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 Personnel of the Company, Head of Corporate Institution and Head of Sales of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., and COO and 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.

Takashi Hibino

Chief Corporate Adviser
Chief Corporate Adviser,
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

1979 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served successively as the Head of Products, Overseas, Corporate Planning and Personnel and thereby has broad experience related to the business of the whole Daiwa Securities Group. Also, he served as the Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of the Company from 2011 to 2017 and has broad experience and insights as a manager.

Toshihiro Matsui

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

1985 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served as the Managing Director of Corporate Institutions and Corporate Finance of Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. and Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company. Since his inauguration as Corporate Executive Officer of the Company in 2009, he served as the Head of Legal, Deputy Head of Corporate Planning, Head of Corporate Planning and Human Resources and Head of Wholesale, etc., of the Company. He served as the Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President from 2018 to 2024 and has broad experience and knowledge in broad areas such as Retail, Wholesale, Investment Banking, Corporate Planning and Human Resources.

Akihiko Ogino

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

1989 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

He served as Managing Director of the Executive Office, the Corporate Planning Dept. and the Legal Dept. of the Company. He became a Senior Managing Director of the Company in 2014, and since then he has served successively as Head of Legal, Deputy Head of Corporate Planning, Deputy Head of Overseas and Head of 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.

Keiko Tashiro

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

1986 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

She served successively as the Managing Director of the IR Office of the Company and Managing Director 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, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities and as Head of the Americas business and Deputy Head of Overseas (in charge of the Americas) of the Company and Chairperson of the Board of Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc. She serves now as the Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President, Head of Sustainability, Financial Education, Securities Asset Management and Think Tank of the Company. She has broad knowledge and experience in the Overseas and Corporate Planning.

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 Managing Director 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.

Hirotaka Takeuchi

He has served as Professor of the Faculty of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University and is currently Professor at Harvard Business School. The Company has drawn on his expertise and experience nurtured throughout his career in providing management advice. He has been a director for seven years.

Ikuo Nishikawa

He has served as Representative Partner of Century Audit Corporation and Chairman of Accounting Standards Board of Japan. The Company has drawn on his expertise and experience nurtured throughout his career in providing management advice. He has been a director for seven years.

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 five 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 four years.

Toshio Iwamoto

He held positions such as the President of NTT DATA Corporation, etc. and currently is the Advisor 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 three 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 two 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 expects that, based on her expert knowledge and experience related labor administration and diversity and significant global experience cultivated through that experience, she 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 2023 General Meeting of Shareholders she was newly appointed as an outside director.