Profile

As of April 1, 2024

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Koichi Masuda

(Date of birth: January 23, 1944)

Biography

  • Apr. 1966 Yoshiji Tanaka CPA Office
  • Jan. 1970 Otemachi Kaikei Jimusho Audit Corporation
  • Jan. 1975 Shinwa Audit Corporation *
  • Sep. 1978 Partner
  • Jul. 1992 Representative Partner, Asahi Shinwa Audit Corporation *
  • Oct. 1993 Representative Partner, Asahi Audit Corporation *
  • Jan. 2004 Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA & Co. *
  • Jul. 2007 Chairman and President, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Jul. 2010 Advisor (to present)
  • Oct. 2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (to present)
  • *
    Presently, KPMG AZSA LLC

Number of shares held

15,434 shares

Activities during FY2023

Attended 21 Board of Directors meetings out of all 21 meetings held
Attended 26 Audit & Supervisory Committee meetings out of all 26 meetings held

Reason of appointment

He is an experienced and trusted certified public accountant, and he has had a wide range of experiences serving as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee member) and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member of various corporations. He has also brought significant benefits to the Company by supervising and auditing management and advising on various financial matters of the Company based on his objective viewpoint at the Board of Directors meetings and other occasions. The Company believes he could take advantage of his experience in conducting audits and supervision of the Group's management, and therefore appointed him as an outside director serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee member.