SHIFT GROUP

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 Vice President

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
May 2017
Outside Director of ZUIKO Corporation (current position)
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 (current position)

Director and CFO

Taichi Hattori

Apr. 1998
Joined NTT Communications Corporation (split off and renamed from NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, after his join)
Jun. 2006
Joined Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2012
Director of Indeed Inc.
Apr. 2014
Vice President, Finance of Indeed Inc.
Apr. 2018
Senior Vice President, Finance of Indeed Inc.
Apr. 2019
CFO of Indeed Inc.
Jan. 2021
Returned to join Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2021
Joined SHIFT Inc., became Executive Officer and CFO
Oct. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Analytics Japan Co., Ltd. (current position)
Oct. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of CLUTCH Inc. (current position)
Oct. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nadia Inc. (current position)
Nov. 2021
Director and CFO (current position)
Nov. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DECEM Inc. (current position)
Mar. 2022
Representative Director of SHIFT Growth Capital Inc. (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. (current position)
Mar. 2017
Director of ALH Inc. (current position)
May 2018
Director of Airitech Inc.
Mar. 2019
Director of SystemI co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019
Director of SHIFT ASIA CO., LTD (current position)
Oct. 2021
Director of Analytics Japan Co., Ltd. (current position)
Nov. 2021
Director of Saunashi Co., Ltd. (current position)
Nov. 2021
Director of VISH Inc. (current position)

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. (current position)
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 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)

Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisor Committee Member

Kenji Chishiki

Apr. 1985
Joined Kanebo Ltd.
Apr. 1998
Representative director of LISSAGE Ltd.
May 2004
Director, CEO, and COO of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.
Jan. 2006
President, CEO, and executive officer
Jun. 2010
President and CEO of TAKE AND GIVE NEEDS Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2015
President and CEO of Nihon Kotsu Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2018
Independent Outside Director of SHIFT
Nov. 2019
Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SHIFT (current position)
Jun. 2020
Outside Director of Ishii Food CO., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director of Solasto Corporation (current position)
May 2022
Director and Vice President of ONWARD HOLDINGS 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), managing director (current position)
Mar. 2013
Established DJ Partners Co., Ltd., became president and representative director (current position)
Dec. 2013
Outside Director of trippiece Co. Ltd. (current position)
May 2014
Outside Director of STUDIOUS Co., Ltd. (currently renamed as TOKYO BASE Co., Ltd.) (current position)
Sep. 2014
Outside Director of Innova Inc. (current position)
Nov. 2014
Independent Outside Director of SHIFT
Sep. 2016
Outside Director of UNCOVER TRUTH Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr. 2018
Outside Director of favy, inc. (current position)
Aug. 2018
Established NEX Venture Partners Ⅲ, LP (currently DNX Venture Partners Ⅲ, LP), became Partner (current position)
Nov. 2020
Independent Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of SHIFT (current position)
Jan. 2021
Outside Director of CULTURE STUDIO TOKYO, Inc. (current position)

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