Board Members
President and CEO
Yasutaka Horiuchi
Date of birth
28-Apr-76
Brief personal history
Apr-99
Joined the Chuo Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Co., Ltd. (formerly)
Aug-04
Joined Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC)
Mar-06
Joined BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-08
Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Administrative Division of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Jun-09
Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Administrative Division of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-12
Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-13
Director and Executive Officer of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-15
President and CEO of BOOKOFF Online, Inc. (formerly)
Jan-16
President and CEO of Booklog, Inc.
Mar-16
Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-17
Director and Executive Officer of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr-17
President and CEO of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED (to present)
Oct-18
President and CEO of BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (to present)
Directors
Norihiro Watanabe
Date of birth
11-Nov-72
Brief personal history
Oct-98
Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Apr-03
Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
Jul-18
Joined BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
General Manager of Accounting Department of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Oct-18
General Manager of Accounting Department of BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Feb-21
Executive Officer of BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Aug-22
Director of BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (to present)
Director of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED (to present)
Directors
Yoshiko Kawaguchi
Date of birth
3-Nov-61
Brief personal history
Apr-85
Joined Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. (currently Benesse
Corporation)
Apr-08
Seconded to Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute, INC.
Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Division of Tokyo
Individualized Educational Institute, INC.
Mar-11
Seconded to Berlitz Japan, Inc.
General Manager of Service Development Office of Berlitz Japan,
Inc.
Apr-13
Joined Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited
General Manager of Human Resources Planning Department of
Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited
Jun-16
Executive Officer of Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited
May-19
Joined The Global Ltd.
General Manager of Human Resources Department of The Global
Ltd.
Sep-22
Joined AOKI Holdings Inc.
Executive Officer of AOKI Holdings Inc.
Jun-23
Director and Executive Officer of AOKI Holdings Inc.
Aug-25
Director of BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (to present)
Director of BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED (to present)
President of B-Assist, Inc. (to present)
Outside Directors
Masaaki Takano ※
Hideki Hasegawa ※
Director
(Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hideaki Tamura
Outside Directors
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Satsuki Miyahara※
Yasuhiro Tsujii
※ Independent Outside Directo
Skills Matrix
The Company believes that in order to conduct substantive and effective discussions at the Board of Directors, the appropriate number of directors is around 8 to 10. Currently, the Board of Directors consists of 3 internal directors and 5 external directors (including 3 independent external directors). The main knowledge, experience, abilities and expertise of each director are as shown in the skill matrix below.
| Category | Name | Corporate management | Marketing | Industry knowledge | IT Technology | Finance/accounting | Compliance | Risk management | Human Resource DevelopmentDiversity | Environment and Society | Governance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directors | Yasutaka Horiuchi | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| Norihiro Watanabe | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Yoshiko Kawaguchi | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Masaaki Takano | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| Hideki Hasegawa | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee members | Hideaki Tamura | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Satsuki Miyahara | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Yasuhiro Tsujii | ● | ● | ● |
※ The above information does not represent all the knowledge,experience, capabilities and professional skills possessed by the Directors.
Item details
| Corporate management | Experience serving as Representative Director of a company that is not a Group company |
| Marketing | Practical experience and expertise related to marketing |
| Industry knowledge | Practical experience and expertise related to store-based retailing,reuse,publication and circulation |
| IT/technology | Practical experience and expertise related to the development and operation of IT services |
| Finance/accounting | Practical experience and expertise related to management accounting, financial accounting and finance |
| Compliance | Practical experience and expertise related to compliance and law |
| Risk management | Expertise related to risk management including changes in the business environment and natural disasters |
| HR development/diversity | Expertise related to appointment of human resources diversity and development of the internal environment |
| Environmental society | Practical experience and expertise related to the environment, society and CSR |
| Governance | Experience serving as a Director, Audit & Supervisory Board Member at a company that is not a Group company, or as an accounting auditor |
Executive Officers
Hiroyuki Ueda
Takashi Hasegawa
Mitsuhiro Sato
Toru Inoue
