Our Sustainability

Introducing the Board of Directors

Director

Masazumi Hasumi
President

August 1983

Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation(currently PricewaterhouseCoopers
Japan LLC)
November 1991 Joined Yamada & Partners Accounting
OfficeDecember 1996 President of Proggest Co., Ltd.
(company name changed to Proggest
Holdings, Ltd. in July 2005)
July 2005
President of Proggest Co., Ltd. (current:Aoyama Zaisan Investments Co., Ltd.)
September 2008 Director of the Company
October 2008
President
August 2016
Business Succession Navigator
Corporation(currently Next Navi), President
June 2017
PT Aoyama Zaisan Networks
Indonesia, Director (current position)
March 2018
Chairman of Nihon Shisan Soken Co.,
Ltd. (current position)
October 2020
Aoyama Financial Service Co., Ltd.
Representative Director
January 2021
Aoyama Family Office Service Co., Ltd
President (current position)

Masayuki Yagi

Director, Managing Executive Officer
April 1990
September 1991
March 2006
January 2011
March 2013
March 2014

January 2021
June 2021
January 2022
March 2022
March 2022
January 2024

Joined Murakami Corporation
Joined the Company
Director, Executive Officer, and Manager of First
Business Department
Executive Officer of the Company
Manager of Individual Asset Consulting Department
Director, Executive Officer, and General Manager ofBusiness Division
Director, Managing Executive Officer of theCompany
Director, Executive Officer, and General Manager ofBusiness Division
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager of Business Division andGeneral Manager of Real Estate Division II
Business Succession Navigator Corporation(currently Next Navi), Director
Director, Managing Executive Officer, and General
Manager of Administration Division of the Company
Director of Aoyama Estate Co., Ltd. (currentposition)
Director of Aoyama Zaisan Investments Co., Ltd.
(current position)
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager, Consulting Division (currentposition)

Takeshi Matsuura

Director, Managing Executive Officer
April 1991
May 1995
October 2000
January 2005
January 2006
March 2007
January 2011
March 2014
March 2016
June 2017
January 2021
January 2022
March 2023

Joined Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
Joined Nissho Iwai Real Estate Corp. (current: Sojitz
Corporation)
Joined the Company
Executive Officer, Manager of Real-estate
Department
Funai Estate Co., Ltd.
(currently Aoyama Estate Co., Ltd.)
President
Director, Executive Officer, and Manager of Business
Division 6
Executive Officer, Manager of Real-estate
Department
Director, Executive Officer, and General Manager ofReal Estate Division of the Company
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager of Real Estate Division
Director of Shinsei Aoyama Partners Co., Ltd.
(current position)
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager of Real Estate Division I
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager of Real Estate Division (currentposition)
March 2022 Director of Aoyama Financial Service(current position)

Michihiro Nagasaka

Haruo Shimada
Director Outside

DirectorApril 1985
March 1992
December 2010
March 2014
April 2015
July 2021
March 2022

Joined Wakabayashi Law Office
Joined Nihon M&A Center Inc.
Manager of Business Promotion
Department
Outside Director of the Company
Manager of Sales Support Department,
General Planning Division of Nihon M&A
Center Inc.
Business Succession Navigator
Corporation (currently Next Navi),
Director (current position)
Director of the Company (currentposition)

April 1975
April 1982
March 1986
June 2000
March 2007
April 2007
May 2015
January 2016
April 2017
February 2021

Keiji Watanabe
Director Outside

Independent

Associate professor of Faculty ofEconomics, Keio University
Professor of Faculty of Economics, Keio
University
Visiting professor of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Research Center for Advanced Scienceand Technology, the University of Tokyo
Visiting Professor
Outside Director of the Company (currentposition)
President of Chiba University ofCommerceOutside Director of Okaya & Co., Ltd.
(current position)
President of Shimada Sogo Kenkyujo(current position)
Chairperson of the Board of Trusteesof Tokyo Metropolitan Public University
Corporation
Outside Director of Tech I.S. Co., Ltd.
(current position)

Independent

July 1987

Aoyama Audit Corporation(currently PricewaterhouseCoopers JapanLLC)
April 1996 Joined Tohmatsu & Co.
(current: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Representative Partner
June 2000 Outside Director of Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,Ltd.
July 2003
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Global
Middle Markets Leader
June 2008 Outside Director of ASAHI KOGYOSHA CO.,LTD.
June 2010 Outside Director of SBI Holdings, Inc.
March 2011 Outside Director of the Company (currentposition)
June 2017 Outside Director of SBI Insurance Group Co.,
Ltd. (current position)
June 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Memberof Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (current:Hokuetsu Corporation) (current position)
June 2018 Outside Director of UKAI Co., Ltd.

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Hiroyuki Fujita

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
April 1989
August 1995
October 2000
April 2004
March 2018

Takaomi Ogawa

Director, Managing Executive Officer
September 1992 Joined Takano Yasuo Zeirishi Jimusho(current: Zeimu Sogo Tax Corporation)
August 2003
Director of Funai Zaisan Consultants
Keiyo Co., Ltd.
(currently Nihon Shisan Soken Co., Ltd.)
December 2009 President of Funai Zaisan Consultants
Keiyo Co., Ltd. (currently Nihon Shisan
Soken Co., Ltd.)
October 2013
Executive Officer, General Manager of
NSS Division of the Company
March 2016
Director, Executive Officer, General
Manager of NSS Division
June 2017
President of Nihon Shisan Soken Co.,
Ltd. (former: Nihon Shisan Soken
Consultant Inc.) (current position)
April 2020
Representative Director of Nitto
Fudosan Co., Ltd. (current position)
January 2022
Director, Managing Executive Officer ofthe Company
Consulting Business Supervisor andGeneral Manager of NSS Division(current position)
March 2022
Director of Aoyama Financial ServiceCo., Ltd. (current position)

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Shintaro Hashiba

Director, Managing Executive Officer
April 1987

Joined The Kyowa Bank, Ltd. (current: ResonaBank, Limited)
October 2003 General Manager of Shin-Yurigaoka Branch
October 2004 General Manager of Tokyo Central Marketing Division 1
July 2008
General Manager of Shin-Toshin Marketing Division 3
May 2014
Director of J-COM Co., Ltd. (current: LIKE, Inc.)
Deputy General Manager of Sales Division
and General Manager of Business
Development Division
August 2014
Director of J-COM Holdings Co., Ltd.
(current: LIKE, Inc.)
November 2015 Joined the Company, General Manager ofManagement Planning Office
August 2017
Executive Officer, General Manager ofAdministration Division
March 2020
Director, Executive Officer, General Managerof Administration Division
July 2020
Director, Executive Officer, General Managerof Management Planning Division
January 2022 Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
March 2022
Aoyama Financial Service Co., Ltd.
President (current position)
March 2022
Director of Aoyama Zaisan Networks Kyushu Co.,
Ltd. (current position)
May 2023
Director, Managing Executive Officer of the Company
General Manager, Corporate Finance Division(current position)

Shinji Shimane
Director, Executive Officer
October 1995

Joined Ota Showa Audit Corporation(current: Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
October 2000
Joined Avaya Japan Ltd.
September 2001 Joined Proggest Co., Ltd.
(currently Aoyama Zaisan InvestmentsCo., Ltd.)
August 2006
Director (concurrent)
January 2016
Representative Director of Shinsei
Aoyama Partners Co., Ltd.
(current position)
March 2016
Director, Executive Officer
Business succession consulting
General Manager of Business Division
January 2021
Director, Executive Officer
General Manager of Consulting
Business Division 4
January 2022
Director, Executive Officer, and General
Manager of BusinessSuccession Fund Services
March 2022
Aoyama Zaisan Investments Co., Ltd.
Representative Director (currentposition)
January 2024
Director, Managing Executive Officer ofthe Company Business succession
General Manager, Advisory Fund
Division (current position)

Madoka Mori

OutsideIndependent

Director
April 1994

Joined Commercial Broadcasting TelevisionCorporation
Relay Line Operations Center(current: The Japan Commercial
Broadcasters Association)
April 1996
Became independent as a freelance announcer
July 2000
Joined Medical Welfare Research Institute,Inc. (current: IHW Media Service, Inc.)
July 2003
General Manager, Business Management
Division, Medical Welfare ResearchInstitute, Inc. and Sky Perfect TV
Head of Announcement, Medical WelfareChannel 774
July 2007
Became independent as a medical journalist
April 2013
Director, NPO Sienjyuku 21 (current position)
January 2022 Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Regional Team Medicine Promotion Council(TeamNET)
Director (current position)
March 2022 Auditor of Shosagi-kai Medical Corporation(current position)
April 2023
Hedgehog MedTech, Inc.
Member of Ethics Review Committee(current position)
March 2024 Outside Director of the Company (currentposition)

OutsideJoined Mitsui Bank Limited(current: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Joined Yamazaki Certified Tax Accountant Office
Joined Tohmatsu & Co.
(current: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Registered as a CPA
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Memberof the Company (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nihon
Shisan Soken Co., Ltd. (current position)

Independent

March 2018
December 2019
October 2020
January 2021
June 2022

Business Succession Navigator Corporation(currently Next Navi) Audit & Supervisory BoardMember (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Aoyama
Zaisan Networks Kyushu Co., Ltd. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Aoyama
Financial Service Co., Ltd. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Aoyama
Family Office Service Co., Ltd. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nihon
Digital Investment Co., Ltd. (current position)

Hisao Nakatsuka

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
April 1970

Joined The Tokai Bank, Limited(current: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
April 1994
General Manager of Fujisawa Branch
January 1996
General Manager of Chofu Branch
January 1999
General Manager of Takenotsuka Branch
November 2001 Joined the Company
March 2002
Director, General Manager of Consulting
Department
August 2002
Director, General Manager of Administrative
Department

Hiroaki Rokugawa

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
April 1997
April 1997
June 2002
March 2007
June 2008

April 2006
Managing Director of the Company
September 2008 Joined Proggest Co., Ltd.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (currently
Aoyama Zaisan Investments Co., Ltd.)
October 2010
Director of Aoyama Estate Co., Ltd.
October 2013
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nihon
Shisan Soken Co., Ltd.
March 2014
Director of Nihon Shisan Soken Co., Ltd.
March 2015Advisor of the Company
March 2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)

OutsideRegistered as Attorney (Dai-Ichi Tokyo BarAssociation)
Joined Hori & Partners
Joined Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum &Nagelberg LLP (Chicago)
Joined Tokyo Aoyama, Aoki, Komae Baker &McKenzie Law Office
Representative Attorney of Ogasawara Konno& Rokugawa

IndependentMarch 2009

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of theCompany (current position)
Tsunagu Group Holdings, Inc.
Outside Director (current position)
September 2020 Outside Director of Abalance Corporation (current position)
April 2022
Representative Attorney of Tokyo Uchisaiwaicho
Law Firm (current position)
June 2022
Outside Director of Meiji Machine Co., Ltd. (current position)
September 2023 Outside Director of Open Up Group Inc.
December 2016

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