Executive Profiles

Director

Representative Director Makoto Hayama
Born July 24, 1969
April 1997 Joined Sato Corporation
June 2010 Executive Officer and Head of Customer Support Division of the company
(Concurrently) President and Representative Director of SATO System Support Co., Ltd. (currently SATO Corporation)
April 2011 Managing Executive Officer and Head of Customer Support Division of the company
(Concurrently) President and Representative Director of SATO System Support Co., Ltd. (currently SATO Corporation)
April 2012 Managing Executive Officer of the company
(Concurrently) SATO UK LTD. Chairman
April 2014 Managing Executive Officer of the company
(Concurrently) SATO INTERNATIONAL EUROPE NV Managing Director
January 2017 Joined our company
April 2017 General HULFT Division
April 2018 Senior Coordinator of the Business Task Force, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
July 2019 Fellow of the same organization
June 2022 President and Representative Director of the Company
April 2023 Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company
April 2024 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer of the Company (current position)
Director Seiji Ishida
Born March 30, 1968
April 1990 Joined CSK Corporation (now SCSK Corporation)
August 1996 Transferred to CSI Co., Ltd. (currently SCSK Minori Solutions Co., Ltd.)
September 2004 Joined Japan SSA Global Co., Ltd. (now Infor Japan Co., Ltd.)
September 2006 Joined SoftBank IDC Corporation (currently IDC Frontier Inc.)
January 2017 President and CEO of the company
July 2017 Joined SoftBank Corp.
April 2018 Head of Cloud Engineering at the company
June 2021 Joined our company
Senior Executive Officer in charge of new business development promotion
October 2021 Senior Executive Officer, Strategic Business Promotion Manager
April 2022 Senior Executive Officer, Head of DI Business
Head of Data Platform Business Unit
June 2022 Director of the Company (current position)
In charge of business promotion of the company
April 2023 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Sales Division
(Concurrently) General Manager of Global Sales Department
April 2024 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Sales Division (current position)
Saison Technology International, Inc. Director (current position)
Director Jun Yoshihara
Born September 23, 1974
April 1997 Joined DDI Tokyo Pocket Telephone Co., Ltd. (currently SoftBank Corp.)
September 2010 Joined Mixi, Inc. (now MIXI, Inc.)
July 2011 Joined our company
April 2014 Manager of the Quality Management Section, Customer Service HULFT Division
April 2015 Deputy General Manager of the Customer Service Department of the HULFT Division of our company
April 2017 General Manager of Customer Service HULFT Division Division
April 2021 Executive Officer and Head of Customer Service Center
April 2023 Executive Officer and Head of Customer Success Division
April 2025 Executive Officer and General Manager of Business Management Division of the Company (current position)
June 2025 Director of the Company (current position)
Director Junichi Shibuya
Born October 31, 1968
April 1992 Joined Union Credit Co., Ltd. (now UC Card Co., Ltd.)
January 2006 Transferred to Credit Saison Co., Ltd. as Manager of Sales Department 1
March 2014 Hokkaido Branch Manager of the company
March 2018 North Kanto Branch Manager of the company
October 2019 General Manager of East Japan and General Manager of North Kanto Branch of the company
March 2021 East Japan Sales Manager and Tokyo Branch Manager of the company
October 2022 Retail Sales Manager of the company
March 2024 General Manager of the Processing Group, Processing Sales Department of the company
April 2025 Joined our company
Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of the Sales Division of the Company (current position)
June 2025 Director of the Company (current position)
Director (part-time) Kazutoshi Ono
Born August 6, 1976
April 1999 Joined Sun Microsystems (now Oracle Corporation)
October 2000 President and CEO of Appresso Co., Ltd. (currently Saison Technology Co., Ltd.)
December 2003 Representative Director and Vice President of the company
July 2013 Advisor of our company
September 2013 President and CEO of Appresso Co., Ltd. (currently Saison Technology Co., Ltd.)
June 2015 Director of the Company
April 2016 Managing Director of the Company (concurrently)
Head of the Technovation Center
April 2018 Head of our Product Development Center
March 2019 Joined Credit Saison Co., Ltd. as CTO and Head of Technology Center
June 2019 Director of the company
CTO, Digital Innovation Division, and Technology Center Manager
October 2019 CTO, in charge of Digital Innovation Division, Network Alliance Division, and Technology Center, and Director of Technology Center
March 2020 Director and Managing Executive Officer of the company
CTO, Head of Digital Innovation Division, General Manager of Digital Innovation Division, and General Manager of Technology Center
June 2020 Managing Executive Officer of the company
March 2021 Executive Managing Director, CTO and CIO of the company
Head of Digital Innovation Division, General Manager of Digital Innovation Division, in charge of IT Strategy Department and Strategic Planning Department, General Manager of IT Strategy Department, and General Manager of Technology Center
June 2021 Director, Executive Managing Director, CTO and CIO of the company
October 2021 Head of the Digital Innovation Division, IT Strategy Department, Strategic Planning Department, General Manager of IT Strategy Department, and Head of Technology Center
March 2022 In charge of the CSDX Promotion Department, Customer Success Business Department, Full Life Business Department, General Manager of the CSDX Promotion Department, and Head of the Technology Center
March 2023 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CDO and CTO of the company (current position)
In charge of the CSDX Promotion Department and Customer Success Division of the company (current position)
June 2023 Director of the Company (current position)
Outside Director (part-time) Yoshimasa Nagase
Born November 3, 1957
April 1981 Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
April 2006 Executive Officer and Nagoya Branch Manager of Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.)
September 2008 Executive Officer in charge of international business planning and planning at the company
April 2009 Managing Executive Officer of the company
April 2011 Managing Director, Deputy Head of Sales Division, Corporate Affairs, Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
April 2013 Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Product Solutions Division of the company
April 2015 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Representative Director and Senior Managing Director in charge of Compliance at Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
April 2019 Representative Director of J&U Co., Ltd. (current position)
July 2020 Director of Buffalo IT Solutions Inc.
June 2021 Director of Melco Holdings Inc. (currently Buffalo Inc.) (current position)
June 2024 Director of the Company (current position)
Outside Director (part-time) Mariko Magnan
Born January 30, 1980
January 2005 Joined Société Générale Securities Co., Ltd.
August 2007 Joined Swiss Re Capital Markets Securities Co., Ltd.
August 2010 Joined Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd.
October 2014 Joined Guggenheim Partners Inc.
July 2016 Representative Director of TPO Co., Ltd. (current position)
January 2021 Director of UWC ISAK Japan
June 2023 Director of the Company (current position)
Outside Director (part-time) Haruhi Kuroda
Born April 16, 1987
August 2011 Registered as a lawyer
September 2011 Joined Nishimura & Asahi Law Office
April 2016 Joined Homma & Partners Law Office (current position)
December 2021 Outside Director of Noevir Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2023 Director of the Company (current position)

Auditors

Auditors Kyosuke Togano
Born November 2, 1961
April 1986 Joined Seibu Credit Co., Ltd. (currently Credit Saison Co., Ltd.)
March 2005 System Planning Department Manager of the company
(Concurrently) General Manager of Mizuho UC Partnership Promotion Office
June 2005 Director in charge of the System Promotion Department of the company
(Concurrently) General Manager of Systems Planning Department
March 2006 Director and Deputy General Manager of Systems Division of the company
March 2007 Director and General Manager of Systems Division of the company
October 2007 President and CEO of Qubitous Co., Ltd. (currently Credit Saison Co., Ltd.)
March 2015 Managing Director of the company
April 2020 Joined our company
June 2020 Director of the Company
Financial IT Technology Officer
June 2022 Responsible for technology and quality control for our financial IT services and distribution IT services
June 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time) Norihisa Ogawa
Born January 7, 1951
April 1979 Registered as a lawyer
Joined Kashiwagi & Kiyozuka Law Office
October 1987 Director of Norihisa Ogawa Law Office
June 1994 Outside Auditor of Sankyu Inc.
December 1994 Kioisaka Law and Patent Office
Attorney at Law (currently Kioizaka Themis Law Office) (current position)
April 1998 Outside Auditor of NICE CLAUP Co., Ltd.
March 2011 Outside Auditor of NC Medical Research Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2012 Director of the Software Information Center (current position)
June 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
March 2022 Outside Director of Japan BPW Ltd. (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time) Takahiro Kobayashi
Born March 17, 1958
April 1981 Joined Ricoh Co., Ltd.
January 1986 Assigned to Ricoh Netherlands BV (European headquarters)
January 1988 Ricoh Overseas Headquarters
March 1994 Director, Strategic Planning, Ricoh Corporation (US subsidiary)
June 2005 General Manager of Business Planning Office, Overseas Business Division, Ricoh Company, Ltd.
March 2007 Vice President of Ricoh Australia Pty (Australian subsidiary)
September 2008 General Manager of Business Management Office, Overseas Headquarters, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
June 2009 General Manager of Business Planning Department, Global Marketing Headquarters
Director of Ricoh Logistics System Co., Ltd. (currently SBS Ricoh Logistics System Co., Ltd.)
July 2010 Auditor of Ricoh IT Solutions Co., Ltd.
April 2011 Corporate Auditor, Ricoh Japan Co., Ltd.
July 2012 General Manager of Business Support Department, Accounting Division, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
August 2014 General Manager of Business Planning Office, Business Solutions Division,
April 2017 Senior Management of Corporate Human Resources Department of the company
June 2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time) Rie Mizukami
Born May 13, 1969
June 1999 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
Joined Toshiaki Katsushima Tax Accountant Office (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Corporation)
April 2001 Joined Schlumberger K.K.
March 2003 Joined KPMG Tax Corporation
December 2008 Joined EY Tax Corporation
May 2010 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant in the United States
July 2011 Founded Mizukami Eri Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office and became its representative (current position)
July 2017 Founder and Representative of Herald Advisory LLC (current position)
June 2024 Outside Auditor of Leon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2025 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position)

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