Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers of the Company and its Major Subsidiaries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Company name: H.U. Group Holdings, Inc.
Representative: Shigekazu Takeuchi, Director,
President and Group CEO
Securities code: 4544 Prime Market, Tokyo
Stock Exchange



Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers of the Company
and its Major Subsidiaries



Tokyo, Japan, April 21, 2023 --- H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. today announced the following appointment of
directors and executive officers of the company and its major subsidiaries, with the decision at the meeting of the
Board of Directors held on April 21, 2023. The appointment of directors and executive officers is scheduled to be
effective as of June 20, 2023, following the General Shareholder’s Meeting and the meeting of the Board of
Directors.



１．H.U. Group Holdings, Inc.

（１）Candidates for Directors

Name New title Current title Change

Shigekazu Takeuchi Director Director Reappointment

Naoki Kitamura Director Director Reappointment

Shigehiro Aoyama Outside Director Outside Director Reappointment

Futomichi Amano Outside Director Outside Director Reappointment

New
Sachiko Awai Outside Director －
appointment

Ryoji Itoh Outside Director Outside Director Reappointment

Moegi Shirakawa Outside Director Outside Director Reappointment

Keiji Miyakawa Outside Director Outside Director Reappointment

New
Hitoshi Yoshida Outside Director －
appointment

（２）Retiring Director

Name New title Current title

Susumu Yamauchi － Outside Director
（３）Name and brief personal profile of the new Director
Name Sachiko Awai
Date of birth May 21, 1957
Profile Jul. 1984 Joined Japan Office of U.S. Meat Export Federation
Jan. 1991 Joined Estée Lauder Companies
Mar. 1997 Joined NIHON L'ORÉAL K.K.
Nov. 2004 Joined GUERLAIN (LVJ Group)
May 2012 Joined fitfit, Inc.
May 2013 President and Representative Director, La Prairie Japan
Jan. 2019 General Manager, INCOCO Business Department, Newport Ltd.
Part Time Adviser, Natural Water Business Department, Harves Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019 Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
A.D.Works Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020 Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member),
A.D.Works Group Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Jun. 2020 Outside Director, INFOCOM CORPORATION (incumbent)
Mar. 2022 Outside Director (who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), BP
Castrol K.K. (incumbent)




Name Hitoshi Yoshida
Date of birth January 20, 1958

Profile Apr. 1980 Joined Victoria Inc.
Dec. 2000 Joined ASKUL Corporation
Mar. 2004 Business Leader, Catalogue Planning Operation, Office Life Creation
Aug. 2006 Manager, Living Supplies Division, Office Life Creation
Mar. 2008 Chief General Manager, Office Life Creation
Aug. 2009 Executive Officer in charge of Products
Aug. 2011 Executive Officer in charge of ECR
Representative Director and Chairman, Bizex Corporation (currently
ASKUL LOGIST Corporation)
Jul. 2012 Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company,
ASKUL Corporation
Aug. 2012 Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company
Aug. 2017 Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO), B-to-B Company, Director in
charge of risk management
Mar. 2020 Director and Vice President, Director in charge of risk management
Aug. 2020 Director and Vice President
（４）Candidates for Executive Officers

Name New title Current title Change
Chairman, President and
Shigekazu Takeuchi President and Group CEO Change
Group CEO*1

Naoki Kitamura Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Reappointment

Goki Ishikawa Executive Officer Executive Officer Reappointment

Shunichi Higashi Executive Officer Executive Officer Reappointment

Kazuya Omi Executive Officer, CTO*2 Executive Officer Change

Toshihiko Shimizu Executive Officer, CIO*3 Executive Officer, CIO Reappointment

Tadashi Hasegawa Executive Officer Executive Officer Reappointment

Atsuko Murakami Executive Officer, CFO*4 Executive Officer, CFO Reappointment

Hiroaki Kimura Executive Officer Executive Officer Reappointment

New
Makoto Matsumoto Executive Officer -
appointment

*1: Chief Executive Officer *2: Chief Technology Officer *3: Chief Information Officer *4: Chief Financial Officer


（５）Name and brief personal profile of the new Executive Officer
Name Makoto Matsumoto
Date of birth July 7, 1968
Profile Apr. 1991 Joined SRL, Inc.
Jan. 2008 Senior Manager, Tokyo Office 4
Jul. 2010 Senior Manager, Tokyo Office 3
May 2011 General Manager, Hokkaido Sales Department
Jul. 2013 General Manager, Hokkaido/Tohoku Sales Department
Apr. 2014 General Manager, East Japan Sales Department
Oct. 2014 General Manager, Sales Department 3
Jul. 2016 General Manager, Hospital Labo Sales Department
Jan. 2017 Deputy Division Head, Sales Division
May 2017 Division Head, Sales Division
Jun. 2018 Director, SRL, Inc.
Director, SRL Medisearch Inc.
Oct. 2018 Director, MSW, Inc.
Jun. 2019 Managing Director, SRL, Inc.
Dec. 2019 Director, St. Luke’s SRL Advanced Clinical Research Center,
Inc.(incumbent)
Jun. 2020 Senior Managing Director, SRL, Inc.(incumbent)
Oct. 2020 President and CEO, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Jun. 2021 Director, Sapporo Mirai Laboratory, Inc.(incumbent)
２．SRL, Inc.
（１）Candidates for Directors

Name New title Current title Change

Shunichi Higashi Chairman President and CEO Change

Makoto Matsumoto President and CEO Senior Managing Director Change

Kaori Wada Managing Director Managing Director Reappointment

Kazuya Omi Director Director Reappointment

Noriyuki Fukuda Director Director Reappointment

Shigekazu Takeuchi Director Director Reappointment

New
Goki Ishikawa Director -
appointment

Naoki Kitamura Director Director Reappointment

Tadashi Hasegawa Director Director Reappointment

Atsuko Murakami Director Director Reappointment

New
Satoru Isago Director -
appointment

（２）Candidate for Auditor

Name New title Current title
New
Keiji Shimada Auditor -
appointment



Note: The appointment of Directors is scheduled to be effective as of June 20, 2023, following the General
Shareholder’s Meeting and the meeting of the Board of Directors.
３．Fujirebio Holdings, Inc.
（１）Candidates for Directors

Name New title Current title Change

Goki Ishikawa President and CEO President and CEO Reappointment

New
Katsumi Aoyagi Director -
appointment

Takeshi Fujita Director Director Reappointment

Monte Wiltse Director Director Reappointment

Christiaan De Wilde Director Director Reappointment

Shigekazu Takeuchi Director Director Reappointment

Naoki Kitamura Director Director Reappointment

Atsuko Murakami Director Director Reappointment



Note: The appointment of Directors is scheduled to be effective as of June 20, 2023, following the General
Shareholder’s Meeting and the meeting of the Board of Directors.
４．Fujirebio Inc.
（１）Candidates for Directors

Name New title Current title Change

Takeshi Fujita President and CEO President and CEO Reappointment

Katsumi Aoyagi Managing Director Managing Director Reappointment

Tadashi Ninomiya Director Director Reappointment

New
Naotaka Honzawa Director -
appointment

Shigekazu Takeuchi Director Director Reappointment

Goki Ishikawa Director Director Reappointment

Naoki Kitamura Director Director Reappointment

New
Makoto Matsumoto Director -
appointment

Kazuya Omi Director Director Reappointment

Tadashi Hasegawa Director Director Reappointment

Atsuko Murakami Director Director Reappointment

New
Satoru Isago Director -
appointment



Note: The appointment of Directors is scheduled to be effective as of June 20, 2023, following the General
Shareholder’s Meeting and the meeting of the Board of Directors.
５．H.U. Frontier, Inc.
（１）Candidates for Directors

Name New title Current title Change

Shunichi Higashi Chairman Chairman Reappointment

Satoru Isago President and CEO Director Change

Masahiro Imamura Director Director Reappointment

New
Kei Tanaka Director -
appointment
New
Katsuhiro Mitsui Director -
appointment

Shigekazu Takeuchi Director Director Reappointment

Makoto Matsumoto Director President and CEO Change

Tadashi Hasegawa Director Director Reappointment

Atsuko Murakami Director Director Reappointment

Takeshi Fujita Director Director Reappointment

New
Takashi Arai Director -
appointment

（２）Retiring Director

Name New title Current title

Kazuya Sakai － Director

（３）Name and brief personal profile of the new President and CEO
Name Satoru Isago
Date of birth April 13, 1967
Apr. 1992 Joined SRL, Inc.
Oct. 2007 Senior Manager, Kagoshima Sales Office, SRL, Inc.
Jul. 2011 Senior Manager, Sendai Sales Office, SRL, Inc.
Jul. 2016 General Manager, Sales Department 1, SRL, Inc.
Sep. 2017 Branch Manager, Hokkaido Branch, SRL, Inc.
Jul. 2019 General Manager, Hokkaido/Tohoku Testing Department, SRL, Inc.
Aug. 2019 Deputy Division Head, Testing Division, SRL, Inc.
Apr. 2020 Deputy Division Head, Sales Division, SRL, Inc.
Oct. 2020 Division Head, Sales Division 1, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)
Jun. 2021 Director, Nihon Rinsho, Inc. (incumbent)
Director, H.U. Frontier, Inc. (incumbent)




Note: The appointment of Directors is scheduled to be effective as of June 20, 2023, following the General
Shareholder’s Meeting and the meeting of the Board of Directors.