| Board of Directors |
- *denotes current position
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Masatoshi Kumagai |
Founder & Group CEO |
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| May 1991 |
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Appointed CEO of VoiceMedia (now GMO Internet) |
| November 1999 |
|
Appointed CEO of MagClick (now GMO AD Partners)
(served concurrently) |
| April 2000 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors of MagClick |
| August 2001 |
|
Appointed Representative Director and Chairman of
iSLE (now GMO Cloud) |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed CEO and Chairman of the Board of GMO Internet Appointed Chairman of iSLE (now GMO Cloud)* |
| March 2004 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board at paperboy&co.* |
| December 2004 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board at Card Commerce Services (now GMO Payment Gateway) |
| March 2007 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board at MagClick (now GMO Ad Partners)* |
| May 2008 |
|
Appointed Group CEO and Representative Director* |
| December 2011 |
|
President and Chairman of the Board at GMO Payment Gateway* |
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Masashi Yasuda |
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, Certified Public Accountant |
|
| April 2000 |
|
CPA certification
Joined GMO Internet |
| September 2001 |
|
Appointed Head of Corporate Strategy |
| March 2002 |
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Appointed to Board of Directors |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed Executive Director and Head of Investor Relations and
Group Corporate Strategy Office and to the iSLE (now GMO Cloud)Board of Directors* |
| March 2004 |
|
Appointed Head of Management Division and Group Corporate
Strategy (while continuing to serve concurrently as Executive
Director and Head of Investor Relations) |
| December 2004 |
|
Appointed to Board of Auditors at Card Commerce
Services (now GMO Payment Gateway)* |
| March 2005 |
|
Promoted to Managing Director* and appointed to Board of Auditors at paperboy&co.* |
| March 2008 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors at GMO AD Partners, Inc.* |
| May 2008 |
|
Appointed Head of Management Division |
| June 2011 |
|
Appointed to GMO CLICK Securities Board of Directors* |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed Deputy to Group CEO, Head of Corporate Services Division* |
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|
Hiroyuki Nishiyama |
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer |
|
| September 1999 |
|
Joined MagClick (now GMO AD Partners) |
| April 2000 |
|
Appointed CEO |
| March 2001 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors of GMO Internet |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed Executive Director and Head of Group Media |
| March 2006 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board at
MagClick (now GMO AD Partners) |
| March 2007 |
|
Appointed Managing Director, GMO Internet* |
| May 2008 |
|
Appointed Head of Group Business Division |
| May 2010 |
|
Appointed to paperboy&co. Board of Directors* |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed Deputy to Group CEO, Head of Ecommerce Solutions Division, Head of Group Staff Development Division* |
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|
Tadashi Ito |
Managing Director |
|
| October 1997 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| December 2001 |
|
Appointed Head of OEM |
| March 2004 |
|
Appointed Head of Business Partner Division |
| September 2004 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors (while serving concurrently as Head of Business Partner Division) |
| August 2006 |
|
Appointed Head of Business Development (serving concurrently as Director) |
| April 2008 |
|
Appointed Executive Director |
| January 2009 |
|
Appointed General Manager of Business Division |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed Managing Director, Head of Group Infrastructure Division* |
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|
Kazuhiko Miyazaki |
Executive Director |
|
| February 1999 |
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Joined GMO Internet as Consumer Services Manager |
| April 2002 |
|
Appointed Head of Executive Office |
| August 2004 |
|
Appointed CEO of Telecom Online |
| September 2004 |
|
Appointed Head of Sales, GMO Internet |
| January 2006 |
|
Appointed Head of Media Sales |
| March 2006 |
|
Appointed Executive Director (while serving concurrently as Appointed Head of Media Sales) |
| June 2008 |
|
Appointed Head of Sales (while serving concurrently as Executive Director) |
| March 2009 |
|
Appointed Managing Director |
| March 2012 |
|
Appointed Executive Director* |
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|
Hirofumi Yamashita |
Executive Director |
|
| April 1985 |
|
Joined IBM Japan |
| February 2002 |
|
Appointed Head of Financial Solutions Development Division |
| April 2007 |
|
Joined GMO Internet as Acting Head of Group Systems Support Office |
| April 2008 |
|
Appointed Head of Group Systems Support Office |
| anuary 2009 |
|
Appointed Head of Systems |
| March 2009 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors (while serving concurrently as Head of Systems) |
| December 2010 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors of GMO Payment Gateway* |
| March 2011 |
|
Appointed Executive Director* |
| June 2011 |
|
Appointed to GMO CLICK Securities Board of Directors* |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed Head of Group Systems Division* |
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|
Shintaro Takahashi |
Executive Director |
|
| October 2001 |
|
Joined MagClick (now GMO AD Partners) as Business Development Manager |
| March 2002 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors |
| July 2002 |
|
Appointed Director and Head of Business Division |
| January 2003 |
|
Appointed Director and Head of Sales Division |
| March 2006 |
|
Appointed CEO of MagClick (now GMO AD Partners)* |
| July 2007 |
|
Appointed CEO of GMO Mobile |
| March 2008 |
|
Appointed Director of GMO Internet |
| October 2010 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board of GMO NIKKO (now GMO NIKKO)* |
| December 2011 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board of GMO Searchteria, Inc.* |
| January 2013 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board of GMO Mobile* |
| February 2013 |
|
Appointed Chairman of the Board of JWord, Inc.* |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed Executive Director, Head of Group Media Division* |
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|
Mitsuru Aoyama |
Board of Directors |
|
| September 1995 |
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Joined iSLE (now GMO Cloud) |
| May 1997 |
|
Appointed CEO* |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors of GMO Internet* |
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|
Toshihiko Sugaya |
Board of Directors |
|
| January 2000 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| July 2001 |
|
Appointed Head of General Affairs |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed Head of Group General Affairs |
| March 2004 |
|
Appointed to the Board of Directors (while serving concurrently as Head of Group General Affairs) |
| June 2005 |
|
Appointed Director, Head of Group General Affairs and Human Resources |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed General Manager of Group Human Resources* |
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|
Katsumi Arisawa |
Board of Directors, Certified Tax Accountant |
|
| May 1999 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| July 2001 |
|
Appointed Corporate Strategy Office Manager |
| September 2001 |
|
Certified as Tax Accountant |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed Head of Group Corporate Strategy |
| March 2005 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors (while serving concurrently as Head of Group Corporate Strategy) |
| January 2009 |
|
Appointed Director and General Manager of Group Finance Department* |
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|
Tetsuhiro Arai |
Board of Directors, Certified Public Accountant |
|
| December 1999 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| April 2001 |
|
Appointed Corporate Strategy Office Manager |
| July 2001 |
|
Resigned from GMO Internet |
| July 2001 |
|
Established Arai Accounting Firm |
| December 2003 |
|
Returned to GMO Internet |
| April 2004 |
|
Appointed Head of Group Investment Strategy Office |
| March 2005 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors (while serving concurrently as
Head of Group Investment Strategy Office)* |
| December 2010 |
|
Certified as CPA |
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|
Kentaro Sato |
Board of Directors |
|
| January 2003 |
|
Joined paperboy&co. |
| January 2005 |
|
Appointed Head of Executive Office |
| February 2006 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors and as Head of Corporate Planning |
| March 2007 |
|
Appointed Director, Senior Vice President, and Head of Corporate Planning |
| March 2008 |
|
Appointed Representative Director, Senior Vice President, and Head of Corporate Planning |
| March 2009 |
|
Appointed Representative Director and CEO* |
| March 2010 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors of GMO Internet* |
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|
Toshiaki Horiuchi |
Board of Directors |
|
| July 2002 |
|
Joined GMO Media |
| March 2003 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors and as General Manager of Systems at GMO Media |
| March 2008 |
|
Joined GMO Internet and appointed Head of Innovation and Technology Systems Office* |
| March 2011 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors* |
|
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|
Kimihiro Kodama |
Board of Directors |
|
| August 1998 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| April 1999 |
|
Appointed Team Leader of Customer Service Division |
| April 2005 |
|
Appointed Head of Customer Service, IxP Business
Department, and Group Customer Service Quality Controller |
| January 2007 |
|
Appointed Head of Access & Hosting, IxP Business Department |
| January 2008 |
|
Appointed Head of Hosting, IxP Business Department |
| January 2009 |
|
Appointed General Manager of Hosting Business Division* |
| March 2012 |
|
Appointed to Board of Directors* |
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|
Masamitsu Nomura |
Board of Directors |
|
| September 2007 |
|
Appointed as External Director to GMO CLICK Securities, Inc. Board of Directors* |
| October 2007 |
|
Appointed as Vice-president at Kumagai Masatoshi Office, Inc.* |
| December 2011 |
|
Appointed as External Director to the GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc. Board* |
| March 2013 |
|
Appointed to GMO Internet Board of Directors and as Head of Group Global Business Development Office* |
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|
Masahiro Muto |
Board of Auditors |
|
| March 1998 |
|
Joined GMO Internet |
| March 1998 |
|
Appointed to Board of Auditors* |
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|
Masakazu Iwakura |
Auditor, Solicitor |
|
| April 1987 |
|
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association registration
Joined Nishimura Law Office (now Nishimura & Partners)
|
| April 1992 |
|
Professor, Law Faculty, Rikkyo University
|
| September 1993 |
|
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
|
| August 1994 |
|
Arnold & Porter LLP
|
| January 1996 |
|
Partner, Nishimura & Partners*
|
| April 2004 |
|
Professor, Law Faculty, Hitotsubashi University*
|
| June 2005 |
|
Auditor, ICJ*
|
| April 2005 |
|
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
|
| June 2005 |
|
Appointed External Auditor of Kakaku.com, Inc.
|
| April 2006 |
|
Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University*
|
| June 2006 |
|
External Director, FANCL Corporation |
| April 2007 |
|
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Law School
|
| January 2008 |
|
Financial External Auditor, Kakaku.com
|
| June 2009 |
|
External Director, Kakaku.com* |
| March 2010 |
|
Appointed to Board of Auditors of GMO Internet* |
| June 2010 |
|
Appointed External Director, Nidec Corporation* |
| June 2011 |
|
Appointed External Auditor, Imperial Hotel* |
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|
Takashi Gunjikake |
Auditor, Certified Tax Accountant |
|
| April 1966 |
|
Joined Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau (Ministry of Finance Bureau) |
| July 1996 |
|
Deputy Head of Kamakura Tax Office |
| July 2003 |
|
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, Second National Tax Examiner Division |
| September 2002 |
|
Established Ogura Certified Public Accountant Office (current) |
| July 2004 |
|
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, Second National Tax Examiner Division, Deputy Manager |
| July 2005 |
|
Head of Kanagawa Tax Office |
| August 2007 |
|
Certified as Tax Accountant |
| March 2012 |
|
Appointed to G Board of Auditors of GMO Internet* |
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|
Keigo Ogura |
Auditor, Certified Public Accountant |
|
| August 1996 |
|
Joined Century Auditing Firm (now Ernst & Young Japan) |
| April 2000 |
|
Certified as CPA |
| January 2001 |
|
Partners, Inc. |
| September 2002 |
|
Established Ogura Certified Public Accountant Office (current)* |
| March 2004 |
|
Appointed to G Board of Auditors of GMO Internet* |
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| Advisor |
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|
Fujio Maruyama |
Technology Advisor
(Waseda University, Information Production Systems Research, Affiliate Professor)
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Graduated from Tokyo University, Education Faculty |
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Doctorate in Social Science Research, Hitotsubashi University |
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Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Professor |
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Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Chancellor for two terms as the university transitioned to a 4-year school |
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Waseda University, Information Production Systems Research, Professor |
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Future University Hakodate, Information Faculty Professor (Special Appointment) |
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Japan Java Users Group, Chairman |
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Cloud Research, representative |
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Japan Android Group, member |
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