BOARD MEMBERS

Board of Directors

  • Tsuyoshi Ide

    Chairman & Representative Director

    Tsuyoshi Ide

    Brief work history

    • May 1997 President&Representative Director, Trans Genic Inc.
    • April 2005 President&Representative Director, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • December 2015 President&Representative Director, of the Company
    • January 2024 Chairman & Representative Director, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Junko Kawano

    President & Representative Director

    Junko Kawano

    Brief work history

    • April 2000 Joined Trans Genic Inc.
    • June 2015 Director; General Manager of Business Promotion, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • October 2020 Director; Chief Operating Officer; Business Operations Manager, of the Company
    • January 2022 Director; Chief Operating Officer; Production Control Department Manager, of the Company
    • January 2024 President & Representative Director, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Koji Ochiai

    Director, Chief Technology Officer & Research and Development Manager

    Koji Ochiai

    Brief work history

    • March 1998 Plant Manager, SALAD COSMO USA CORP.
    • May 2006 Representative Director, Seedlife Tech Inc.
    • April 2019 Professor, School of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University (incumbent)
    • October 2020 Director; Chief Technology Officer; Research & Development Manager, of the Company (incumbent)
    • January 2024 President & Representative Director, DAIZ Engineering Inc. (incumbent)
  • Manabu Hirokawa

    Director & Sales & Product Development Manager

    Manabu Hirokawa

    Brief work history

    • April 2015 Cultivation Management Department Manager; Farm Manager, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • April 2016 Sales and Business Operations Manager, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • October 2020 Director; Chief Marketing Officer; Sales Promotion Manager, of the Company
    • January 2024 Chief Sales & Product Officer, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Tatsuya Koitabashi

    Director & Finance Department Manager

    Tatsuya Koitabashi

    Brief work history

    • January 2015 Management Planning Division Manager, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • October 2020 Director; Chief Financial Officer; Administration Manager, of the Company
    • January 2022 Director; Chief Financial Officer, of the Company(incumbent)
  • Aya Koshi

    Director & Administration Development Manager

    Aya Koshi

    Brief work history

    • March 1997 Joined Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.
    • January 2009 Joined Chikaranomoto Company Co., Ltd.
    • September 2018 Director of Be BLOOM Co., Ltd.
    • January 2022 Director; Chief Administration Officer, of the Company(incumbent)
  • Keigo Fujii

    Outside Director

    Keigo Fujii

    Brief work history

    • September 1986 Joined JMA Consultants Inc.
    • September 2007 Senior Corporate Executive Officer, KANAE CAPITAL Inc.
    • November 2008 Director, Tokatsu Foods Co., Ltd.
    • October 2014 Executive Officer; Agribusiness Division Director, KAGOME Co., Ltd.
    • October 2019 Senior Director, Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Fund corporation for Innovation, Value-chain and Expansion Japan (incumbent)
    • April 2020 Outside Director, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Yoshimasa Aikawa

    Outside Director

    Yoshimasa Aikawa

    Brief work history

    • June 2013 Director; Executive Officer, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Engineering Ltd.
    • April 2014 Director; Managing Executive Officer, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Engineering Ltd.
    • April 2017 President&Representative Director, Fujitsu Cloud Technologies Ltd.
    • March 2021 Outside Director, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Masaki Takayanagi

    Outside Director

    Masaki Takayanagi

    Brief work history

    • September 1999 Joined AT Kearney Co., Ltd. Strategy Consultant
    • March 2000 Joined Daiwa Securities SMBC (Tokyo/London) Director of Investment Banking Department
    • September 2007 Joined Nomura Securities Australia (Sydney) as Executive Director, Investment Banking Department
    • September 2010 Joined SBI Ven Capital Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
      Managing Director & CEO (Concurrently, 2011 Head Office Director and Executive Officer of SBI Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    • June 2019 Joined bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. Executive Officer, Group Investment Supervisor, Director of US and European subsidiaries
    • May 2023 Joined Overseas Demand Development Support Organization (Cool Japan Fund Inc.) as Managing Director
    • November 2023 Outside Director, of the Company (incumbent)

    Audit

  • Minoru Hatakeyama

    Full Time Auditor

    Minoru Hatakeyama

    Brief work history

    • November 2003 Representative Director, SAKURA Inc.
    • June 2014 Audit, Kajitsudo Co., Ltd.
    • March 2020 Audit, of the Company (incumbent)
  • Kenji Kimura

    Outside Auditor

    Kenji Kimura

    Brief work history

    • April 1985 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • October 2008 Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc. & COO of Nomura International plc.
    • April 2015 Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • April 2018 Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc. & Representative Director, President of The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
    • April 2021 Advisor of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    • March 2022 Outside Auditor of the Company (incumbent)
  • Shiho Boda

    Outside Auditor

    Shiho Boda

    Brief work history

    • August 1992 Salomon Brothers-Asia Securities (Now Citigroup Global Markets Inc.)
    • January 2014 Registered Attorney (Tokyo Bar Association), Toshio Ando Law Office
    • December 2017 Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong(Malaysia)
    • November 2019 Kasame & Associates(Thailand)
    • April 2020 Sakurada Dori Partners
    • March 2022 Outside Auditor of the Company (incumbent)