Profile

Director (independent director)

Kaname Masuda

Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
(Attorney at Law)

Apr 1990 Registered as a lawyer with Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Apr 1990 Joined Nishimura & Partners (currently Nishimura & Asahi)
Oct 1998 Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
Nov 2000 General Counsel of the Office of General Counsel (Individual Customer Division) of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd
Mar 2001 Exective Officer and General Counsel of the Office of General Counselt of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
Nov 2003 Joined Niimura Sogo Law Office
Sep 2006 Registered as a lawyer in New York State
Feb 2008 Established Masuda & Partners Law Office
May 2008 External Auditor of paperboy&co. (currently GMO Pepabo, Inc.)
Jun 2008 External Auditor of au Jibun Bank Corporation
Feb 2013 Auditor of Commons Asset Management, Inc. (current position)
Mar 2014 Auditor of GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) 
Jun 2014 External Director of Kando Co., Ltd.
Oct 2014 External Auditor of CROSSWARP Inc.
Nov 2015 Executive Director of Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corporation (current position)
Mar 2016 Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.; current position)
Apr 2019 External Auditor of au Financial Holdings Corporation (current position)
Jun 2021 Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. (current position)
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