Career summary | Yukio Kubota

Outside Director
Yukio Kubota
Date of birth: October 7, 1949 (Age 74)
Attendance at Board of Directors’ Meetings
14/14
Number of the Company’s shares owned
358 shares
Career summary
Apr. 1974 Joined Sony Corporation (currently: Sony Group Corporation)
Jun. 1997 Executive Vice President and Corporate Executive Officer
Sep. 2001 Outside Director of J-Phone Communications Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2003 President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Inc. (currently: Sony Corporation)
Aug. 2009 President and CEO of WILLCOM, Inc.
Apr. 2010 Senior Advisor of Carlyle Japan L.L.C.
Jan. 2011 Outside Corporate Auditor of Broadleaf Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2012 Outside Corporate Auditor of Qualicaps Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2013 Outside Director of Diversey, Inc. (currently: CxS Corporation)
Sep. 2013 Outside Director of the Company (retired in January 2016)
May 2015 Outside Director of ARUHI Corporation (currently: SBI ARUHI Corporation)
Sep. 2016 Outside Director of WingArc1st Inc.
Jun. 2019 Outside Director of the Company (incumbent)
Mar. 2021 Outside Director of KOEI DREAMWORKS Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Company
Outside Director of KOEI DREAMWORKS Co., Ltd.
Reason for Appointment
Mr. Kubota has a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge as the Director including Representative Director among plural companies. Therefore, the Company has appointed him as an Outside Director with expectation that he will use this experience to supervise and support management toward improving our corporate value.