Rakuten Group, Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”) announces the following change of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members which was approved at a Board of Directors meeting held today. Appointment is planned on approval at the 26th Annual General Shareholders Meeting scheduled for March 30, 2023.
１. Resignation of Directors (March 30, 2023)
|
Name |
Current Title |
|
Ken Kutaragi |
Director |
|
John V. Roos |
Director |
２. Appointment of Directors (March 30, 2023)
| Name | Career summary | |
| Kazunori Takeda | Apr. 1986 | Joined Toyota Motor Corporation |
| May 1993 | Received MBA from Harvard Business School | |
| Jul. 2006 | Managing Executive Officer of the Company | |
| Nov. 2006 | Managing Executive Officer & COO of the Company | |
| Mar. 2007 | Director, Managing Executive Officer & COO of the Company | |
| Mar. 2016 | Retired as Director of the Company | |
| Jun. 2016 | Director of Toyooka Tourism Innovation (current position) | |
| Jul. 2016 | President of Life & Leisure Company of the Company | |
| Apr. 2018 | Group Executive Vice President of the Company (current position) | |
| Jul. 2018 | President of Commerce Company of the Company | |
| Jan. 2019 | Representative Director of Rakuten Business Support, Inc. (current position) | |
| Jun. 2019 | Outside Director of Gurunavi, Inc. (current position) | |
| Mar. 2021 | Director of SY Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Seiyu Holdings Co., Ltd.) (current position) | |
| Jul. 2021 | Representative Director & Chairman of JP Rakuten Logistics, Inc. (current position) | |
| Apr. 2022 | President of Ad & Marketing Company of the Company | |
| Jan. 2023 | President of Commerce & Marketing Company of the Company (current position) | |
| Kenji Hirose | Apr. 1985 | Joined The Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) |
| Sep. 2005 | Joined Rakuten Securities, Inc. | |
| Jan. 2006 | General Manager of Financial Business Department of the Company | |
| Nov. 2006 | Executive Officer of the Company | |
| Mar. 2012 | Managing Executive Officer of the Company | |
| Jul. 2016 | Managing Executive Officer & CCO of the Company | |
| Apr. 2018 | Managing Executive Officer, CFO & CRO of the Company | |
| Jan. 2019 | Group Executive Vice President, CFO & CRO of the Company | |
| Feb. 2019 | Group Executive Vice President & CFO of the Company (current position) | |
| Jul. 2021 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of JP Rakuten Logistics, Inc. (current position) | |
| Takaharu Ando | Apr. 1972 | Joined National Police Agency |
| Jan. 1996 | Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| Aug. 1999 | Director of Public Security Bureau of Metropolitan Police Department | |
| Aug. 2004 | Director General of Commissioner General’s Secretariat of National Police Agency | |
| Jun. 2009 | Commissioner General of National Police Agency | |
| May 2013 | Outside Director of Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. | |
| Jun. 2016 | Outside Director of AMUSE INC. (current position) | |
| Jun. 2017 | Outside Director of Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position) | |
| Jun. 2018 | Outside Director of TOBU RAILWAY CO., LTD. (current position) | |
| May 2020 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. | |
| Jun. 2022 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (current position) | |
| Tsedal Neeley | Jul. 2007 | Assistant Professor of Harvard Business School |
| Jul. 2012 | Associate Professor of Harvard Business School | |
| Dec. 2015 | Outside Director of The Partnership, Inc. (current position) | |
| Jul. 2018 | Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration of Harvard Business School (current position) | |
| Jul. 2019 | Director of Harvard Business Publishing (current position) | |
| Jun. 2020 | Outside Director of Brown Capital Management, LLC (current position) | |
| Jul. 2020 | Outside Director of Brightcove, Inc. (current position) | |
| Jul. 2020 | Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research of Harvard Business School (current position) | |
| Jan. 2021 | Faculty Chair of the Christensen for Teaching and Learning of Harvard Business School (current position) | |
| Shigeki Habuka | Apr. 1981 | Joined the Ministry of Finance |
| Jul. 2003 | Director of the Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance | |
| Jul. 2005 | Director of the Indirect Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance | |
| Jan. 2008 | Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Defense | |
| Sep. 2009 | Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| Sep. 2011 | Deputy Director-General of the Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance | |
| Jan. 2014 | Director General of the Cabinet Office | |
| Jun. 2016 | Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination of the Cabinet Office | |
| Nov. 2017 | Executive Officer of Corporate Strategy Department of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (currently Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation) | |
| Apr. 2019 | Corporate Executive Officer (co-charge of the Public Policy and Relation Office and the PR and IR Office (PR)) of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation | |
| Apr. 2022 | Corporate Executive Officer and Senior Vice President (responsible for Public Relation) of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (current position) | |