BOARD MEMBERS

Board of Directors

  • Tsuyoshi Ide

    Chairman/CEO

    Tsuyoshi Ide

    Brief work history

    • May 1997President/CEO, Trans Genic Inc.
    • April 2005President/CEO, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • December 2015President/CEO, DAIZ Inc.
    • January 2024Chairman/CEO, DAIZ Inc. (Current)
  • Junko Kawano

    Co-Chairman/President/COO

    Junko Kawano

    Brief work history

    • April 2000Joined Trans Genic Inc.
    • June 2015Director/General Manager of Business Promotion, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • October 2020Director/COO/Operations Manager, DAIZ Inc.
    • January 2022Director/COO/Production Manager, DAIZ Inc.
    • January 2024Co-Chairman/President/COO, DAIZ Inc. (Current)
  • Koji Ochiai

    Director/CTO

    Koji Ochiai

    Brief work history

    • March 1998Factory Manager, SALAD COSMO USA CORP.
    • May 2006President/CEO, Seedlife Tech Inc.
    • April 2019Professor, School of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University (Current)
    • October 2020Director/CTO, DAIZ Inc. (Current)
    • January 2024President/CEO, DAIZ Engineering Inc. (Current)
  • Tatsuya Koitabashi

    Director/CFO

    Tatsuya Koitabashi

    Brief work history

    • January 2015Management Planning Division Manager, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • October 2020Director/CFO/Administration Manager, DAIZ Inc.
    • January 2022Director/CFO, DAIZ Inc. (Current)
  • Keigo Fujii

    Outside Director

    Keigo Fujii

    Brief work history

    • September 1986Joined JMA Consultants Inc.
    • September 2007Senior Corporate Executive Officer, KANAE CAPITAL Inc.
    • November 2008Director, Tokatsu Foods Co., Ltd.
    • October 2014Executive Officer; Agribusiness Division Director, KAGOME Co., Ltd.
    • October 2019Senior Director, Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Fund corporation for Innovation, Value-chain and Expansion Japan
    • April 2020Outside Director, of the Company (Current)
  • Yoshimasa Aikawa

    Outside Director

    Yoshimasa Aikawa

    Brief work history

    • June 2013Director; Executive Officer, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Engineering Ltd.
    • April 2014Director; Managing Executive Officer, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Engineering Ltd.
    • April 2017President&Representative Director, Fujitsu Cloud Technologies Ltd.
    • March 2021Outside Director, of the Company (Current)
  • Masaki Takayanagi

    Outside Director

    Masaki Takayanagi

    Brief work history

    • September 1999Joined AT Kearney Co., Ltd., Strategy Consultant
    • March 2000Joined Daiwa Securities SMBC (Tokyo/London), Director, Investment Banking Division
    • September 2007Joined Nomura Securities Australia (Sydney), Executive Director, Investment Banking Division
    • September 2010Joined SBI Ven Capital Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
      Managing Director & CEO (concurrently, in 2011, Board of Director and Executive Officer, SBI Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    • June 2019Joined bitFlyer Holdings, Inc., Executive Officer, Head of Group Investment, Board of Director of US and European Group companies
    • May 2023Joined Overseas Demand Development Support Organization (Cool Japan Fund Inc.) as Managing Director (Current)
    • November 2023Outside Director, of the Company (Current)

    Audit

  • Minoru Hatakeyama

    Full Time Auditor

    Minoru Hatakeyama

    Brief work history

    • November 2003Representative Director, SAKURA Inc.
    • June 2014Audit, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • March 2020Audit, of the Company (Current)
  • Kenji Kimura

    Outside Auditor

    Kenji Kimura

    Brief work history

    • April 1985Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • October 2008Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc. & COO of Nomura International plc.
    • April 2015Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • April 2018Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc. & Representative Director, President of The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
    • April 2021Advisor of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • March 2022Outside Auditor of the Company (Current)
  • Shiho Boda

    Outside Auditor

    Shiho Boda

    Brief work history

    • August 1992Salomon Brothers-Asia Securities (Now Citigroup Global Markets Inc.)
    • January 2014Registered Attorney (Tokyo Bar Association), Toshio Ando Law Office
    • December 2017Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong(Malaysia)
    • November 2019Kasame & Associates(Thailand)
    • April 2020Sakurada Dori Partners
    • March 2022Outside Auditor of the Company (Current)