List of Directors and Executive Officers

Directors

President & CEO and Executive Officer

Aoyama Mitsuru

Aoyama Mitsuru
April 1989
Joined Tokyo Aircraft Instrument Co., Ltd.
September 1995
Joined iSLE Ltd. (currently the Company)
May 1997
President and Representative Director, iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently the Company)
March 2003
Director, Global Media Online Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
March 2006
Director, Japan GeoTrust Inc. (currently GMO GlobalSign K.K.) (current position)
March 2010
Director, Communication Telecom Inc. (currently GMO Digital Lab Inc.)
March 2022
President & CEO and Executive Officer of the Company (current position)

Chairman

Kumagai Masatoshi

Kumagai Masatoshi
May 1991
President and Representative Director, Voice Media Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
September 1999
Representative Director, MagClick Inc. (currently GMO AD Partners Inc.)
April 2000
Director of the same company
August 2001
Chairman and Representative Director, iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently the Company)
April 2002
Chairman, GMO Research Inc. (current position)
March 2003
Chairman and President Representative Director, Global Media Online Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Chairman, iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently the Company) (current position)
March 2004
Chairman, paperboy&co. Inc. (currently GMO Pepabo, Inc.) (current position)
GMO Mobile and Desktop Inc. (currently Chairman, GMO Media, Inc.) (current position)
December 2004
Chairman, Card Commerce Service Inc. (currently GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.)
March 2007
Chairman, MagClick Inc. (currently GMO AD Partners Inc.) (current position)
May 2008
Chairman, President and Representative Director, Group CEO, GMO Internet Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.) (current position)
April 2009
Chairman, GMO TECH, Inc. (current position)
December 2012
Chairman, GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (current position)

Director, Vice President & Executive Officer, Global Strategy

Chujo Ichiro

Chujo Ichiro
July 1997
Joined WEBKEEPERS, INC.
February 2000
Director, iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently the Company)
April 2003
President and Representative Director, Japan GeoTrust Inc. (currently GMO GlobalSign K.K.)
March 2006
Director, Head of Security Services Business, the Company
March 2010
Director, Vice President, Head of Security Services Business, the Company
January 2013
Director, Vice President, Head of Security Services Business and Head of Marketing Division, the Company
March 2014
Director, Vice President, in charge of Security Services Business, the Company
January 2015
Director, Vice President, in charge of Security Business and IAM Business, the Company
March 2016
Director, in charge of Security Business and Overseas Strategy Advisor, GMO Internet Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.) (current position)
January 2017
Director, Vice President, Security Business, the Company
March 2022
Director, Vice President & Executive Officer, in charge of Global Strategy, the Company (current position)
March 2026
Chairman and Representative Director, GMO GlobalSign K.K. (current position)

Director, Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Division

Ikeya Susumu

Ikeya Susumu
January 2005
Joined Kyodo Public Relations Co., Ltd.
June 2011
Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC)
September 2013
Joined GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
April 2018
Chief of Internal Audit Group, GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
March 2022
Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Division, the Company
March 2023
Director, Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Division, the Company (current position)

Director

Yasuda Masashi

Yasuda Masashi
October 1996
Joined Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
April 2000
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Joined interQ Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
September 2001
Head of Management Strategy Office of the same company
March 2002
Director, Head of Management Strategy Office of the same company
March 2003
Senior Managing Director, in charge of Group Management Strategy and IR of the same company
Outside Director, iSLE Co., Ltd. (currently the Company)
December 2004
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Card Commerce Service Inc. (currently GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.)
March 2005
Executive Vice President, Head of Administration Division and in charge of Group Management Strategy and IR, Global Media Online Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, paperboy&co. Inc. (currently GMO Pepabo, Inc.)
March 2008
Outside Director, MagClick Inc. (currently GMO AD Partners Inc.)
May 2008
Executive Vice President, Head of Group Administration Division, GMO Internet Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
June 2011
Outside Director, GMO CLICK Securities, Inc.
January 2012
Outside Director, GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc.
March 2013
Executive Vice President, Deputy Group CEO and Head of Group Administration Division, GMO Internet Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
March 2015
Director and Vice President, Deputy Group CEO and Head of Group Administration Division, GMO Internet Inc. (currently GMO Internet Group, Inc.) (current position)
March 2016
Director, the Company (current position)
Director, GMO AD Partners Inc. (current position)
Director, GMO Pepabo, Inc. (current position)
Director, GMO Research Inc. (current position)
Director, GMO TECH, Inc. (current position)
Director, GMO Media, Inc. (current position)
June 2016
Director, GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (current position)
December 2016
Director, GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc. (current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd. (current position)

Director

Akiyama Yukari

Akiyama Yukari
July 1996
Joined Intel K.K.
April 2000
Joined The Boston Consulting Group K.K. (currently Boston Consulting Group GK)
November 2000
Joined SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
May 2008
Joined GE International Inc.
November 2010
Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
April 2012
Representative Director, Leonessa Inc. (current position)
January 2023
Outside Director, Morpho, Inc. (current position)
March 2024
Director, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K. (current position)

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Nakajima Akihiko

Nakajima Akihiko
December 2006
Joined Misuzu Audit Corporation
August 2007
Joined ShinNihon Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
April 2013
Joined GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently the Company)
May 2014
Chief of Internal Audit Group, the Company
March 2018
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current position)

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Mizukami Hiroshi

Mizukami Hiroshi
April 1995
Registered as Attorney (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
June 2002
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Takachiho Koheki Co., Ltd. (currently Elematec Corporation) (current position)
March 2014
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company
June 2015
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Digital Advertising Consortium Inc.
June 2015
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Sanei Corporation (current position)
March 2016
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current position)
October 2016
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, D.A.Consortium Holdings, Inc.

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Okada Masahito

Okada Masahito
October 1992
Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
May 1996
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
July 2007
Partner, Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
October 2017
Left Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
November 2017
CFO, Cocone Corporation
March 2018
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current position)
October 2018
Head of Investment Division, Growin' Partners Co., Ltd. (current position)
December 2018
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, AsiaQuest Co., Ltd. (current position)

Executive Officers

Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Technology Strategy and Product Development

Karasawa Minoru

Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Cloud Infrastructure Segment

Masuda Yoshihiro

Managing Executive Officer, in charge of eSignature Business

Yamada Yuichi

Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Digital Transformation Segment

Takenobu Koji

Executive Officer, in charge of New Business and Service Planning

Umehara Makoto

Executive Officer, in charge of Electronic Authentication Business

Chujo Katsuo

Executive Officer, CHRO

Tanaka Satoko

Executive Officer

Hiroe Jiro