Leadership

Directors

Tetsuji Morikawa

BIO

Tetsuji Morikawa

April 1990	Joined Price Waterhouse Consultants, Corporation.
May 1997	Founded the Company, President and Representative Director (to present)

President and Representative Director
Group CEO
Compensation Advisory Committee Member
[Concurrent Positions]
CEO, DIVA CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Outside Director, Kayak Co.

Naoyoshi Kasuga

BIO

Naoyoshi Kasuga

April 1987	Joined Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd.
August 1999	Joined New York Stock Exchange Asia Pacific Office
January 2005	Corporate Officer, New York Stock Exchange
October 2010	Joined the Company
February 2011	General Manager, President's Office
September 2011	Director, in charge of Finance of the Company (to present)
March 2021	External Director of Metapraxis Limited (to date)

Director
Group CFO
[Concurrent Positions]
Outside Director of Metapraxis Limited

Naohisa Fukutani

BIO

Naohisa Fukutani

April 1987	Joined Mitsui Bank, Ltd.
July 1999	U.S. Representative, DC Planning, Investment Banking, Sakura Bank, New York
July 2001	Daiwa Securities SMBC Singapore Limited Corporate Finance Asia Pacific
March 2005	Joined GCA Corporation (now Houlihan Lokey Co., Ltd.) Managing Director
September 2013	Director of the Company (to present)
July 2015	PricewaterhouseCoopers K.K. (now PwC Advisory LLC) Partner
July 2021	Senior Advisor of the same (to present)

Director
(Outside, Independent Director)
Chairman of the Compensation Advisory Committee
[Concurrent Positions]
Senior Advisor, PwC Advisory LLC

Jon Robertson

BIO

Jon Robertson

January 1994	Sales Manager, M3i Systems, Corporation.
July 1996	Sales Director, SAP America, Corporation.
July 1999	Managing Director, EMC Corporation
July 2002	Senior Director, Reuters K.K. (now Thomson Reuters K.K.)
January 2004	EMC Corporation
January 2007	VMware, Corporation. Vice President Customer Operations ACTION MANAGEMENT
January 2012	VMware Singapore Pte. Vice President, General Manager for ASEAN
December 2014	Vice President, VMware, Corporation.
March 2015	President and Representative Director, VMware, Corporation.
September 2020	Director of the Company (to present)
March 2021	Snowflake Ink President, Asia Pacific & Japan (to present)

Director
(Outside, Independent Director)
[Concurrent Positions]
President, Asia Pacific and Japan Region, Snowflake Corporation.

Outside Director Naohisa Fukutani, Outside Director Jon Robertson are designated as independent officers under the provisions of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are filed with the Exchange. Please refer to the latest Report on Corporate Governance for details.

Directors (Audit Commiittee Members)

Tsuyoshi Noshiro

BIO

Tsuyoshi Noshiro

October 1985	Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation
April 1989	Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
July 1989	Joined Sanyo Finance Co.
February 1998	Joined the Company
June 2000	General Manager, Administration Division
September 2001	Director in charge of Finance of the Company
September 2011	Corporate Auditor of the Company
September 2022	Director and Audit Committee Member of the Company (to present)

Director (Audit Committee Member)
[Concurrent Positions]

Chie Goto

BIO

Chie Goto

April 1984	Joined Société World Corporation.
April 1988	Joined Tokyo Student Career Information Center Co.
September 1994	Joined Yamada & Partners Accounting Office
October 2006	Registered as a lawyer and joined Sakura Kyodo Law Office Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
January 2011	Partner, Sakura Kyodo Law Office (to present)
September 2021	Corporate Auditor of the Company
September 2022	Director and Audit Committee Member of the Company (to present)

Director (Audit Committee Member)
(Outside, Independent Director)
Compensation Advisory Committee Member
[Concurrent Positions]
Partner, Sakura Kyodo Law Office

Makoto Nakano

BIO

Makoto Nakano

April 1995	Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce, Yokohama City University
April 1996	Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Yokohama City University
April 2001	Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
April 2007	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
April 2009	Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
April 2018	Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University (to present)
September 2022	Director and Audit Committee Member of the Company (to present)

Director (Audit Committee Member)
(Outside, Independent Director)
[Concurrent Positions]
Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University

Outside Director Chie Goto, Outside Director Makoto Nakano are designated as independent officers under the provisions of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are filed with the Exchange. Please refer to the latest Report on Corporate Governance for details.

Corporate Officers

Takahiro Okabe

BIO

Takahiro Okabe

April 1989	Joined OBIC Business Consultant Co.
April 2006	General Manager, ERP Solution Promotion Dept.
April 2010	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
September 2011	Director in charge of Sales Promotion
October 2013	Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation Corporate Officer (to present))
July 2014	Corporate Officer and Senior General Manager, Sales Division, Zeal Corporation
September 2014	Director, Zeal Corporation
November 2014	Representative Director and President, Zeal Corporation (to present)
September 2022	President and Representative Director, Avant Corporation (to present)

Group COO
President and Representative Director, Avant Corporation.
President and Representative Director, Zeal Corporation.

Gen Nagata

BIO

Gen Nagata

April 2002	Joined Fuji Outsourcing Co.
July 2010	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
March 2011	General Manager of Outsourcing Business Dept.
July 2013	General Manager, Outsourcing Business Division
October 2013	General Manager, Outsourcing Business Division, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
July 2015	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation, current position), General Manager, CFO Office Business Division, DIVA Corporation
October 2017	President and Representative Director, FIERTE Corporation (now DIVA Corporation) (to present)

Group COO and Group CBO
President and Representative Director, DIVA Corporation

Hiroki Takemura

BIO

Hiroki Takemura

April 1992	Joined FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
October 1998	Joined Kawamoto Accounting Office
April 2000	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation.)
July 2013	General Manager, Corporate Management Services Division
October 2013	Avant Corporation. (now Avant Group Corporation) Corporate Officer (to present)
September 2014	Director, Corporate Officer, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
July 2016	Director, General Manager, Product Solution Business Division, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
August 2018	Representative Director and Vice President, General Manager of Business Administration Division, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
September 2022	Director and Vice President, DIVA Corporation (to present)

Group CRO
Executive Vice President, Diva Corporation.

Teppei Terashima

BIO

Teppei Terashima

April 1999	Joined SAP Japan Co.
May 2006	Joined AC Capital Co.
January 2008	Transferred to Green Co.
November 2009	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation.)
October 2013	General Manager, Sales Division, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
July 2014	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)
September 2014	Director, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation) (to present)

Director, Avant Corporation.

Tatsuru Nakayama

BIO

Tatsuru Nakayama

March 1996	Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co.
March 2000	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
July 2006	General Manager, Development Division
July 2014	General Manager, Group Business Administration Dept., Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
October 2016	General Manager of Group Management Information Management Dept., Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
August 2017	Director, Internet Disclosure Co. Ltd, Corporation (to present)
September 2018	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)
September 2022	Director, Avant Corporation (to present)

Group CDO
Director, Avant Corporation.

Shingo Moroi

BIO

Shingo Moroi

April 2001	Joined PwC Consulting K.K.
January 2007	Joined AC Capital Co.
February 2009	Joined PwC Advisory Co.
September 2012	Joined CYBIRD Co.
April 2015	Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Administration Division
January 2019	Director and COO
April 2022	Joined Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation.) Seconded to DIVA Corporation
July 2022	Corporate Officer, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation.)
September 2022	Corporate Officer, Avant Group Corporation, Director, Avant Corporation (to present)

Director, Avant Corporation.

Yoshiyuki Numata

BIO

Yoshiyuki Numata

April 1992	Joined Justek Corporation.
June 1994	Joined Focus Co.
June 2000	Joined NetLink Co.
April 2001	Joined DHI Corporation (now Zeal Corporation)
September 2003	Director, Corporate Officer, B.I. Strategic Research Institute Co.
February 2008	Director, Corporate Officer, DHI Corporation (now Zeal Corporation)
October 2012	Joined Zeal Corporation as Corporate Officer
August 2013	Director
September 2015	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)

Director, Zeal Corporation.

Hiroyuki Morita

BIO

Hiroyuki Morita

April 1988	Joined Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
July 2000	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
July 2014	Senior Manager, President's Office, Avant Corporation
July 2015	Joined Zeal Corporation
August 2016	Director and General Manager of Administration Department, Zeal Corporation (to present)
October 2020	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)

Director, Zeal Corporation.

Kunihiro Nakamura

BIO

Kunihiro Nakamura

April 1933	Joined Shimizu Corporation
July 2000	Joined NTT DATA Corporation
December 2007	Joined Hewlett-Packard Japan
June 2015	Joined Mamezo Co., Ltd. as Director, Head of Sales and Head of DX Consulting
January 2020	Joined McAfee, Sales Manager
May 2021	Joined Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) Seconded to Zeal Corporation
July 2022	Corporate Officer, Zeal Corporation
September 2022	Corporate Officer, Avant Group Corporation, Director, Zeal Corporation (to present)

Director, Zeal Corporation.

Tetsuya Kawamura

BIO

Tetsuya Kawamura

April 2001	Joined Joho Kikaku Co.
January 2006	Joined Agean Partners Co.
December 2006	Joined Partners Consulting Co.
September 2010	Joined Tiong Woon Corporation Holdings Ltd
August 2014	Joined Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) Seconded to DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
July 2015	General Manager of Accounting Service 1, CFO Office Business Division, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Corporation)
July 2016	General Manager of Outsourcing Business Department, CFO Office Business Division
September 2017	Director, CFO Office Division Manager, FIERTE Corporation (now Diva Corporation) (to present)
September 2019	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)

Director, DIVA Corporation

Shuichi Fukayama

BIO

Shuichi Fukayama

August 1999	Joined Ota Showa Consulting Co.
March 2001	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
July 2007	General Manager, Customer Communication Department, DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
October 2013	Seconded to DIVA Corporation (now Avant Co., Ltd.)
September 2017	Director and General Manager of Administration Department, FIERTE Corporation (now Diva Corporation)
July 2019	Director, General Manager of Product Development Dept. and General Manager of Administration Dept.
October 2020	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)

Director, DIVA Corporation

Yoko Hosokawa

BIO

Yoko Hosokawa

September 2003	Joined Terao Accounting Office (now Tasukikai Tax Corporation)
February 2007	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
July 2016	Group Manager, Accounting Services Group 1
October 2017	General Manager of Shared Services Dept.
July 2018	Transferred to FIERTE Corporation
September 2021	Director
October 2021	Corporate Officer, Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation) (to present)

Director, DIVA Corporation

Masamitsu Suzuki

Senior Advisors

Chieko Matsuda

After working at The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. in charge of international screening and overseas sales, he worked as a rating analyst at Moody's Japan K.K. and then as a partner at Corporate Directions, Corporation. and Booz Allen & Hamilton, Corporation. He has been in his current position since 2011. He focuses on practice, research and education related to corporate management and capital markets. Outside director and auditor of listed companies, member of management committees of public organizations, etc. B.A. in Foreign Languages, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; M.B.A., Ponze-Chaussé Graduate School of International Management, France; Ph.D. incorporate Science, University of Tsukuba

Doctor of Business Administration Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Georges Ugeux

BIO

Georges Ugeux

September 1970	Joined Societe Generale Bank (Belgium)
January 1985	Managing Director, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley Securities
October 1988	Group Financial Director, Societe Generale Belgium
September 1992	President, Kidder Peabody International, Corporation.
September 1996	Head of International and Research, New York Stock Exchange
Oct. 2003	Established Galileo Global Advisors, Chairman and CEO (to present)
September 2014	Director, Avant Corporation.
September 2022	Advisor, Avant Group Corporation.

Chairman and CEO, Galileo Global Advisors

April 1996	Joined Esso Sekiyu Co.
November 1999	Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants, Corporation.
February 2003	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
May 2008	Joined E System Co.
April 2010	Joined DIVA Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation)
July 2011	General Manager, Corporate Officer, Business Division II
July 2012	Seconded to Zeal Corporation
July 2016	General Manager, Group General Affairs Department, Avant Corporation
October 2017	General Manager, Group Business Management Office
July 2021	General Manager, Strategic Investment Promotion Office (to present)
September 2022	Corporate Officer (to present)

April 1991	Joined Nissan Motor Co.
April 2017	Joined Benesse Holdings, Corporation.
April 2018	Director, BENESSE STYLE CARE Co.
June 2018	Director, Benesse Business Mate Co.
June 2019	Director, Benesse Infoshell Corporation
June 2021	Joined Avant Corporation (now Avant Group Corporation.), General Manager of Human Resource Management Department (to present)
October 2021	Corporate Officer (to present)

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