Softbank : Establishment of Newly Merged Company and Management Team
April 01, 2015 at 01:43 am EDT
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April 1, 2015
SoftBank Mobile Corp.
SoftBank Mobile Corp. ("SoftBank Mobile") today announced that on April 1, 2015 it consummated the merger with SoftBank BB Corp., SoftBank Telecom Corp. and Ymobile Corporation.
With this merger, SoftBank Mobile aims to maximize its corporate value by further concentrating the business resources held by each company and by enhancing the overall competitiveness of its domestic telecommunications businesses. The newly merged SoftBank Mobile will, under SoftBank's corporate philosophy of "Information Revolution - Happiness for everyone," seek to create innovative services and improve operational efficiencies through structural reforms. It will also work to expand its business jointly with other SoftBank Group companies, in areas such as IoT (Internet of Things), robotics, and energy. Brand names of existing services will be maintained and mobile communications services will continue to be provided under the two "SoftBank" and "Y!mobile" brands.
An outline of the newly established company and its management team is as follows.
1. Outline of New Company
(1) Trade name
SoftBank Mobile Corp.
(2) Address
1-9-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(3) Names and titles of representatives
Masayoshi Son, Chairman
Ken Miyauchi, President & CEO
(4) Nature of business
Provision of mobile communications services, sale of mobile devices, provision of fixed-line telecommunications and ISP services
(5) Share capital
JPY 177,251 million
(6) Fiscal year end
March 31
(7) Shareholder and share of voting rights
SoftBank Corp. 99.99% (of which 75.81% is held indirectly)
(8) Employees
approx. 17,700
2. New Company Management (Directors, Presidents, Heads, etc.) (as of April 1, 2015)
Board of Directors
Title
Name
Responsibility
Chairman
Masayoshi Son
-
President & CEO
Ken Miyauchi
-
Executive Vice President
Yasuyuki Imai
Product & Marketing Unit Head and Marketing Planning Division Head, Technology Unit Head
Executive Vice President
Jun Shimba
Enterprise Business Unit Head and MNC Business Division Head
Executive Vice President
Shuichi Kukita
Consumer Sales Unit Head
Executive Vice President
Junichi Miyakawa
Technology Unit, Global Telecom Business
Executive Vice President & CFO
Kazuhiko Fujihara
Finance Unit Head
Executive Vice President
Eric Gan
Business Development Unit Head and Ymobile Business
Executive Vice President
Yoshimitsu Goto
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Title
Name
Responsibility
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Junichi Kasahara
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Takayoshi Saito
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akira Matsuyama
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tatsuhiro Murata
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kazuko Kimiwada
-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiki Sada
-
Senior Vice Presidents (delegated)
Title
Name
Responsibility
Senior Vice President
Tomio Miyake
Enterprise Business Unit Deputy Head and 1st Enterprise Sales Division Head
Senior Vice President
Sadahiro Sato
Enterprise Business Unit Deputy Head and ICT Innovation Division Head and Cloud Service Division Head
Technology Unit Deputy Head (Service Platform) and Service Platform Development Division Head and Transition Promotion Division Head
Senior Vice President
Yoshiaki Sakuma
Consumer Sales Unit, Sales Operation Division Head
Senior Vice President
Hideyuki Tsukuda
Technology Unit Deputy Head (Mobile Network)
Senior Vice President
Keiichi Makizono
Technology Unit Deputy Head (Core & Transport)
Senior Vice President, CS*1
Takashi Tsutsui
Technology Unit, Technology Strategy Office
Senior Vice President, CISO*2
Amane Kito
Information Systems Unit Head and Information Systems Division Head and IT Service Development Division Head
Senior Vice President
Junji Tokunaga
Finance Unit Deputy Head (Domestic Telecom Business) and Regulatory Division Head
Senior Vice President
Fumihiro Aono
Human Resources & General Affairs Unit Head
Vice Presidents
Title
Name
Responsibility
Vice President
Shigehiro Shimizu
Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Sales Promotion Division Head
Vice President
Yukinori Ishioka
Enterprise Business Unit, Network Project Division Head
Vice President
Yukio Kawa
Enterprise Business Unit
Vice President
Kosaku Nonoue
Consumer Sales Unit, Customer Service Division Head
Vice President
Hiroyuki Terao
Product & Marketing Unit, YM Business Promotion Division Head
Vice President
Tatsuro Kurisaka
Product & Marketing Unit, Advertisement Division Head
Vice President
Hajime Baba
Product & Marketing Unit, Service Contents Division Head
Vice President
Makoto Iwasaki
Technology Unit, Platform Operations Division Head
Vice President
Hidetoshi Ikeda
Technology Unit, Operations & Maintenance Division Head
Vice President
Motonari Abe
Business Development Unit, Business Development Division Head
Vice President
Yoshiro Hirao
Information Systems Unit Deputy Head
Vice President
Takashi Naito
Finance Unit, Finance and Accounting Division Head
Vice President, CCO*3
Eiji Shimagami
Human Resources & General Affairs Unit, General Affairs Division Head
Division Heads, others
Name
Responsibility
Kunihiro Fujinaga
Enterprise Business Unit, 2nd Enterprise Sales Division Head
Yoshihiro Kosuge
Enterprise Business Unit, 3rd Enterprise Sales Division Head
Hayato Sakurai
Enterprise Business Unit, 4th Enterprise Sales Division Head
Shintaro Kasai
Enterprise Business Unit, 1st Regional Corporate Sales Division Head
Toshio Nagata
Enterprise Business Unit, 2nd Regional Corporate Sales Division Head
Atsuo Nomura
Enterprise Business Unit, Metropolitan Area Sales Division Head
Akihiro Oshima
Enterprise Business Unit, Global Business Division Head
Hiroshi Akabori
Enterprise Business Unit, New Business Division Head
Yutaka Matsuoka
Enterprise Business Unit, Business Partner Sales Division Head
Takashi Eguchi
Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Communication Service & Support Sales Division Head
Akihiro Kannari
Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Customer Service Division Head
Makoto Imaizumi
Enterprise Business Unit, Global Marketing Division Head
Hiroyuki Iguchi
Enterprise Business Unit, Enterprise Partner Sales Division Head
Yasuhiro Kitanaru
Consumer Sales Unit, MOBILE 1st Sales Division Head
Kimihiro Tanitsu
Consumer Sales Unit, MOBILE 2nd Sales Division Head
Junshi Yamasaki
Consumer Sales Unit, Partner Sales Division Head
Kinya Honda
Consumer Sales Unit, Area Sales Division Head
Yasushi Ota
Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Division 1 Head
Kenichi Takashima
Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Division 2 Head
and Enterprise Business Unit, YM Enterprise Sales Division Head
Isamu Suyama
Consumer Sales Unit, YM Sales Support Division Head
Keigo Sugano
Product & Marketing Unit, MOBILE Business Promotion Division Head and MD Division Head
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Product & Marketing Unit, BB Business Promotion Division Head
Hironobu Tamba
Product & Marketing Unit, Product & Service Division Head
Hiroshi Matsuda
Product & Marketing Unit, SoftBank SELECTION Division Head
Tomohiro Sekiwa
Technology Unit, Mobile Network Planning Division Head
Masatoshi Hongo
Technology Unit, East Japan Mobile Area Division Head
Eiji Otaki
Technology Unit, West Japan Mobile Area Division Head
Teruya Fujii
Technology Unit, Research and Development Division Head
Yoshihito Shimazaki
Technology Unit, Solution Advancing Office
Takenori Kobayashi
Technology Unit, Network Division Head
Hidetoshi Tosaka
Technology Unit, Access Solution Division Head
Yoshikazu Takegawa
Technology Unit, Communication Network Division Head
Tadashi Iida
Technology Unit, Technology Administration Division Head
Keiichiro Shimizu
Information Systems Unit, Security Division Head
Yuriko Ishihara
Finance Unit, Strategic Planning and Analysis Office
Atsushi Taira
Finance Unit, Global Business Synergies Division Head
Ippei Mimura
Finance Unit, Group Management Office
Taku Oketani
Finance Unit, Corporate Planning Division Head
Masaaki Okazaki
Finance Unit, Corporate Management Division Head
Masayuki Okubo
Finance Unit, Procurement Division Head
Kenichi Nagasaki
Human Resources & General Affairs Unit, Human Resources Division Head
Leaving Senior Vice Presidents (delegated) (as of March 31, 2015)
Title
Name
Senior Vice President
Seiji Goto*4
Senior Vice President
Hiroaki Kitano
Senior Vice President
Atsushi Taira
Other (as of November 20, 2014)
Name
Responsibility
Atsushi Taira
Brightstar Corp. Chief Planning and Optimization Officer
[Note]
*
Continues as Finance Unit, Global Business Synergies Division Head at SoftBank Mobile.
[Notes]
*1
CS: Chief Scientist
*2
CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
*3
CCO: Chief Compliance Officer
*4
Seiji Goto is an Advisor to SoftBank Mobile effective April 1, 2015.
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The information is true and accurate at the time of publication.
Price, specification, contact and other information of products and service may be subjected to change. The information contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
SoftBank BB Corp., SoftBank Telecom Corp. and Ymobile Corporation merged into SoftBank Mobile Corp. on April 1, 2015. Please see below for pre-merger press releases from SoftBank BB Corp., SoftBank Telecom Corp., and Ymobile Corporation.
SoftBank Group Corp. is one of the largest telecommunications operators in Japan. Net sales (not including sold divisions) break down by activity as follows:
- fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Japan (92.2%; SoftBank): fixed and mobile telephony services, broadband transmission services, data transmission services, sales of handsets and accessories, etc.;
- design and development of microprocessors and Internet of Things solutions (3.7%; Arm);
- other (4.1%).
Japan accounts for 92.3% of net sales.