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Resolved 31 July 2026Incoming appointee
1 itemDeparting officer
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Will remain on the Board of Directors (scheduled to become Representative Director, Chairman)
The Company considers it important to manage the business in a way that both addresses the social issue of the shortage of technology talent and enhances customer value, profitability and corporate value, by comprehensively upgrading recruitment, training, placement and retention support, in order to respond to changes in the environment surrounding the Group's human resources services business and the speed of those changes, achieve the Group's vision through the fiscal year ending June 2028, and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term.
Hayata Asako (早田 麻子) has made the philosophy of the business a central pillar of management, emphasized management that links people's growth to business results, and has a track record of initiatives in business operations rooted in the field, organizational and talent transformation, human capital, and business growth through the use of technology. The Company also determined that her ability to connect management concepts with organizational and talent transformation and the implementation of technology, thereby creating behavioral change in the field as well as customer value and business results, is highly aligned with the evolution of the Group's accompaniment-based model.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Resolution date | 31 July 2026 |
| Scheduled Appointment Date | 25 September 2026. Hayata Asako (早田 麻子) is subject to approval of her appointment as a director at the annual general meeting of shareholders and her election as Representative Director, President at the Board of Directors meeting following the meeting. She is also scheduled to become a Special Advisor effective 1 August 2026. |
| Date of departure | 25 September 2026 |
| Name of appointee | Hayata Asako (早田 麻子) |
| Appointee's new position | Representative Director and President |
| Appointee's previous position | Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Transnational HRM, Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University (currently serving) |
| Appointee's date of birth | 2 December 1971 |
| Number of shares held by the appointee | 0 shares (record date Not disclosed) |
| Name of departing officer | Nishida Jo (西田 穣) |
| Former position of departing officer | Representative Director, Chairman and President, CEO |
| New position of departing officer | Representative director and chairman |
| Whether the incumbent will remain in office | Will remain on the Board of Directors (scheduled to become Representative Director, Chairman) |
| Reason for change | The Company considers it important to manage the business in a way that both addresses the social issue of the shortage of technology talent and enhances customer value, profitability and corporate value, by comprehensively upgrading recruitment, training, placement and retention support, in order to respond to changes in the environment surrounding the Group's human resources services business and the speed of those changes, achieve the Group's vision through the fiscal year ending June 2028, and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term. |
| Reasons for appointment | Hayata Asako (早田 麻子) has made the philosophy of the business a central pillar of management, emphasized management that links people's growth to business results, and has a track record of initiatives in business operations rooted in the field, organizational and talent transformation, human capital, and business growth through the use of technology. The Company also determined that her ability to connect management concepts with organizational and talent transformation and the implementation of technology, thereby creating behavioral change in the field as well as customer value and business results, is highly aligned with the evolution of the Group's accompaniment-based model. |
| Subject to Approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders | Required. Approval of the proposal for the election of directors at the 22nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 25 September 2026. |
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The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The Company is establishing a structure to jointly advance the sophistication of recruitment, training, placement and retention support, and the evolution of its accompaniment-based business model, in order to respond to changes in the operating environment, including the advances in generative AI, increasingly sophisticated demand for technology talent and labor constraints resulting from population decline, and to achieve the Company's vision through the fiscal year ending June 2028 and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company states that it determined that Hayata Asako's (早田 麻子) track record in organizational and talent transformation, human capital, and business growth through the use of technology is highly aligned with the direction pursued by the Group.