February 23, 2015
Company Name:

GMO Internet, Inc.
(TSE First Section, Code: 9449)

Address:

26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho Shibuya-ku Tokyo JAPAN

Representative:

Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO and Representative Director

Contact:

Masashi Yasuda, Managing Director

Telephone:+81 3 5456 2555

URL:

http://www.gmo.jp/en

Notice of Appointment of New Director
The GMO Internet, Inc. Board of Directors agreed at a meeting convened today to put forward the following new
Board of Directors candidate to the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting set for March 22, 2015. All of the current
sixteen members’ terms expire at the end of the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting on March 22, 2015, All
except one member of the current Board of Directors will be put forward as candidates to serve another term..
1. New Director Candidate
Name:

Akito Suzuki

Date of Birth

July 27, 1974

Current Title:

CEO, GMO TECH, Inc.
Career Profile

April 1998

Joined Mitsubishi Motor Corporation

June 2005

Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

April 2006

Joined Recruit, Inc. (now Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.)

December 2006

Established Innovex, Inc. (now GMO TECH, Inc.) as Chief Executive Officer

2． Resigning Director
Name:

Shintaro Takahashi(currently GMO Internet, Inc. Executive Director and GMO AD Partners, Inc. CEO)*Mr Takahashi will complete his term at the close of the March 23, 2014 Annual General Shareholders’ meeting.

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3．Titles and Responsibilities of Current Members of the Board of Directors
Responsibilities are allocated with the objective of maximizing synergies in GMO Internet Group, increasing
enterprise value and clearly defining roles of the Group’s key segments and divisions.
Please note that all Director candidacies are contingent upon approval of the Annual General Stockholders
meeting.
(Underline denotes change)
NameNew Title

Current Title

Masatoshi Kumagai

No c h a ng e

Chief Executive Officer andRepresentative Director,
Group Founder & CEO

Chief Financial Officer
Deputy CEO, Deputy to Group CEO
Masashi Yasuda

Head of Group Corporate Services
Division

Hiroyuki Nishiyama

Chief Operating Officer
Deputy CEO, Deputy to Group CEO
Head of Group Ecommerce Solutions
Division
Head of Group Staff Development
Division

Chief Financial Officer,
Deputy to Group CEO
Head of Group Corporate Services
Division
Chief Operating Officer
Deputy to Group CEO
Head of Group Ecommerce
Solutions Division
Head of Group Staff Development
Division

Issei Ainoura

No c h a ng e

Tadashi Ito

No c h a ng e

Hirofumi Yamashita

Managing Director
Head of Group Systems Division

Managing Director
Head of Group Payment Division
Managing Director
Head of Group Infrastructure
Division
Head of Business Division
Executive Director
Head of Group Systems Divisionand Head of Systems Divisionand Head of Systems Division
Executive Director

Kazuhiko Miyazaki

Toshiaki Horiuchi

No c h a ng e

Head of Sales Division

Executive Director

Director

General Manager of Innovation andGeneral Manager of Innovation andTechnology System Office

Technology System Office2(Underline denotes change)
Name

New Title

Current Title
DirectorTos hi h ik o S ug a ya

No c h a ng e

General Manager Group HumanResources
Director

Katsumi Arisawa

No c h a ng e

General Manager of Group Finance
Department

Teruhiro Arai

No c h a ng e

Director
General Manager of Group
Investment Strategy OfficeKentaro Sato

No c h a ng e

Dir ec tor

Kimihiro Kodama

No c h a ng e

Masamitsu Nomura

No c h a ng e

Director
Business Division and Hosting
Department General Manager
Director
Head of Group Global BusinessDirector
Akito Suzuki(new)Head of Group Advertising Division

Masakazu Iwakura

No c h a ng eExternal Director* The new titles or responsibilities awarded to Masashi Yasuda, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Hirofumi Yamashita andToshiaki Horiuchi represent promotions.

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