Directors

Tetsuji Morikawa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Masamitsu Suzuki

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)

Group CLOs

Eriko Satonaka

Eriko Satonaka

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)

Group CHRO

Senior Advisors

Chieko Matsuda

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

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