December 15, 2021
Press Release
Company name: | GA technologies Co., Ltd. |
Representative: | Ryo Higuchi, |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
(Code No.: 3491, Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers) | |
Inquiries: | Satoshi Matsukawa, |
Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | |
(Telephone: +81-3-6230-9180) |
Notice on the Appointment of Director Candidates
GA technologies Co., Ltd. ("the Company") decided on Director candidates, including those for Director serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee, at a Board of Directors meeting on December 15, 2021. These candidates will be proposed for appointment at the 9th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for January 27, 2022.
As part of our ESG efforts, the Company has reviewed the Board of Directors composition and decided to clearly separate the division of roles between management oversight and business execution. In addition, with the aim of enhancing the governance function of the Board of Directors, the Company has established a system under which the independent outside directors will make up the majority of the Board. Specifically, the Board of Directors will change from the previous format of eight directors (four internal and four outside directors) to eight directors (three internal and five outside directors).
1. Director candidates (not including candidates serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee)
Name | Type | Current position |
Ryo Higuchi | Reappointment | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Fumio Sakurai | New appointment | Vice President and Executive Officer |
Dai Higuchi | Reappointment | Director and Managing Executive Officer |
Ken Kutaragi | Reappointment / | Outside Director |
Outside candidate | ||
Piotr Feliks Grzywacz | New appointment / | － |
Outside candidate |
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2. Profiles of director candidates (not including candidates serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee)
Name | Profile | |
Fumio Sakurai | Apr 1982 | Joined Mitsui Fudosan Sales Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsui Fudosan Realty |
(Born February 15, 1959) | Co., Ltd.) | |
Apr 2001 | General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department, Corporate | |
Management Division and President of the company and Representative | ||
Director of Real Estate Infomedia Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr 2007 | Managing Officer, General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division of | |
Mitsui Fudosan Sales Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr 2011 | Managing Director and Executive Managing Officer, and General Manager | |
of the Repark Business Division | ||
Apr 2012 | Director and Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of the | |
Business Operations Department, Housing Distribution Management | ||
Division, and President and Representative Director of Rehouse Loan | ||
Service Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr 2016 | Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Sales | |
Division and General Manager of Residential Lease Business Division of | ||
Mitsui Fudosan Realty Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr 2018 | Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, and General Manager of | |
Residential Lease Business Division | ||
Piotr Feliks Grzywacz | Jul 2002 | Responsible for Human Resources Development Consulting and New |
(Born February 11, 1975) | Business at Berlitz Japan, Inc. | |
Jun 2006 | Vice President of Organizational Development at Morgan Stanley | |
Securities (currently Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities) | ||
Dec 2011 | Asia Pacific Head of People Development at Google Japan G.K. | |
Apr 2014 | Responsible for Learning Strategy | |
Jun 2015 | CEO of Pronoia Group (current) | |
Apr 2016 | Director and Co-founder, Motify Co., Ltd. | |
Jun 2019 | Director, TimeLeap Inc. (current) |
3. Director candidates serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee
Name | Type | Current position |
Tomohisa Matsuba | Reappointment / | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory |
Outside candidate | Committee Member | |
Toshiro Kuwahara | New appointment / | － |
Outside candidate | ||
Saori Sato | New appointment / | － |
Outside candidate |
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4. Profiles of the new Director candidates serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee
Name | Profile | |
Toshiro Kuwahara | Apr 1978 | Joined Sumitomo Bank |
(Born April 12, 1954) | Apr 2001 | Planning Department General Manager at Sumigin Finance Co., Ltd. |
May 2005 | Corporate Planning Department General Manager at SMBC Finance | |
Service Co., Ltd. | ||
Jun 2006 | Executive Officer and Corporate Planning Department General Manager | |
Jun 2007 | Director and Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Corporate | |
Planning Department | ||
Jul 2010 | Director and Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Corporate | |
Planning and System Departments | ||
Mar 2012 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Corporate | |
Planning Department and System Department | ||
Apr 2012 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Corporate | |
Planning Department and Risk Management Department | ||
Oct 2012 | Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer | |
Mar 2017 | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ENERES Co., Ltd. | |
Saori Sato | Jan 2009 | Joined Kings Know Inc. |
(Born July 28, 1989) | Feb 2016 | Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
Sep 2019 | Transferred to Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co. | |
Sep 2020 | Established Saori Sato Certified Accountant Office and Saori Sato Tax | |
Accountant Office | ||
Jan 2021 | Joined Family Corporation Co., Ltd. | |
November 2021 Retired from Family Corporation Co., Ltd. |
5. Retiring Directors (not including those serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee)
Name | Current position |
Masashi Shimizu | Senior Managing Director |
Yoshihisa Fujihara | Director |
- Masashi Shimizu is scheduled to retire as directors at the conclusion of the 9th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 27, 2022. However, they will continue to be involved in the management of the Group.
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6. Retiring Directors (those serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee)
Name | Current position |
Kazuto Nakajima | Outside Director and Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Yuko Saruwatari | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Reference: List of Directors (not including those serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee) and Directors on the Audit & Supervisory Committee
Name | Current position |
Ryo Higuchi | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Fumio Sakurai | Director, Vice President and Executive Officer |
Dai Higuchi | Director and Managing Executive Officer |
Ken Kutaragi | Outside Director |
Piotr Feliks Grzywacz | Outside Director |
Tomohisa Matsuba | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Toshiro Kuwahara | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Saori Sato | Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
- These appointments will be formally decided by the 9th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 27, 2022, and the subsequent Board of Directors meeting.
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