GMO Internet : Notice of Board of Director Candidate Appointments
February 20, 2018 at 10:31 pm EST
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February 21, 2018
Company Name:
GMO Internet, Inc.
(TSE First Section, Code: 9449)
Address:
26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho Shibuya-ku Tokyo JAPAN
Representative:
Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO and Representative Director
Contact:
Masashi Yasuda, CFO and Vice President
Telephone:
+81 3 5456 2555
URL:
https://www.gmo.jp/en
Notice of Board of Director Candidate Appointments
The GMO Internet, Inc. Board of Directors agreed at a meeting convened today to put forward the following two new candidates to serve on the Board of Directors to the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on
March 21, 2018. All of the current 19 members' terms expire at the end of the Annual General Shareholders'
Meeting on March 21, 2018, and all but 1 member is nominated to serve another term.
1． New Board of Director Candidates
Name:
Date of Birth:Takehito Kaneko March 28, 1964
Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd. Chairman
Current Role
GMO CLICK Securities, Inc. External Director GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. Director
Profile
April 1986
Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 1999
General Manager of First Sales Division, Financial System Business Department of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Director of IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2005
General Manager of First Financial Business Department of IBM Japan, Ltd. Executive Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
April 2006
April 2010
General Manager of First Financial Business Department of IBM Japan, Ltd. Vice President, Banking Frameworks, Finance Sector, Secondment to IBM Corporation
April 2011
Vice President, Business Development, Global Business Services of IBM Corporation
August 2011
Executive Operating Officer in charge of Software Business of IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2012
Executive Operating Officer in charge of Global Technology Service Business and Outsourcing Business of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Executive Operating Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
February 2015
General Manager of Global Technology Service Business Division of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd. Chairman (current position)
June 2017
GMO CLICK Securities, Inc. External Director (current position)
December 2017
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. Director (current position)Name:
Date of Birth:
Current RoleYasuo Hayashi September 5, 1975
General Manager of Provider Business Department and Media Sales Department, Business Division of GMO Internet, Inc.
Profile
April 2002
October 2002
April 2005
January 2008
January 2009
June 2017
Joined to GMO Internet Inc.
Team Leader of Sales Management of Access Company
General Manager of Sales Management Department, IxP Business Division of
GMO Internet, Inc.
General Manager of Provider Business Department and Sales Business
Department, IxP Business Division of GMO Internet, Inc.
General Manager of Provider Business Department, Business Division of GMO
Internet, Inc.
General Manager of Provider Business Department and Media Sales Department,
Business Division of GMO Internet, Inc. (current position)
2．Retiring Members of the Board
Name: Masamitsu Nomura
*To retire at the conclusion of FY2017 Annual General Shareholders meeting to be convened on
March 21, 2018.
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GMO Internet Group Inc, formerly GMO Internet Inc, is engaged in Internet infrastructure business, Internet advertising and media business, Internet finance business, crypto asset business and incubation business. The Company operates through five segments. The Internet Infrastructure segment is engaged in domain business, cloud hosting business, electronic commerce (EC) support business, security business, and access business. The Internet Advertising and Media segment is engaged in Internet advertising business, Internet media business, and Internet research business. The Internet Finance segment provides financial instruments trading services such as online securities trading services and foreign exchange margin trading services. The Crypto Asset segment is engaged in the business related to crypto asset exchange and mining. The Incubation segment invests in unlisted companies, mainly Internet-related companies. The Company is also engaged in the mobile entertainment business.
GMO INTERNET GROUP, INC. 
