Rakuten, Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”) announces the following change of Representative Director and Directors which were approved at a Board of Directors meeting held today.
１．Name and Title of New Representative Director
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Name |
New Title (Note 1) |
Current Title(Note 2) |
Date of assumption of office |
|
Yasufumi |
Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
Executive Vice President |
March 27, 2015
|
Note 1: Appointment is planned on approval at the 18th Annual General Shareholders Meeting scheduled for March 27, 2015
Note 2: Only major titles related to Rakuten, Inc. are shown
２．Reasons for Personnel Change
Along with business expansion, the Company aims to strengthen its management.
In addition, there are no changes related to Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO.
３．Career summary of New Representative Director
■Name： Yasufumi Hirai
■Date of Birth： November 17, 1960
■Career summary：
April 1983 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2001 Vice President, Software Group, IBM Japan, Ltd.
July 2002 Vice President, Software Group, IBM Corp. in New York
March 2003 Joined Microsoft K.K.
May 2003 Executive Officer, Microsoft K.K.
July 2006 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Microsoft K.K.
March 2008 Vice President, Cisco Systems G.K.
August 2010 President and General Manager, Cisco Systems G.K.
October 2012 Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.
February 2015 Executive Vice President Executive Officer of the Company (current position)
■Number of shares of the company held： 0 shares
１．Appointment of Director (March 27, 2015) (Note 3)
■Name： Youngme Moon
■Career summary：
June 1996 Received Ph. D from Stanford University
July 1997 Assistant Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
July 1998 Assistant Professor of Harvard Business School
July 2003 Associate Professor of Harvard Business School
September 2005 Director of Avid Technology, Inc. (current position)
July 2007 Donald K. David Professor of Business
Administration of Harvard Business School
July 2010 Senior Associate Dean for and Chair of the MBA Program and Donald K.David Professor of
Harvard Business School
July 2013 Director of Zulily, Inc (current position)
July 2014 Senior Associate Dean of Strategy and Innovation and Donald K. David Professor of
Harvard Business School (current position)
Note 3: Appointment is planned on approval at the 18th Annual General Shareholders Meeting scheduled for March 27, 2015
２．Resignation of Director (March 27, 2015)
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Name |
Current Title |
|
Joshua G.James |
Director |