Directors

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  Representative Director Koki Sato

  Career Summary

  1997	Joined the Company
  2001	Director and General Manager of Internet Operations
  2003	Managing Director (CMO)
  2004	Senior Managing Director (COO)
  2007	Senior Managing Director
  2009	Representative Director (current position) and President, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
  2017	Group President and Chief Executive Officer, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)
  2019	Executive Officer of Dentsu Inc.
  2020	Outside Director, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Directors

  Since joining the Company, Mr. Koki Sato established a new field which has become a major pillar of the Group business, always leading from the front. Furthermore, he has led the management of the entire Group over the course of many years, steadily addressing a range of management challenges to enhance corporate value, and because he is expected to continue to exercise strong leadership.

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  Representative Director Isamu Ueno

  Career Summary

  1998	Joined the Company
  2003	Officer and Manager of Personnel and Administration
  2004	Director and Manager of Personnel and Administration
  2005	Managing Director
  2009	Senior Managing Director
  2017	Group Senior Executive Officer, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)
  2018	Representative Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Directors

  Mr. Isamu Ueno has extensive experience and results, and considerable insight in the field of personnel and administration, and because he is expected to drive the management of the Group and further enhance and drive corporate governance, he is deemed necessary to enhance corporate value.

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  Director Tadahiro Matsuda

  Career Summary

  1998	Joined the Company
  2004	Head of the Osaka Branch
  2005	General Manager of Media Director
  2009	Representative Director, SEPTENI CROSSGATE CO., LTD.
  2017	Group Executive Officer
  2018	Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)
  2019	Group Senior Executive Officer , SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Directors

  Mr. Tadahiro Matsuda has extensive experience and results, and considerable insight in the Group’s internet marketing business and new business fields, and because he is expected to further enhance and drive the management of the Group.

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  Outside Director Etsuko Okajima

  Career Summary

  1989	Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
  2001	Joined McKinsey & Company
  2002	Joined Globis Management Bank, Inc.
  2005	President, Globis Management Bank, Inc.
  2007	CEO, ProNova Inc. (current position)
  2014	Outside Director, Astellas Pharma Inc. External Director, MARUI GROUP Co., Ltd. (current position)
  2015	Outside Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.(current position)
  2016	Outside Director, Link and Motivation Inc.
  2018	Outside Director, euglena Co., Ltd. (current position)
  2019	External Director, Money Forward, Inc. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Outside Directors

  Ms. Etsuko Okajima has an abundance of experience and knowledge, and considerable insight of corporate management, and because she has actively provided useful advice on all aspects of the business administration of the Group from an independent and objective position, she is deemed capable of providing oversight and advice on the Company’s business administration as an outside director.

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  Outside Director Yusuke Asakura

  Career Summary

  2007	Joined McKinsey & Company
  2010	Joined Naked Technology Inc. Representative Director, President and CEO, Naked Technology Inc.
  2011	Joined mixi Inc.
  2013	Representative Director, President and CEO, mixi Inc.
  2014	Visiting scholar, Stanford University
  2015	Outside director, Raksul, Inc.
  2016	Outside director, Loco Partners
  2017	Visiting scholar, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Representative Director, Signifiant Inc. (current position) Outside Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Outside Directors

  Mr. Yusuke Asakura has professional and extensive experience and results, and considerable insight as an executive at listed internet companies, as a researcher and as an investor, and because he has actively provided useful advice on all aspects of the business administration of the Group, he is deemed capable of providing oversight and advice on the Company’s business administration as an outside director.

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  Outside Director Yoshiki Ishikawa

  Career Summary

  2008	Director, Cancer Scan Co., Ltd. (current position)
  2014	Director, Campus for H Inc. (current position)
  2019	External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Sansan, Inc. (current position) External Director, Gaiax Co.Ltd. (current position) Outside Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Outside Directors

  Mr. Yoshiki Ishikawa has professional, extensive experience and results, and considerable insight as both a preventive medicine researcher and as a founder of a company using methods based on behavioral science, and he is deemed capable of providing oversight and advice on the Company’s business administration as an outside director.

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  Outside Director Akie Iriyama

  Career Summary

  1998	Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
  2008	Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
  2013	Associate Professor, Business School, Waseda University
  2016	Outside Director, Macromill, Inc.
  2019	Professor, Business School, Waseda University (current position) Outside Director, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (current position)
  2020	Outside Director, Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd. (current position) Outside Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Outside Directors

  Mr. Akie Iriyama has operational experience as a consultant, along with professional, extensive experience and results and considerable insight as a researcher specialized in the management strategies and the global management fields, and he is deemed capable of providing oversight and advice on the Company’s business administration as an outside director.

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  Outside Director Mio Takaoka

  Career Summary

  1999	Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Securities
  2002	Joined Morgan Stanley Japan Securities (currently Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)
  2006	Joined Lehman Brothers Japan Securities
  2009	Joined Monex Group, Inc.
  2014	Executive, General Manager of new business, Monex Group, Inc. Director, Monex Ventures, Inc.
  2017	Joined MedicalNote, Inc. Partner, Arbor Ventures
  2018	Director, MedicalNote, Inc.
  2020	Outside Director, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)
  2021	Outside Director, KAYAC Inc. (current position)

  Reasons for Appointment of Outside Directors

  Ms. Mio Takaoka has professional, extensive experience and results, and considerable insight of strategic investment, new business development and finance, and she is deemed capable of providing oversight and advice on the Company’s business administration as an outside director.

Auditor

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  Auditor (Full-time) Nobuo Kojima

  Career Summary

  1993	Joined Dentsu Inc.(currently Dentsu Group Inc.)
  2013	General Manager of Operations Management Department of TV & Entertainment Division, Dentsu Inc.(currently Dentsu Group Inc.)
  2014	General Manager of Network 3 Depatment of Radio & TV Division, Dentsu Inc.(currently Dentsu Group Inc.)
  2017	Deputy Managing Director of Digital Platform Center and General Manager of Operations Promotion Office, Dentsu Inc.(currently Dentsu Group Inc.)
  2018	Seconded to Dentsu Inc.(currently Dentsu Group Inc.) Executive Officer and Head of account Planning Unit Internal Auditor (current position) Auditor (Full-time), SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

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  Outside Auditor (Full-time) Tadahiro Mouri

  Career Summary

  1980	Joined Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd. (currently Maruha Nichiro Corporation)
  2012	General Manager of Administration Department, Maruha Nichiro Foods, Inc. (currently Maruha Nichiro Corporation)
  2014	General Manager of Logistics Department, Maruha Nichiro Corporation General Manager of Risk Management Department, Maruha Nichiro Corporation
  2018	Advisor, DAITO GYORUI CO., LTD Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), DAITO GYORUI CO., LTD
  2020	Outside Auditor (Full-time), SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

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  Outside Auditor Mamoru Furushima

  Career Summary

  1993	Joined Chuo Audit Corporation
  1997	Registered as a certified public accountant
  2000	Joined the Fuji Accounting Office
  2003	Joined PwC Advisory Co., Ltd.
  2007	Joined the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan under the Supreme Court of Japan
  2008	Registered as a lawyer (Tokyo Bar Association)
  2009	Joined Okuno & Partners
  2015	Representative of Furushima Law & Accounting Office (current position) Outside Director (audit and supervisory member) of Nippon Chemical Industrial Co.,Ltd. (current position) Outside Auditor, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)
  2020	Outside Director (audit and supervisory member) of B-Lot Company Limited (current position)

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  Outside Auditor Takeshi Okuyama

  Career Summary

  2002	Joined the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan under the Supreme Court
  2003	Registered as a lawyer (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
  2011	Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (current position)
  2014	Associate Professor, Waseda Law School
  2019	Outside Auditor, SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (current position)

Executive Officers