Seiji Nakata

Chairman of the Board
Chairman, Member of the Board,
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1983 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served successively as the Deputy Head of Corporate Planning and Human Resources of the Company, the Head of Corporate Institution and the Head of Sales of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., and COO and the Head of Retail of the Company. He served as the Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of the Company from 2017 to 2024 and has broad experience and insights as a manager.

Akihiko Ogino

President and CEO
President, Member of the Board,
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1989 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served successively as the Head of Legal, the Deputy Head of Overseas Operations, and the Head of Corporate Planning of the Company and the Executive Head of Human Resources and Corporate Planning of the Company. He serves as the Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of the Company from 2024. He has expertise and experience to present a management strategy based on a wide vision and also to execute adequately the management and control of Daiwa Securities Group.

Shinsuke Niizuma

Deputy President
COO and Head of Wealth Management
Deputy President, Member of the Board,
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1988 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served successively as the Head of Chiba Branch and Nagoya Branch of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. He became the Senior Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 2015, and since then he has served successively as the Head of Retail Marketing Strategy, the Head of Sales, the Executive Head of Sales, and the Head of the Product Solution Division of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. He currently serves as the Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President and COO, and Head of Wealth Management of the Company. He has broad knowledge and experience in Wealth Management.

Keiko Tashiro

Deputy President
Head of Asset Management,
Securities Asset Management,
Sustainability and Financial Education

1986 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

She served successively as the Head of Investor Relations Office of the Company and the Head of the Daiwa Direct Planning Dept. of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. She became a Senior Managing Director of the Company in 2009, and since then she has served successively as its Head of Daiwa Direct Business, the Head of Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities and as the Head of Americas, the Head of Overseas Operations and the Executive Head of Overseas Operations. She currently serves as the Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President, the Head of Asset Management, Securities Asset Management, Sustainability, and Financial Education of the Company. She has broad knowledge and experience in the Overseas and Corporate Planning.

Eiji Sato

Senior Executive Managing Director
Head of Corporate Planning
and Deputy Head of Overseas Operations
Senior Executive Managing Director,
Member of the Board, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1991 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served as the Head of the Finance Dept. and the Head of the Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company. He became a Senior Managing Director of the Company in 2017, and since then he has served successively as CFO, the Deputy Head of Corporate Planning of the Company and currently serves as the Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer, the Head of Corporate Planning and the Deputy Head of Overseas Operations of the Company. He has solid record and experience in Planning and Finance and also has experience in Investment Banking.

Hiroko Sakurai

Senior Executive Managing Director
Head of Compliance
Representative Director/Senior Executive Managing Director, Member of the Board, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1988 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

She served as the Head of Investor Relations Office of the Company and the Head of Global Equity Sales Dept. (I) of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. She became a Senior Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 2016, and since then she has served successively as the Head of Private Banking, the Head of Contact Center and the Head of Mass Affluent Marketing. She currently serves as the Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer and Head of Compliance of the Company. She has broad experience and knowledge in broad areas such as Global Markets Division, Wealth Management Division, and Compliance Division.

Sachiko Hanaoka

Audit&Supervisory Board Member,
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1990 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

After serving in the Research and Product Divisions, she served successively as the Head of the Products Planning Dept., the Education and Training Dept., and the Investment Strategy Dept. of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. Throughout her broad accumulated experience in the Research Division, she has developed a strong analytical ability and broad knowledge in business accounting and broad accumulated experience in management.

Eriko Kawai

She has held positions such as the Pension Fund Administrator of BIS and OECD, etc. The Company has drawn on her ample expertise and insight related to corporate management accumulated throughout her career. She has been a director for seven years.

Katsuyuki Nishikawa

He served successively as the Vice-Minister of Justice, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office and the Prosecutor General and is currently an attorney at law. The Company has drawn on his significant experience and professional knowledge related to law and compliance accumulated throughout his career. He has been a director for six years.

Toshio Iwamoto

He held positions such as the President of NTT DATA Corporation. The Company has drawn on his significant accumulated experience in management of global companies and experience and extensive knowledge about IT nurtured throughout his career. He has been a director for five years.

Yumiko Murakami

She worked for the United Nations, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. and Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited, and served as Head of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Tokyo Centre. The Company has drawn on her significant international experience as well as experience on corporate management and understanding of the securities business accumulated throughout her career. She has been a director for four years.

Noriko Iki

She has held positions such as the Director-General of Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Director-General of Tokyo Labor Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brunei.
The Company has drawn on her expert knowledge and experience related labor administration and diversity and significant global experience cultivated through that experience. She has been a director for two years.

Mami Yunoki

She has been involved in auditing many listed companies as a certified public accountant for many years at PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC (currently known as PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC). The Company has drawn on her expert knowledge and experience related to financial accounting. She has been a director for one year.

Akira Ichikawa

He held positions such as President of Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. and is currently Chairman of the company. The Company expects that, based on his extensive experience in management of a global company and wealth of knowledge on sustainability-oriented management cultivated through his career, he will be able to advise on the management of the Company and supervise the execution of duties by Corporate Executive Officers, and at the Company's 2025 General Meeting of Shareholders he was newly appointed as an outside director.