Yoichi Wada
Wada joined Square in April 2000. In June, he became an executive director and chief financial officer, the representative director and chief operating officer in September, and the president and chief executive officer in December. He helped reform the company's management system. When Square merged with Enix, he became the new company's president and representative director. Under his presidency, Square Enix acquired the video game companies Taito in 2005 and the British video game publisher Eidos Interactive in 2009. Wada also became the president and representative director of Taito following the subsidiary's restructuring in July 2006. Wada stated at the time that consolidation was a "part of [his] plan" since 2000, as he had foreseen "the first phase of a major reformation of the industry" and had concluded that "there was a limit to what [Square Enix] could do with the wholly independent business culture [the company] worked within". On March 26, 2013, Yoichi Wada announced his resignation as CEO of Square Enix and that former company director Yosuke Matsuda would replace him. The company planned the change to go into effect in June 2013. The company planned the change to go into effect in June 2013.