Directors

Tetsuji Morikawa

Tetsuji Morikawa

April 1990

Joined Price Waterhouse Consultants, Corporation.

May 1997

Founded the Company, President and Representative Director (to present)

Founder, Chairman & Group CEO
Compensation Advisory Committee Member


[Concurrent Positions]
President and Representative Director, AVANT CORPORATION
CEO, DIVA CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Kaoru Chujo

Kaoru Chujo

April 1983

Joined Fujitsu Limited

March 2000

Senior Researcher, IP Networking Research,

Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. 

December 2009

General Manager, Advanced Technologies Division,

Mobile Phone Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited 

April 2017

General Manager, AI Services Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited 

July 2019

Executive Director, Responsible for AI Alliances, Software Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited 

December 2020

Founded SoW Insight, Inc.;

President and Representative Director (ongoing) 

June 2021

Outside Director, ITOCHU-SHOKUHIN Co., Ltd. 

June 2021

Outside Director, Foster Electric Co., Ltd. (ongoing) 

August 2021

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo 

April 2022

Outside Director, Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation (ongoing) 

Director
(Outside, Independent Director)


[Concurrent Positions]

President and Representative Director, SoW Insight, Inc.

Outside Director, Foster Electric Co., Ltd.

Outside Director, Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation 

Kazushi Ambe

Kazushi Ambe

April 1984

Joined Sony Corporation (now Sony Group Corporation) 

October 2001

Vice President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 

April 2006

Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation of America 

November 2014

Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation

June 2018

Senior Executive Officer, Sony Corporation

June 2020

Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation

April 2021

Executive Vice President, Sony Group Corporation

June 2024

Outside Director, TOKAI RIKA CO., LTD. (ongoing)

April 2025

Senior Advisor, Sony Group Corporation (ongoing) 

April 2026

Outside Director, ARCHION Corporation (ongoing)

Director
(Outside, Independent Director)


[Concurrent Positions]

Outside Director, TOKAI RIKA CO., LTD.

Senior Advisor, Sony Group Corporation

Outside Director, ARCHION Corporation 

  • Outside Director Kaoru Chujo, Outside Director Kazushi Ambe 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)

Naoyoshi Kasuga

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

Director (Audit Committee Member)

[Concurrent Positions]
None

Chie Goto

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)

June 2023

Outside Director, Asahi International Corporation (to present)

June 2024

Outside Director (Member of the Audit Committee), Toho Holdings Co. (to present)

Director (Audit Committee Member)
(Outside, Independent Director)
Chairman of the Compensation Advisory Committee


[Concurrent Positions]
Partner, Sakura Kyodo Law Office
Outside Director (Member of the Audit Committee), Toho Holdings Co.

Makoto Nakano

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.

Group CxO

Group CBO

(Chief Business-Development Officer)

 

Gen Nagata

Group CRO / Group CIO

(Chief Risk-Management Officer /
 Chief Information Officer)

Hiroki Takemura

Group CCO

(Chief Customer Officer)

Takahiro Okabe

Group CPO

(Chief Product Officer)

Tatsuru Nakayama

Group CHRO

(Chief Human Resources Officer)

Eriko Satonaka

Group CLO

(Chief Legal Officer)

Masamitsu Suzuki

Group CFO

(Chief Financial Officer)

Shinji Hasumi

Group CISO

(Chief Information Security Officer)

Yoshikazu Miyake

Group CTO

(Chief Technology Officer)

Takahiro Kato

Group CMO

(Chief Management Officer)

Kazuko Ijiri

Directors of Group Companies

AVANT CORPORATION

President and Representative Director

Tetsuji Morikawa

Director

Shingo Moroi

Director

Teppei Terashima

ZEAL CORPORATION

Chairman and Director

Takahiro Okabe

President and Representative Director

Yoshiyuki Numata

Director

Seiji Fukuda

Director

Shigenori Toyota

DIVA CORPORATION

President and Representative Director

Gen Nagata

Executive Vice President

Hiroki Takemura

Director

Tomotatsu Osada