Executive Profiles
President and CEO
Masaru Tange
- Apr. 2000
- Joined Incs Inc. (currently renamed as SOLIZE Corporation)
- Sep. 2005
- Established SHIFT, became president and CEO (current position)
Director and Chairman
Michio Sasaki
- Mar. 1982
- Joined Lead Electric Co., Ltd. (currently renamed as KEYENCE CORPORATION)
- Jun. 1999
- Director, general manager of APSULT Division and general manager of Business Promotion Division
- Dec. 2000
- President and CEO
- Dec. 2010
- Director and special advisor
- Jun. 2018
- Outside Director of Tokyo Electron Ltd.
- Nov. 2018
- Independent Outside Director of SHIFT
- Nov. 2019
- Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SHIFT
- Nov. 2020
- Joined SHIFT, became director and vice president
- Nov. 2024
- Director and Chariman (current position)
Director
Motoya Kobayashi
- Apr. 2003
- Joined Incs Inc. (currently renamed as SOLIZE Corporation)
- Apr. 2007
- Joined SHIFT
- Nov. 2009
- Head of Software Testing Department
- May 2013
- Executive Officer
- Nov. 2014
- Director (current position)
- Apr. 2015
- Director of SHIFT PLUS, Inc.
- Aug. 2017
- Director of MethodoLogic Inc.
- Jun. 2019
- Director of SHIFT ASIA CO., LTD
- Oct. 2021
- Director of Analytics Japan Co., Ltd.
- Nov. 2021
- Director of VISH Inc.
- Oct. 2023
- Representative Director of ALH Inc.
Independent Outside Director
Takafumi Murakami
- Apr. 2003
- Joined Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd. (currently renamed as Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.)
- Jul. 2017
- Founded Signifiant Inc., became Representative Director (current position)
- Mar. 2020
- Outside Director of bellFace Inc.
- Nov. 2020
- Independent Outside Director of SHIFT (current position)
- Jan. 2022
- Outside Director of BitStar Inc. (current position)
- Mar. 2022
- Outside Director of hacomono, Inc. (current position)
- Mar. 2022
- Outside Director of SmartHR, Inc. (current position)
- Apr. 2022
- Outside Director of XICA Co., Ltd. (current position)
Independent Outside Director
Fumiko Motoya
- Apr. 1966
- Joined Fukui Shinkin Bank
- Jun. 1971
- Director of Shinkin Development Co., Ltd. (currently renamed as APA Co., Ltd.)
- Dec. 1980
- Founded APA Hotels Co., Ltd., became Director
- Feb. 1994
- President and Director of APA Hotels Co., Ltd.(current position)
- Dec. 2015
- Founded APA Holdings Co., Ltd., became Director (current position)
- Nov. 2020
- Independent Outside Director of SHIFT (current position)
- May 2021
- Outside Director of TKP Corporation (current position)
Independent Outside Director
Amy Shigemi Hatta
- Apr. 1996
- Joined ASTRA AB (currently AstraZeneca PLC)
- May 2000
- Acquired MBA at New York University
- Aug. 2000
- Joined Merrill Lynch & Co. (currently BofA Securities, Inc.)
- Apr. 2002
- Joined TIAA-CREF (currently Nuveen, a TIAA company)
- Mar. 2023
- Established Aglow Management Inc.
- Aug. 2023
- Outside Director of Nomura Holding America Inc. (current position)
- Nov. 2023
- Independent Outside Director of SHIFT (current position)
- Mar. 2024
- Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SUMCO Corporation (current position)
- Jun. 2025
- Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current position)
Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisor Committee Member
Yusuke Arai
- Apr. 1998
- Joined Tatsumi LLC.
- Jan. 2004
- Joined SANKO TECHNO CO.,LTD.
- Jan. 2006
- Joined Misuzu Audit Corporation (formerly ChuoAoyama PwC Audit Corporation)
- Aug. 2007
- Joined Ryusei Audit Corporation
- Dec. 2008
- Joined Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- Jul. 2010
- Registered as C.P.A.
- Jul. 2016
- Joined Crowe Toyo & Co.
- Nov. 2021
- Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisor Committee Member (current position)
- Mar. 2022
- Audit & Supervisory Bord Member of SHIFT Growth Capital Inc. (current position)
- Nov. 2022
- Audit & Supervisory Bord Member of SNC Co., Ltd. (current position)
- Sep. 2023
- Outside Auditor of SOURCING BROTHERS Co., Ltd. (current position)
- Jun. 2024
- Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of POSTAS Co., Ltd. (current position)
Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisor Committee Member
Tetsujiro Nakagaki
- Apr. 1996
- Joined Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd.
- Apr. 2011
- General manager of Investment
- Apr. 2011
- Established DFJ JAIC Venture Partners, LLC (currently renamed as Draper Nexus Venture Partners, LLC)
- Mar. 2013
- Established DJ Partners Co., Ltd., became president and representative director (current position)
- Sep. 2014
- Outside Director of Innova Inc. (current position)
- Nov. 2014
- Independent Outside Director of SHIFT
- Apr. 2018
- Outside Director of favy, inc. (current position)
- Nov. 2020
- Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SHIFT (current position)
- Jan. 2025
- CEO of Theta Times Partners Co., Ltd. (current posision)
- May 2025
- General Partner of Theta Times Ventures LLP. (current posision)
Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisor Committee Member
Naoko Yanaka
- Oct. 2001
- Admitted to Japanese Bar (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Joined Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune - Jan. 2021
- Joined Tokyo International Law Office (current position)
- Mar. 2022
- Auditor of SHIFT Growth Capital Inc. (current position)
- May 2023
- Supervisory Officer of Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corporation (current position)
- Nov. 2023
- Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SHIFT (current position)