Board of Directors and Senior Management

Senior Management Profile

Executive Directors

Mr.Takenori Nagashima
Mr. Nagashima (aged 41) was appointed the Managing Director of the Company effective from 28 March 2023. He joined the Company as the Administration General Manager in May 2019 and has become the Executive Director in charge of Administration and Corporate Finance of the Company since October 2019. He joined AEON Retail Co., Ltd. (“ARCL”) in September 2004. From 2011 to 2014, he was assigned to assume different positions related to various operations in AEON Co., Ltd.. In September 2014, he was appointed as the Administration General Manager of 永旺(湖北)商業有限公司, with responsibility of establishing its supporting team. Mr. Nagashima received his bachelor’s degree from the International Cultural Exchange School of Fudan University.
Mr. HISANAGA Shinya
Mr. Hisanaga, (aged 46) was appointed the General Manager of the Buying Division of the Company in March 2020 and Executive Director of the Company in charge of the Buying Division in May 2020. He joined AEON Retail Co., Ltd. in April 1997. Since then, he was assigned to assume different positions in various business divisions related to business planning and coordination in AEON Retail Co., Ltd. group companies. Before he joined the Company, he was an executive officer of Home Coordy Business Division in AEON Retail Co., Ltd.. He became a director of Sunday Co., Ltd. and AEON Bike Co., Ltd. in May 2016 and became a director of R.O.U Co., Ltd. in March 2015. Mr. Hisanaga received his bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Hannan University.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Isei Nakagawa
Mr. Nakagawa, aged 52, was appointed as an Executive Director and the Managing Director of the Company from 16 May 2019. With effect from 28 May 2021, Mr.Nakagawa has been re designated from Executive Director to Non executive Director and ceased to be the Managing Director .He has also been appointed as the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee with effect from 28 May 2021. Before his appointment, he was the managing director of Qingdao AEON Dongtai Co., Ltd. (“QADCL”) until 21 May 2019. He joined Aeon Co., Ltd. (“Aeon Co.”) group in March 1990 and since then was assigned to assume different positions related to various operations in AEON Retail Co., Ltd. (“ARCL”). He became the chairman of Maxvalu Hokuriku Co., Ltd. in August 2010, an executive director of ARCL in March 2013, and the managing director of QADCL in February 2015. Mr. Nakagawa graduated from the Toyo University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Mr. Makoto Fukuda
Mr.Fukuda , (aged 47 ) was appointed as a Non executive Director of the Company on 28 May 2021 . He is the general manager of Finance Department of AEON Co., Ltd.ACL ””)), the ultimate holding company of the Company, and a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board of AEON ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd a subsidiary of ACL. Mr. Fukuda joined AC L in April 2001 . Since then, he was assigned to ass ume different positions in Corporate Branding Department, Corporate Strategy Department, Corporate Secretarial Department and Finance Department of ACL. In M arch 2021 , Mr. Fukuda was appointed the general man a ger of Finance Department of ACL. Mr. Fukuda graduated from The University of Tokyo with a bachelor degree in La w and the Waseda University with a master degree in Business Administration.
Mr. GOTO Toshiya
Mr. Goto, aged 63, was appointed Non-executive Director of the Company in April 2023. He is the executive officer of AEON Co., Ltd. in charge of China Business and the chairman of AEON (China) Co., Ltd.. Mr. Goto joined AEON Retail Co., Ltd. (“ARCL”) in 1984. Since then, he was assigned to assume different positions in ARCL. He was appointed the president of Beijing AEON Co., Ltd. for the period from May 2011 to May 2013, and the president of Qingdao AEON Dongtai Co., Ltd. for the period from May 2013 to February 2015. He was appointed as the director and executive vice president of ARCL in charge of Product and Inner-Casual business in March 2019 and subsequently appointed the director and executive vice president of ARCL in charge of Product in March 2020.
Mr.Hiroyuki Inohara
Mr.Inohara (aged 55) was appointed as a Non executive Director of the Company from 25 March 2022. He is the vice president of AEON (China) Co., Ltd. ( ACCL ””). Mr. Inohara
joined AEON Retail Co., Ltd. ARCL ””) in 1991 . Since then, he was assigned to assume
different positions in ARCL and in AEON Co., Ltd., the ultimate holding company of the
Com pany. In 20 1 1 , he was appointed the general manager of b usiness d evelopment of ACCL. In 2015, Mr. Inohara was appointed the managing director of AEON South China Co., Ltd.(''ASC"), a subsidiary of the Company . From 2017, he was appointed the managing direc tor of both ASC and Guangdong AEON Teem Co., Ltd. ("GDA"), a subsidiary of the Company. He has been appointed the vice president of ACCL since 2021 and is in charge of business
development and construction. Mr. Inohara graduated from the Faculty of Economics,
Doshisha University and also the Department of Knowledge Science Hokuriku Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology with a master degree.

Mr. Inohara is also a director of ACCL, Qingdao AEON Dongtai Co., Ltd ., 永旺(湖北)商业
有限公司 , 永旺华东 苏州)商业有限公司 , GDA, ASC, 永旺商業有限公司 and 永旺梦乐
城(中国)投资有限公司.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. CHOW Chi Tong
Mr. Chow (aged 58) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in January 2016. He is an accountant in practice as a partner of Ting Ho Kwan & Chan CPA Limited, Certified Public Accountants (Practising). Mr. Chow holds a diploma in yarn manufacturing from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and he has over 31 years of experience in both accounting and auditing. He is a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr. MIZUNO Hideto
Mr. Mizuno (aged 45) has been the Vice Chairman of Mizuno Sports Promotional Foundation, a non-profit organization, since June 2016. He was also the wholesale director of Timberland brand of VF Japan Corporation from June 2017 to February 2018. Before June 2017, Mr. Mizuno was an executive director of Mizuno Corporation, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. During his over ten years’ services in Mizuno Corporation, he was in charge of the Global Brand Development, New Business Development, National Accounts Sales and Nagoya Sales Branch Office. He was also the vice president of Mizuno USA in charge of Corporate Planning during the period from July 2005 to March 2009. Mr. Mizuno holds a master degree in Business Architect from the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Japan, a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the Carthage College USA and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Keio University Japan.
Ms. SHUM Wing Ting
Ms. Shum (aged 34) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in December 2022. She is currently a practicing solicitor and civil celebrant of marriage in Hong Kong. She has experience in general legal practice with specialization in civil litigation and commercial law. Ms. Shum graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in laws (LL.B.) in 2011 and completed her postgraduate certificate in laws in 2012. She also obtained her Master of laws Degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2019. Ms. Shum is currently a member of the Law Society of Hong Kong and an accredited general mediator of Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited and the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Ms. Shum completed her traineeship in LCP, Solicitors and Notaries in 2014, was then admitted as a solicitor of Hong Kong and has become an assistant solicitor in LCP, Solicitors and Notaries in the same year. Ms. Shum was an independent non-executive director, member of the audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee of Fullwealth Construction Holdings Co., Ltd. for the period from 8 October 2018 to 14 Jan 2021, which is listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange with stock code 1034.
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