Changes of Directors and Executive Officers and the Establishment of the Executive Board
Uhuru Corportion (“Uhuru”, headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Takashi Sonoda) hereby informs the following changes for Directors and Executive Officers, which were approved at our Board of Directors meeting today.
Changes of Director and Executie Officers
Directors and Executive Officers (as of September 27, 2019)
| Names | Positions |
|---|---|
| Takashi Sonoda | President & CEO |
| Hirokazu Kizawa | Chairman of the Board, External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Tadaaki Kimura | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Yoshie Munakata | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Peter Bateman | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| John Andrew Sunley | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Andrew Rose (newly appointed) | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Shinsuke Matsumoto (newly appointed) | External Director （Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| Yasuro Katori (newly appointed) | Executive Director |
| Hiroki Uchida | Executive Director & CFO |
| Naoya Sakamoto | Executive Officer |
| Shigehiro Shimano | Executive Officer |
Profiles of newly appointed Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee
| Name | Andrew Rose |
|---|---|
| Biography | Jun 1979 Graduated from Sheffield University May 1981 Completed post graduate studies at Kobe University Jul 1981 Joined Schroders Group Aug 1987 Became Japanese equity fund manager at Schroders Investment Management Mar 1996 Senior Investment Officer in the Tokyo office Jul 1999 Joint Head of Japanese Equity Mar 2001 Head of Japanese Equity Jun 2019 Retired from Schroders |
| Name | Shinsuke Matsumoto |
|---|---|
| Biography | Apr 1997 oined Nishimura Law Office (current Nishimura & Partners) Oct 1999 Joined Nagashima & Ohno (Current Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu) Apr 2004 Joined Nakamura & Tsunoda Jan 2005 Became Partner at Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto (incumbent) Jun 2012 Became External Auditor for LSD Entertainment, Inc. (incumbent) Mar 2019 Became External Auditor for UZABASE Inc (incumbent) |
Establishment of the Executive Board
As the business expands, in order to strengthen corporate governance, people from outside the company are added to the board of directors to oversee the management practices. In addition to that a management execution committee consisting of representative director, president, the CEO and four executive officers will be established.
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About Uhuru Corporation
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