Executive Structure
- List of Executives
- Specialties of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Skills Matrix)
- Policy regarding the appointment of directors
- Policy on the independence of outside directors and outside auditors
- Policy for the appointment and dismissal of the Representative Director and President
- Succession planning
List of Executives
Within the governance framework of being a company with an audit & supervisory board, we have adopted an executive officer system to clarify management and execution functions.
Please see below for details on our executive officers.
Specialties of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Skills Matrix)
| full name | post | attribute |
Term of office |
Expertise and experience *1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Business Management |
Financial Accounting/ |
Sales/ |
R&D/Production |
global |
Legal and Compliance/ |
human capital/ |
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Tatsuya Sato | Chairman and Representative Director | 4 years | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Yuichiro Haruyama ※2 | Representative Director, President and CEO | ― | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Kazuya Kondo ※2 | 取締役副社長執行役員CTO | ― | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Tatsuya Sasaki | Outside Director | 3 years | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Yoshiri Itaru | Outside Director | 1 year | ○ | ○ | ||||||
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Tomotake Ishida | Outside Director (Independent Director) | independence | 6 years | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
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Akiko Ikeda | Outside Director (Independent Director) | independence | 1 year | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
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Maki Mifuyu | Outside Director (Independent Director) | independence | 1 year | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Masami Kashiwakura | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | 1 year | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Masaki Ueno | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member | independence | 1 year | ○ | ○ | |||||
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Mariko Sugawara *3 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member | independence | ― | ○ | ||||||
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Masafumi Tanabe ※3 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member | independence | ― | ○ | ||||||
*1 This indicates the areas in which each individual has experience in addition to their insights. However, this is limited to a total of four areas that are prioritized by the Company, and does not represent all of the knowledge and experience possessed.
*2 Appointed as director in June 2025
*3 Appointed as an outside auditor in June 2025
Policy regarding the appointment of directors
We believe that the Board of Directors must be composed of members with diverse knowledge, experience and diverse, highly skilled capabilities in order to oversee business execution and make important decisions. Therefore, we appoint directors after discussing the balance of knowledge, experience and ability, diversity, and the appropriate number of directors.
The Board of Directors consists of eight members, including five outside directors with expertise (three of whom are independent outside directors). We strive to ensure diversity by appointing two female independent outside directors. In addition, the four Audit & Supervisory Board members consist of one full-time Audit & Supervisory Board member, one outside Audit & Supervisory Board member with a high level of expertise in accounting, and two outside Audit & Supervisory Board members with a high level of expertise in law. Each member utilizes their experience, knowledge, and abilities to make multifaceted decisions and supervise the execution of business.
Policy on the independence of outside directors and outside auditors
Please refer to the Corporate Governance Report for information on the independence standards for our outside directors and outside auditors.
Corporate Governance Report (670KB) (Updated December 2024)
Policy for the appointment and dismissal of the Representative Director and President
The appointment and dismissal of the Representative Director and President will be resolved by the Board of Directors after deliberation by a voluntary Nomination Advisory Committee chaired by an independent outside director in order to ensure objectivity and transparency, taking into account the CEO's succession plan, an appropriate evaluation of the company's performance, etc.
Succession planning
The Board of Directors and the Nomination Advisory Committee, chaired by an independent outside director, are proactively involved in formulating and implementing the next generation management development program with the aim of identifying and developing management executives, including the President and Representative Director, as part of the succession planning for the Representative Director, President and Representative Director and other officers.
In addition, taking into account the Company's management philosophy and business strategies, the Company will appropriately supervise the content of the program and the training of program participants through their placement and promotion.