Our Leadership Team | Vortex Co., Ltd.

CEO and Founder
Fumihiko Miyazawa
(Born in 1965)

March 1989: Obtained Bachelor of Commerce from Waseda University
April 1989: Joined Universal Securities Co., Ltd.
February 1995: Joined RECRM RESEARCH Co., Ltd. (Currently Raysum Co., Ltd.)
April 1999: Founded Vortex Co.,Ltd.
October 2018: Representative Director, President, and CEO, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Director and Chairman
Tsutomu Horiuchi
(Born in 1960)

March 1984: Obtained Bachelor of Law from The University of Tokyo
June 1988: Obtained Master of Law from Harvard Law School
April 1984: The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
April 1998: Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
March 2005: President & CEO, Mori Building Investment Management Co., Ltd.
June 2008: Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mori Building Co., Ltd.
February 2017: Non Executive Director, LIFULL Investment Co., Ltd (Current position)
June 2018: Professor and Vice President, Center for Social Investment, Tama University
April 2021: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Executive Officer and CCO
February 2022: Representative Director and President, 100-Years Corporate Strategy Research Institute (Current position)
April 2022: Director and Chairman, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)
April 2023: Professor and President, Center for Social Investment, Tama University (Current position)

Non Executive Director
Kenji Ikeda
(Born in 1948)

March 1972: Obtained Bachelor of Law from TOHOKU University
April 1972: Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
April 2001: Transferred to Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.
August 2003: Transferred to NIF Ventures Co., Ltd. (Currently Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd.)
August 2005: Executive Officer, NIF Ventures Co., Ltd.
May 2008: Managing Executive Officer, Retela Crea Securities Co., Ltd.
June 2009: Managing Director, Retela Crea Securities Co., Ltd.
June 2011: Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Retela Crea Securities Co., Ltd.
June 2012: Full-time Advisor, Retela Crea Securities Co., Ltd.
March 2015: Advisor, Vortex Co., Ltd.
June 2015: Non Executive Director, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Retired on June 29, 2020)
January 2021: Non Executive Director, Vortex Co., Ltd.

Non Executive Director
Hideyuki Kudo
(Born in 1963)

March 1987: Obtained Bachelor of Law from The University of Tokyo
May 1998: Obtained MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Business Administration)
April 1987: Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (Currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
May 2001: Manager, Advisory Department II, Investment Banking Division, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
August 2003: Acquisition Group Director, Aetos Japan, LLC
May 2005: Managing Director, Aetos Japan, LLC
June 2006: President, MID Urban Development Co., Ltd. (Currently Kanden Realty & Development Co., Ltd.)
January 2007: Director and Vice Chairman, MID Urban Development Co., Ltd.
June 2007: Managing Director, Investment Division, Aetos Japan, LLC
September 2010: Managing Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager, Corporate and Product Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited (Currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
April 2011: Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Structured Finance Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited
April 2013: Managing Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and General Manager, Risk Management Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited
April 2015: Managing Executive Officer, Shinsei Bank, Limited
June 2015: Representative Director, President, Shinsei Bank, Limited
April 2021: Representative Director, President, and Chief Officer in charge of Group Planning & Finance, Shinsei Bank, Limited
February 2022: Representative Director, President, and Chief Officer, Shinsei Bank, Limited (Retired)
March 2022: Outside Board Member, SIGMAXYZ Investment Inc. (Current position)

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiki Hirano
(Born in 1966)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Shiro Bando
(Born in 1947)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Shunichi Sueyoshi
(Born in 1958)

April 1981: Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
April 1986: Mitsubishi Canada Limited
July 2006: Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
April 2013: Metal One Corporation
December 2017: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time), MedPeer, Inc. (Current position)
April 2018: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), Mediplat, Inc., a subsidiary of MedPeer, Inc. (Current position)
April 2018: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), FitsPlus inc., a subsidiary of MedPeer, Inc. (Current position)

Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Marketing Division, Business Supervisory Division
and Deputy General Manager, Sales Division
Kiyotaka Mizuguchi

April 1988: Joined World Co., Ltd.
April 2006: Manager, SCM Reform Department, World Co., Ltd. and Representative Director and President, T Cube Co., Ltd. (Group company)
April 2016: Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Division,
Manager, Human Resources Management Department, and WEL (World Enterpreneur Leader), World Co., Ltd.
April 2017: Deputy General Manager, Group Human Resources Division, General Manager, Group Human Resources Planning Office, and Manager, Group Human Resources Management Department, World Co., Ltd.
October 2018: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Senior Manager, Sales Division
April 2019: Deputy General Manager, Sales Division and Manager, Sales Promotion Department, Vortex Co., Ltd.
February 2021: Executive Officer overseeing the Business Supervisory Division, Deputy Group General Manager, and Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
August 2022: Executive Officer, General Manager, Marketing Division, Business Supervisory Division and Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
April 2023: Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Marketing Division, Business Supervisory Division and Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Executive Officer
General Manager, Human Resources Strategy Office
Toshiki Yamagata
(Born in 1958)

April 1982: Joined Hasegawa Komuten Co., Ltd. (Currently HASEK,.O Corporation)
June 1988: Obtained MBA from Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University (US)
September 1997: Vice President, Haseko (Hawaii), Inc.
October 2004: Joined Sundance Resort Co., Ltd.
July 2009: Representative Director and President, Sundance Resort Co., Ltd.
November 2013: Joined MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
April 2015: Representative Director and President, Soh Mechanical & Electrical Engineers Corporation, an affiliated company of MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
April 2016: Representative Director and President, MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
July 2018: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Senior Manager, Solutions Supervisory Department, Operations Division
December 2019: Executive Officer and General Manager, Operations Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
July 2020: Executive Officer and Group General Manager, Business Supervisory Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
June 2021: Non Executive Director, Daitobo Co., Ltd. (Current position)
August 2022: Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Strategy Office, Daitobo Co., Ltd.
January 2023: Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Division, Daitobo Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Executive Officer
General Manager, Operations Division
Taketoshi Chiba
(Born in 1968)

January 2020: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Executive Officer
April 2020: Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager, Operations Division,Vortex Co., Ltd.
July 2020: Executive Officer and General Manager, Operations Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Executive Officer and CIO
(Chief Innovation Officer)
Takeshi Fukuda

March 1998: Graduated from the College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
April 1998: Joined SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
June 2006: Joined Prometric Japan Company, Limited
March 2014: Joined Business Partners, Inc.
February 2017: Joined PERSOL TEMPSTAFF CO., LTD.
March 2021: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Executive Officer and CIO (Chief Innovation Officer)
July 2021: Executive Officer, CIO (Chief Innovation Officer), and Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
April 2022: Executive Officer, CIO (Chief Innovation Officer), and General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Executive Officer
General Manager, Administration Division
Takaaki Imano
(Born in 1964)

March 1989: Obtained Bachelor of Commerce from Waseda University School of Commerce
April 1989: Joined Mitsui Bank (Currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
February 2016: Joined IWAKI & CO., LTD. (Currently Astena Holdings Co., Ltd.), Managing Director and General Manager, Administration Division
December 2017: Managing Director in charge of Group Supervisory Strategy and Management, IWAKI & CO., LTD.
February 2019: Managing Director and CFO, IWAKI & CO., LTD.
March 2019: Senior Managing Director and CFO, IWAKI & CO., LTD.
February 2020: Joined RIBOMIC Inc.
March 2020: Executive Officer and Manager, Corporate Planning Department, RIBOMIC Inc.
June 2020: Board Director, Executive Officer, and General Manager, Administration Division, RIBOMIC Inc.
April 2021: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager, Administration Division
July 2021: Executive Officer and General Manager, Administration Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Executive Officer
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Headquarters
Hitoshi　Konakatomi

March 1995: Obtained Bachelor’s degree of Economics from Hitotsubashi University
April 1995: Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Limited (Currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
December 2005: Joined TENGUY Co.,Ltd.
April 2006: Senior Managing Director and CFO, TENGUY Co.,Ltd.
July 2011: President and Director, TENGUY Co.,Ltd.
March 2017: Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Manager of Finance Department
October 2020: Senior Manager of Corporate Planning Division and Manager of Finance Department, Vortex Co., Ltd.
July 2021: Senior Manager of Finance & Accounting Control Department
April 2021: Director, Vortex Investment Advisors Ltd.(Current position)
April 2023: Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division (Current position)

Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Division Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Division and Deputy General Manager, General Affairs & Legal Division
Ichiro Takaku
(Born in 1970)

June 2022: Senior Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs, Administration Division
January 2023: Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Division and Deputy General Manager, Administration Division
April 2023: Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Division and Deputy General Manager of Administration and Legal Division(Current position)

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