
CEO and Founder
Fumihiko Miyazawa
(Born in 1965)
- March 1989
- Obtained School of Commerce, 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 Faculty of Law, 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-Year Corporate Strategy Research Institute (Current position)
- April 2022
- Director and Chairman, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)
- April 2023
- Professor, Tama Graduate School of Business Management & Information Sciences (Current position)
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. (Currently 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. (Current position)
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.
- June 2022
- Non Executive Director, Vortex Co., Ltd (Current position)
- April 2023
- Chairman and Representative Director, SIGMAXYZ Investment Inc. (Current position)
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Keiichi Riko
(Born in 1958)
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)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mio Minaki
(Born in 1973)

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 Division
Toshiki Yamagata
(Born in 1958)
- April 1982
- Joined Hasegawa Komuten Co., Ltd. (Currently HASEKO 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, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2023
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Division, Vortex 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
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 and Deputy General Manager of Administration Division
Ichiro Takaku
(Born in 1970)
- June 2022
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., 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 Division(Current position)
Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Division
Junichi Sasaki
(Born in 1970)
- September 1990
- Joined HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
- April 1999
- President and Representative Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. subsidiary (HIT, INC.)
- September 2012
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd.
- February 2015
- Manager, Asset Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2018
- Senior Manager, Asset Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2022
- General Manager, Sales Headquarters, Business Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- July 2023
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.(Current position)
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