisory Committee Member (Full time) of the Company (Present position)

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member

Ren Shino


Ren Shino

Career Summary

Oct. 1986
Passed the bar examination
Apr. 1989
Admitted to the bar in Japan
Jan. 1990
Participated in establishment of Kohwa Sohgoh Law Offices Partner Attorney (Present position)
Jun. 2016
Outside Director, Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (Present position)
Jun. 2018
Outside Director, Audit/Supervisory Committee Member, Takashima & Co., Ltd. (Present position)
Jun. 2019
Outside Director, MAEDA CORPORATION

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member

Nobutaka Murao


Nobutaka Murao

Career Summary

Apr. 1978
Joined the Ministry of Finance
May. 1982
Vice-Consul of Consulate General of Japan in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Jul. 1985
Deputy Director of the Treasury Division, Financial Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
Jul. 1998
Budget Examiner, Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
Jul. 2001
Director of the Debt Management Division, Financial Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
Jul. 2002
Director of the Policy and Coordination Division, Environmental Policy Bureau of the Ministry of the Environment
Dec. 2002
Retired from the Ministry of the Environment
Oct. 2003
Professor of Kwansei Gakuin University (Present position)
Oct. 2006
Main Anchor of NEWS ZERO (Nippon Television network) (until September 2018)
Oct. 2019
Senior Adviser of Japan Platform (Present position)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director, Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (Present position)

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroyuki Mitani


Hiroyuki Mitani

Career Summary

Apr. 1977
Joined Kawasaki Steel Corporation (currently JFE Steel Corporation)
May. 1988
Joined Boston Consulting Group
May. 1992
General Manager of Planning and Development Department of General Electric Company Japan (currently GE Japan Inc.)
Oct. 1998
President and General Manager of Aircraft Engine North Asia Division of General Electric Company
May. 2002
President and CEO of GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Inc. (currently GE Healthcare Japan Corporation)
Jul. 2005
Company Officer of Headquarters of General Electric Company
May. 2007
Representative Director and President (CEO) of Novartis Pharma K.K.
Mar. 2008
Representative Director and President (CEO) of Novartis Pharma K.K. and Representative Director and President of Novartis Holding Japan K.K.
Oct. 2013
Representative of Office Mitani (Present position)
Advisor of Layers Consulting Co., Ltd. (Present position)
Apr. 2014
Part-time lecturer at the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo (Present position)
Aug. 2019
Professor at Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation, Shizenkan University (Present position)
Nov. 2019
Senior Advisor of the Boston Consulting Group
Jul. 2020
Nominating and Compensation Committee Member of the Company (Present position)
Jul. 2021
President & CEO of NC Medical Research, Inc. (Present position)
Jun. 2022
Outside Director and Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (Present position)
Jan. 2024
Advisor of CEAMS LLC (Present position)
Feb. 2024
Auditor of Rugby School Japan (Present position)

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member

Motoshi Muraoka


Motoshi Muraoka

Career Summary

Apr. 1988
Joined Marubeni Corporation
Jan. 1992
Joined The Japan Research Institute, Limited.
Jun. 2001
Joined NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.
Aug. 2006
Established Land Concierge, Inc. (currently EnBio Engineering, Inc.) as Representative Director
Apr. 2009
Visiting Researcher of Environmental Research Institute, Waseda University (Present position)
Oct. 2009
Established J Social Solutions Co., Ltd. as Representative Director
Jun. 2010
Outside Director of EnBioTec Laboratories Inc. (currently ENBIO HOLDINGS, INC.)
Aug. 2011
Outside Director of Waseda Environmental Institute Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2017
Professor of Department of Bio-Industrial Creation, Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Medical and Life Sciences
Jul. 2021
Executive Officer and Partner of NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. (Present position)
Apr. 2023
Visiting Professor of SBI Graduate School (Present position)
Jun. 2024
Outside Director and Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (Present position)

Outside Director and
Audit/Supervisory Committee Member

Yoshishige Takenaka


Yoshishige Takenaka

Career Summary

Sep. 2009
Passed the bar examination
Dec. 2010
Registered as an attorney-at-law
Joined Bashamichi Law Office
Jun. 2016
Outside Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of INEST, Inc (currently INT, Inc)
Auditor of MitoProject (Present position)
Nov. 2018
Guidance and Audit Committee Member of Kanagawa Prefecture Medical Insurance Association (Present position)
Jun. 2020
Outside Director of INEST, Inc (currently INT, Inc)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of INEST, Inc
Oct. 2022
Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of INEST, Inc (Present position)
Jul. 2023
Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of ZAPPALLAS, INC. (Present position)
Jun. 2024
Outside Director and Audit/Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (Present position)

Executive Officers

Senior Executive Officer
Eiji Hibino

Career Summary

Apr. 1988
Joined UCC UESHIMA COFFEE CO., LTD.
Jun. 1991
Joined Nichirei Corporation
Aug. 2021
Head of Human Resources Department, Head of Group Reform Promotion Office of the Company
Apr. 2023
Executive Officer and Head of Human Resources Department, Head of Group Reform Promotion Office of the Company
Apr. 2024
Senior Executive Officer and Head of Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Head of Group Reform Promotion Office of the Company (Present position)

Executive Officer
Nakao Sato

Career Summary

Apr. 1987
Joined the Company
Dec. 2007
Representative Director of SINANEN INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO DE COMBUSTIVEIS LTDA
Jan. 2022
Executive Officer of the Company (Present position)

Executive Officer
Yoshiyuki Iizuka

Career Summary

Apr. 1991
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Present Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Apr. 2009
Joined Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Dec. 2022
Head of Corporate Planning Department of the Company
Apr. 2024
Executive Officer and Head of Corporate Planning Department of the Company
Nov. 2024
Executive Officer and Head of Corporate Planning Department of the Company and Senior Executive Officer and Head of Corporate Planning Department of Sinanen Co., Ltd. (Present position)

Executive Officer
Tatsuhiko Terada

Career Summary

Apr. 1992
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
Jan. 2024
Joined the Company
Apr. 2024
Executive Officer of the Company
Sep. 2024
Executive Officer and Head of Finance and IR Department of the Company(present position)

Skills Matrix

  Corporate management Sales Marketing Finance Accounting Legal affairs/Risk management Human resources Labor International perspective Sustainability
Masaki Yamazaki      
Taro Nakagome      
Miwa Mitsuhashi      
Tetsuya Nakamura      
Hiroyuki Ohashi Outside        
Yuichiro Munakata Outside      
Ren ShinoOutside          
Nobutaka Murao      
Hiroyuki Mitani Outside      
Motoshi MuraokaOutside        
Yoshishige TakenakaOutside          

(Note) The above list does not represent the entire breadth of knowledge possessed by the directors.