Directors

Directors

Takeshi Yagi

President, Representative Director and CEO

Date of birth: August 9, 1967
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

April 1991 Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited (current SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
May 2008 General Manager of Human Resources Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited (current SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
November 2012 Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Human Resources Division, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
February 2014 Managing Executive Officer (in charge of HR and General Affairs), ditto
July 2014 Director (in charge of HR and General Affairs), Managing Executive Officer, ditto
Director and Senior Executive Officer, TechnoPro, Inc.
September 2018 Director (in charge of HR and General Affairs, and Vice in charge of CSR promotion), Managing Executive Officer, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
July 2021 President, Representative Director and CEO, ditto (at present)
Director, TechnoPro, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Director, TechnoPro, Inc.
Director, TechnoPro Construction, Inc.

Gaku Shimaoka

Vice President, Representative Director and COO

Date of birth: June 12, 1975
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

August 2006 Representative Director and President, Ctec, Inc.
November 2006 Representative Director and President, Crystal, Inc.
June 2007 Managing Executive Officer, The Goodwill Group, Inc.
May 2008 Director and COO, ditto
October 2009 Managing Executive Officer, Radia Holdings, Inc.
April 2012 Managing Executive Officer, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
February 2014 Director (in charge of Business) and Managing Executive Officer, ditto
July 2014 Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Design Company) and Senior Executive Officer, TechnoPro, Inc.
March 2019 Director (in charge of Business and Global Business) and Managing Executive Officer, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
July 2021 Vice President, Representative Director and COO, ditto (at present)
President and Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Design Company), TechnoPro, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
President and Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Design Company), TechnoPro, Inc.
Director, TechnoPro Construction, Inc.

Koichiro Asai

Senior Managing Director

Date of birth: March 3, 1970
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

January 2006 Representative Director and President, Crystal, Inc.
June 2007 Executive Officer, The Goodwill Group, Inc.
November 2008 Representative Director and President, TechnoPro Engineering, Inc.
July 2010 Representative Director and President, CSI, Inc.
June 2011 Representative Director and President, Advantage Science, Inc.
April 2012 Managing Executive Officer, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
February 2014 Director (in charge of Business) and Managing Executive Officer, ditto
July 2014 Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Engineering Company and President of TechnoPro IT Company) and Senior Executive Officer, TechnoPro, Inc.
July 2021 Senior Managing Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
President and Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Engineering Company and President of TechnoPro IT Company), TechnoPro, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
President and Representative Director (President of TechnoPro Engineering Company and President of TechnoPro IT Company), TechnoPro, Inc.

Toshihiro Hagiwara

Managing Director and CFO

Date of birth: August 1, 1971
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

April 1996 Joined RECOF Corporation
August 2004 Joined Cerberus Japan K.K.
April 2006 Managing director, ditto
January 2017 Joined The Asahi Shimbun Company (Corporate Planning Office, Strategic Investment Division)
May 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer (in charge of Management) and CFO, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
Director and Senior Executive Officer, TechnoPro, Inc. (at present)
July 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer (in charge of Management) and CFO, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
September 2019 Director (in charge of Management), Managing Executive Officer and CFO, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
Director, TechnoPro Construction, Inc. (at present)
July 2021 Managing Director and CFO, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Director and Senior Executive Officer, TechnoPro, Inc.
Director, TechnoPro Construction, Inc.

Mitsutoshi Takao

Outside Director

Date of birth: April 1, 1950
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary and positions at the Company

April 1972 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
January 1998 Senior Manager, Planning & Control Department, Jet Engine Division, ditto
April 2004 Senior Manager, Head Office Finance & Accounting Department, ditto
April 2005 Executive Officer, ditto
June 2008 Senior Vice President (Representative Director), ditto
April 2012 Senior Executive Vice President (Representative Director), ditto
April 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
March 2018 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, MEC COMPANY LTD. (at present)
September 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro, Inc.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Construction, Inc.
September 2022 Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
September 2023 Director, ditto (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, MEC COMPANY LTD.

Kazuhiko Yamada

Outside Director

Date of birth: April 28, 1981
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

October 2005 Registered at Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Assigned to Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto
January 2012 Partner, Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto (at present)
September 2015 Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
September 2016 Special Visiting Professor, Gakushuin University Law School (at present)
December 2019 Outside Auditor, Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.
June 2023 Company Auditor (Outside), Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (at present)
Company Auditor (Outside), JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Partner, Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto
Company Auditor (Outside), Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
Company Auditor (Outside), JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc.

Harumi Sakamoto

Outside Director

Date of birth: April 10, 1938
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

April 1962 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (current Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
July 1984 Head of Policy Planning Office of Minister's Secretariat, ditto
June 1986 Chief, Sapporo Trade and Industry Bureau, ditto
August 1987 Advisor, The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (current Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
May 1990 Managing Director, The Seiyu, Ltd.
May 1997 Executive Vice President, ditto
September 1997 Executive Vice President, The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
April 1999 Vice Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives
October 2000 Secretary General, Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
October 2003 Vice Chairperson, ditto
June 2006 President, The Distribution Systems Research Institute
June 2008 Outside Director, The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
June 2010 Chairman, Japan Facility Management Promotion Association
June 2013 Outside Director, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
September 2016 Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
None

Shoko Takase

Outside Director

Date of birth: January 4, 1965
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Company

April 1987 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2005 Seconded to IBM Corporation (IBM Corporation USA Headquarter)
January 2007 Manager of Strategy and Marketing, Global Technology Services, IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2010 Brand Executive of Tivoli, Software Group, ditto
July 2015 Mobile County Leader, Growth Initiatives, ditto
July 2016 Brand Executive of Resiliency Services, Global Technology Services, ditto
July 2018 Director, Head of IBM Cloud Solutioning Center, IBM Japan, Ltd.
April 2019 Managing Director for Enterprise Sector, Cisco Systems G.K.
July 2021 Advisor, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
September 2021 Director, ditto
June 2023 Outside Director, TOYOBO CO., LTD (at present)
Outside Director, GLOBERIDE, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Outside Director, TOYOBO CO., LTD
Outside Director, GLOBERIDE, Inc.

Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

Hitoshi Madarame

Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of birth: May 25, 1962
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)
Audit & Supervisory Committee: 12/12 (100%)
Audit & Supervisory Board: 5/5 (100%)

Career summary and positions at the Company

April 1981 Joined Ishimaru Denki Co., Ltd.
March 1997 Joined TST, Inc.
June 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager of Management Division, ditto
December 2008 Executive Officer, CSI, Inc. (Compliance Promotion Division)
July 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager of Management Division, ditto
June 2013 General Manager of Internal Audit Department, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
September 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro, Inc. (at present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Construction, Inc. (at present)
September 2022 Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro, Inc.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Construction, Inc.

Rumiko Tanabe

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of birth: December 5, 1969
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: 15/15 (100%)
Audit & Supervisory Committee: 12/12 (100%)
Audit & Supervisory Board: 5/5 (100%)

Career summary and positions at the Company

April 1992 Audit Department, Asahi Shinwa Audit Corporation (current KPMG AZSA LLC)
January 2003 Assistant Controller, American Home Assurance Company, Ltd.
December 2004 General Manager of Accounts and Finance Division and Controller, ditto
March 2006 Leader of Consolidated Accounts Team, FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
January 2007 Consolidated Group Leader, HOYA CORPORATION
October 2014 Accounting General Manager of Finance Division, ditto
July 2018 Senior Manager of Vision Care Company Global Headquarters, ditto
June 2020 Director (audit & supervisory committee member), Fast Fitness Japan, Inc.
July 2020 Founded Tanabe Accounting Office (at present)
September 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.
October 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Credit Engine Group, Inc.
September 2022 Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
May 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, AEON MALL Co., Ltd. (at present)
Outside Auditor, TSI Holdings Co., Ltd. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
Head, Tanabe Accounting Office
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, AEON MALL Co., Ltd.
Outside Auditor, TSI Holdings Co., Ltd.

Masatoshi Deguchi

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of birth: November 29, 1958
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings: —
Audit & Supervisory Committee: —
Audit & Supervisory Board: —

Career summary and positions at the Company

April 1982 Joined Sumitomo Corporation
April 1993 Assistant General Manager of Nonferrous Metals, Chemicals, and Fuels Accounting Dept., ditto
September 1994 Assistant General Manager of Accounting Controlling Dept. No. 2, ditto
February 1996 Assistant General Manager of Treasury & Accounting Dept. (New York), Sumitomo Corporation of America
July 2002 Assistant General Managers of Corporate Finance Dept. and Investor Relations Dept., Sumitomo Corporation
April 2008 Assistant to General Manager for Asia, ditto
Director, Sumitomo Corporation Asia (Singapore)
April 2012 Corporate Officer, Assistant to General Manager for Asia & Asia Corporate Unit Head of Sumitomo Corporation of Asia Group, ditto
April 2013 Corporate Officer and General Manager of Planning & Administration Dept., Kansai, ditto
April 2014 Corporate Officer and General Manager of Global Strategy & Coordination Dept., ditto
April 2016 Corporate Officer and General Manager of Internal Auditing Dept., ditto
April 2017 Executive Officer and General Manager of Internal Auditing Dept., ditto
April 2019 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Precision Products CO., LTD.
June 2019 Director and Managing Executive Officer, ditto
June 2020 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of Corporate Management Division, ditto
June 2022 Director, Executive Vice President, Loginet Japan East Co., LTD.
September 2023 Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (at present)
[Significant concurrent positions]
None

Skill matrix for the Board of Directors

In pursuit of the corporate purpose (significance of existence) “Create value with customers with the use of technology and human resources, and contribute to the achievement of a sustainable society,” the Company works toward important strategies of the medium-term management plan “Evolution 2026”: (1) growth and evolution of the core projects (engineer dispatching business in Japan); (2) expansion of the solution business and overseas business centering on the digital area; and (3) expansion of engineer cultivation and DX promotion projects. To execute these projects steady and supervise them appropriately, the Board of Directors of the Company believes that it is necessary for the Board Members to have necessary knowledge, experience and capabilities in a well-balanced manner as a whole, while also keeping a balance between diversity and the size of the Board. The main skills, experience, and knowledge possessed by each director on Board of Directors are organized as a skill matrix.

Required “Fields of Experience, Expertise, etc.” for Directors and Reasons for Selection

Fields of Experience, Expertise, etc.
Reasons
Achievements and Experience in Human Resources Business Management
  • As a leading company in Japan in the engineering professional services industry, we believe that a deep understanding of customer trends and a track record and experience in business operations at the top management level or equivalent positions in the human resources business are useful for making important business decisions and conducting appropriate supervision of the Group.
Insights in the Trend of Technology, IT, and Digitalization
  • Amid rapid technological innovation, we believe it is important for directors to have knowledge in areas such as IT, digitalization, and AI technologies, in particular, which we expect our customers to use to secure competitive advantages, and which are necessary for the transformation of the Group’s business structure and improvement of operational efficiency.
Management Experience in Other Listed Companies, etc.
  • As a company listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, we believe it is important for directors to have experience at a listed company, an equivalent major company, or a global company in management positions that require the alignment of interests of various stakeholders, and experience in business execution at commensurate management levels with profit responsibility.
  • In particular, we believe that independent outside directors should include persons with management experience at other companies.
Experience as CFO, or Experience and Expertise in Finance, Accounting, and Tax
  • We believe it is important for directors to have experience and knowledge in building a stable financial base, ensuring proper financial reporting, promoting growth investments based on an understanding of business strategies, and engaging in constructive dialogue with investors and the market to achieve sustainable enhancement of shareholder value.
  • We believe that directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee members should include those who have sufficient knowledge of finance and accounting.
Experience and Knowledge of M&A
  • We believe it is important for directors to have experience and knowledge of M&A, as our current medium-term management plan calls for the active use of M&A to accelerate the evolution of our Core Business and achieve sustainable growth.
Global Experience and Language Skills
  • We believe it is important for directors to have global environmental awareness, management experience, and communication skills for the Group’s overseas operations and in executing our Overseas Business expansion strategy
Experience and Expertise in Personnel and Human Resource Development
  • Where the Group’s business model requires human capital management that maximizes the value of human resources to sustainably enhance shareholder value, we believe it is important for directors to have experience and knowledge in planning and executing human resource strategies, human resource development, and securing human resources
Insight in ESG and Sustainability
  • We believe it is helpful for directors to have insight into trends and necessary responses surrounding environmental, social, governance, and sustainability issues in steering management or providing appropriate advice based on the integration of management strategies and solutions to social issues to achieve the sustainable society set forth in our Purpose.
Experience and Expertise in Law, Compliance, Risk Management, and Internal Auditing
  • Law, compliance, risk management, and internal auditing are the foundation for sustainable enhancement of shareholder value, and we believe it is helpful for directors to have experience and knowledge in these areas to improve the effectiveness of the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

Directors with diverse skill sets

Executive Officers

Executive Officer Tatsunori Okumura In charge of Management Planning
Executive Officer Kazuaki Nakamoto In charge of Business Management
Executive Officer Masami Hayafune Company President of TechnoPro R&D
Executive Officer Hiroshi Oda President of TechnoPro China
Executive Officer Futoshi Kitagawa President of TechnoBrain Co.,Ltd.
Executive Officer Teruhiko Nishihashi In charge of Japan Business and Branch Support
Executive Officer Ichiro Fukase In charge of General Affairs and CSR
Executive Officer Kensuke Miki In charge of Information Systems
Executive Officer Fumitaka Kuga President of TechnoPro Construction
Executive Officer Hiroshi Oyama In charge of HR
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