Separating Decision-Making and Oversight from Execution through the Executive Officer System
First written in FY2020. 2 of 5 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021. Latest entry: FY2024.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 1 of 11 companies on the "Worse" side.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2024Reduction in Executive OfficersAnnual report
「The executive officers comprise the 3 individuals below the Representative Directors listed above who also serve as directors, plus Iwanishi Keita (岩西 慶太), Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Logistics Business Division (Sales) and Head of East Japan Area Sales Department, Hakamada Shinichi (袴田 真一), Senior Executive Officer, Head of Connected Business Division and Head of Connected Business Department, Nakano Masaki (中野 正樹), Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Logistics Business Division (Business) and Head of Logistics Business Department, Murata Naoki (村田 直輝), Executive Officer, Head of West Japan Area Sales Department, and Ishikawa Yuichi (石川 雄一), Executive Officer, Head of Broad-Area and Overseas Sales Department, Logistics Business Division, for a total of 8.」
The executive officer system continued, but the number of executive officers decreased from 9 in the previous fiscal year to 8. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The executive officers comprise the 4 individuals below the Representative Directors listed above who also serve as directors, plus Sakamoto Yuji (坂本 裕司), Senior Executive Officer, Head of Connected Business Division, Iwanishi Keita (岩西 慶太), Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Logistics Business Division (Sales) and Head of East Japan Area Sales Department, Ishikawa Osamu (石川 修), Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate Division and Head of General Affairs Department, Hakamada Shinichi (袴田 真一), Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Domestic Sales, Logistics Business Division, and Nakano Masaki (中野 正樹), Executive Officer, Head of Logistics Business Department, Logistics Business Division, for a total of 9.」
The executive officer system continued, while the number of executive officers increased from 7 to 9. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The executive officers comprise the 4 individuals below the Representative Directors listed above who also serve as directors, plus Sakamoto Yuji (坂本 裕司), Senior Executive Officer, Head of Connected Business Division, Iwanishi Keita (岩西 慶太), Senior Executive Officer, Head of Domestic Sales, Logistics Business Division, and Ishikawa Osamu (石川 修), Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate Division and Head of General Affairs Department, for a total of 7.」
It reconfirmed the executive officer system, which separates decision-making and oversight from execution, and the structure comprising a total of 7 executive officers. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To invigorate the Board of Directors by separating decision-making and oversight from execution, the Company has introduced an executive officer system. The executive officers comprise the 5 individuals below the Representative Directors listed above who also serve as directors, plus Sakamoto Yuji (坂本 裕司), Senior Executive Officer, Head of Connected Business Division and Head of Connected Sales Department, and Iwanishi Keita (岩西 慶太), Executive Officer, Head of Logistics Sales Department, for a total of 7.」
It specifies that the executive officer system comprises a total of 7 executive officers. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「We have introduced an executive officer system to revitalize the Board of Directors by separating decision-making and oversight from execution.」
It states for the first time that an executive officer system was introduced to separate decision-making and oversight from execution, with the aim of invigorating the Board of Directors.