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Executives
Skill Matrix
As of September 1, 2023
| Skills and Experience | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Management |
Education Industry |
Personnel/ human resources development |
Marketing /Sales |
Compliance / Risk Management |
Finance / Accounting | IT | ||
| Katsuki Saito | Chairman | |||||||
| Hideyuki Ogaki | President and Representative Director | |||||||
| Hisako Inoue | Executive Senior Vice President | |||||||
| Takeharu Tsutsumi | Director | |||||||
| Shigeki Matsuo | Director | |||||||
| Nobuaki Omura | Director (outside) | |||||||
| Matsuo Iwata | Director (outside) | |||||||
| Koetsu Sanga | Director (outside) | |||||||
- Position
- Name
- Chairman
- Katsuki Saito
Date of Birth
May 20, 1964
Career History
June 1998 Joined the Company Aug. 2004 Director Sept. 2005 Director, General Manager of the Sales Division Oct. 2007 Director, General Manager of the Educational Affairs Division and Assistant General Manager of the Business Division June 2008 Director, General Manager of the Business Division June 2009 Director, General Manager of the East Japan Region Business Division May 2010 Director, General Manager of the Business Division Nov. 2011 Director, Innovation Implementation Officer June 2012 Director, School Administration & Marketing Officer, General Manager of the No. 3 Business Division Nov. 2012 Director, School Administration & Marketing Officer, General Manager of the No. 2 and No. 3 Business Divisions June 2013 Director, General Manager of the School Business Division May 2014 President and Representative Director July 2016 Chair of the Education Industry Committee at the Japan Hospitality Movement Association (current position) Apr. 2018 Director of the Japan Hospitality Movement Association (current position) Jan. 2020 Representative Director and Chairman of the Board at HRBC Co., Ltd. June 2020 Councillor of the KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) (current position) Nov. 2021 President and Representative Director, General Manager of the Education Division at the Company Apr. 2022 Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (current position) Sep. 2023 Chairman at the Company (current position)
- President and Representative Director
- Hideyuki Ogaki
Date of Birth
September 7, 1971
Career History
Apr. 1995 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation July 2000 Joined PwC Consulting K.K. Apr. 2004 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. Apr. 2008 Company Officer of the Housing Company and General Manager of the Internet Strategy Promotion Office at Recruit Co., Ltd. Apr. 2010 General Manager, Global Promotion Office at Recruit Co., Ltd. May 2012 Joined Benesse Corporation May 2015 General Manager, Consumer Business Division of the Domestic English Company at Benesse Corporation Apr. 2016 General Manager, English Business Division of the School Business Company at Benesse Corporation Apr. 2018 President and Representative Director at Benesse BE studio Inc. Apr. 2020 Director at StudyHacker Inc. Mar. 2023 Advisor at the Company Apr. 2023 Director at Benesse BE studio Inc. (current position) Sep.2023 President and Representative Director (current position)
- Executive Senior Vice President
- Hisako Inoue
Date of Birth
Dec. 15, 1965
Career History
July 1995 Joined the Company Oct. 2002 General Manager of the Business Division Nov. 2002 Director Sept. 2005 Director, General Manager of the Business Division May 2006 Representative and Executive Senior Vice President Oct. 2007 Representative and Executive Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Human Resources Division May 2010 Director, General Manager of the Business Foundations Division June 2012 Director, Compliance Officer June 2013 Director, General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division Jan. 2014 Director, General Manager of the Human Resources Development Division May 2014 Executive Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Human Resources Development Division Dec. 2014 Executive Senior Vice President (current position) Apr. 2015 Director of the Personnel Strategy Department at Benesse Holdings, Inc.
- Director
- Takeharu Tsutsumi
Date of Birth
Dec. 12, 1974
Career History
Feb. 1997 Joined the Company Jan. 2002 General Manager of the Metropolitan Area Business Division's No. 5 Regional Supervisory Department June 2010 General Manager of the Kanagawa Business Division Nov. 2011 General Manager of the No. 2 Business Division Nov. 2012 General Manager of the Marketing Division Dec. 2014 General Manager of the School Business Division and General Manager of the Marketing Division June 2015 General Manager of the Education Business Division May 2017 Executive Officer Jan. 2020 Director, HRBC Co., Ltd. May 2020 Director (current) Mar. 2022 Director, HRBC Co., Ltd. (current position)
- Director
- Shigeki Matsuo
Date of Birth
March 20, 1969
Career History
Apr. 1991 Joined Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. (currently Benesse Holdings, Inc.) Jan. 2007 General Manager of the Elementary and Junior High School Business Division at Benesse Corporation (currently Benesse Holdings, Inc.) Jan. 2012 General Manager of the U.S. Business Development Office at Benesse Corporation Feb. 2012 President and Representative Director at Benesse America Inc. Aug. 2015 General Manager of the Domestic English Company’s Corporate Business Division at Benesse Corporation Dec. 2015 President and CEO of Berlitz Japan, Inc. June 2016 Director at Simul International, Inc. Jan. 2023 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of the Off-Campus Learning Company and General Manager of the Cram School and Classroom Business Division at Benesse Corporation (current position) Apr. 2023 Director at Tokyo Educational Institute Co., Ltd. (current position) Director at Benesse BE studio Inc. (current position)
- Director (outside)
- Nobuaki Omura
Date of Birth
Sept. 24, 1948
Career History
Apr. 1971 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. July 1993 President of Daiwa Securities America Inc. (currently Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.) June 1997 Director at Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. Apr. 1999 Executive Managing Director at Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co., Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) Apr. 2003 Senior Managing Director at Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) June 2003 Senior Executive Managing Director at Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Apr. 2005 Chairman of Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd. (currently Daiwa Shoken Capital Markets Europe Ltd.) Apr. 2006 President & CEO of Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. Apr. 2010 Special Advisor to the Company June 2010 Part-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. Aug. 2012 Executive Director at Daiwa Office Investment Corporation May 2013 Outside Director at the Company (current position)
- Director (outside)
- Matsuo Iwata
Date of Birth
June 2, 1958
Career History
Apr. 1982 Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Feb. 1995 Joined Gemini Consulting Japan Oct. 1996 Joined Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. July 1999 Executive Managing Director at Coca-Cola Beverage Services Co., Ltd. Apr. 2001 President and Representative Director of Atlus Co., Ltd. June 2003 Board Director and Senior Executive Officer at Takara Co., Ltd. (currently Tomy Company, Ltd.) Apr. 2005 President and Representative Director of Ion Forest Co., Ltd. June 2009 Representative Director CEO of Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. June 2012 Outside Director at Ootoya Holdings Co., Ltd.
Managing Director at Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (currently Japan Investment Corporation)Oct. 2013 President and Representative Director of Leadership Consulting Inc.(current position) May 2014 Outside Director at the Company(current position) June 2015 Outside Director at Kotobuki Spirits Co., Ltd.(current position) Jan. 2017 Representative Director of Cloud Work Support (current)
- Director (outside)
- Koetsu Sanga
Date of Birth
Oct. 30, 1955
Career History
April 1978 Joined Arthur Andersen LLP Nov. 1978 Analyst, Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture Japan Ltd.) Mar. 1981 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Sept. 1990 Partner, Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture Japan Ltd.) Aug. 2000 Representative Director and President, Satiscom Co., Ltd. Feb. 2003 Principal, ABeam Consulting Ltd. June 2018 Advisor, ABeam Consulting Ltd. July 2018 Management Director, DX Business Division Layers Consulting Co., Ltd. May 2020 Outside Director at the Company (current)
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time)
- Yutaka Fujita
Date of Birth
May 4, 1955
Career History
Sept. 1994 Joined the Company Sept. 1996 General Manager of the Metropolitan Area Business Division's No. 1 Regional Supervisory Department June 1998 General Manager of the Personnel Department July 2000 General Manager of the Human Resources Development Division Nov. 2002 General Manager of the Metropolitan Area No. 10 Regional Business Department June 2003 General Manager of the Kyushu Regional Business Department Oct. 2007 General Manager of the Personnel Department June 2012 General Manager of Customer Consultation Rooms Feb. 2013 Chair of the Crisis Management Committee May 2013 Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current) Mar. 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of HRBC Co., Ltd. (current)
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member
- Naoto Saito
Date of Birth
May 11, 1963
Career History
Apr. 1986 Joined Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. (currently Benesse Holdings, Inc.) Nov. 2005 Expert Member of the Financial Services Agency's Business Accounting Council Jan. 2010 General Manager of the Accounting Division at Benesse Corporation Apr. 2012 Director and Accounting Division General Manager at the Company Mar. 2015 Director at Berlitz Japan, Inc. Apr. 2015 Director at Benesse Corporation May 2015 Audit & Supervisory Board Member at TIEI (current position) Apr. 2016 Group Controller and Internal Auditing Division General Manager at Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Director of Accounting & Performance Management and Internal Auditing Division General Manager at Benesse CorporationJuly 2016 Group Controller, General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Division, and General Manager of the Internal Auditing Division at Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Director, General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Division, and General Manager of the Internal Auditing Division at Benesse CorporationOct. 2016 General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Division at Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Director and Finance & Accounting Division General Manager at Benesse CorporationJuly 2017 Senior Executive Officer and Finance & Accounting Division General Manager at Benesse Holdings, Inc. Apr. 2018 Senior Executive Officer and Business Administration Division General Manager at Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Director and Business Administration Division General Manager at Benesse CorporationJune 2019 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Benesse Holdings, Inc. (current)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Benesse Corporation (current)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Berlitz Japan, Inc.
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)
- Masahiro Nagasawa
Date of Birth
Apr. 1, 1954
Career History
Apr. 1979 Joined Araki Tax Accounting Office Oct. 1981 Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers CPA Firm (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC) Apr. 1984 Joined KPMG AZSA & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) Mar. 1985 Licensed as a certified public accountant Aug. 2002 Partner at Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) July 2012 Founded Nagasawa CPA Accounting Office
Appointed Representative of the accounting office (current position)
Representative Director of Seiran Consulting Co., Ltd. (current position)June 2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Iwaki Co., Ltd. (current position) July 2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Ito En, Ltd. May 2014 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company (current position) June 2014 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Muraki Corporation Dec. 2014 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Hinokiya Group Co., Ltd. (current position) June 2016 Outside Director at Muraki Corporation
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)
- Yukio Takami
Date of Birth
Nov. 2, 1955
Career History
Apr. 1984 Licensed as a lawyer by the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Joined Naritomi General Law FirmApr. 2001 Opened Nishikomi & Takami Law Firm Apr. 2007 Vice-President of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Apr. 2011 Part-Time Director of Radiopress Inc. (current position) June 2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at DM Solutions Co., Ltd. (current position) May 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the Company (current position) June 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Enshu Truck Co., Ltd. June 2018 Outside Director at Enshu Truck Co., Ltd. (current position)