Yukari Kobayashi

Yukari Kobayashi

Yukari Kobayashi

Outside Director

Date of birth : April 17, 1963

Career

April 1987 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
July 2002 Senior Manager, Overall Management of System Products Marketing, IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2007 Director in charge of Public Sector, Global Business Service, IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2007 Executive Officer, IBM Business Consulting Services KK
March 2016 Growth Leader for Mercer Far East Zone; Chief of staff, Mercer Japan Ltd.
January 2018 Director, Mercer Investment Solutions Ltd.
February 2018 COO, Mercer Japan Ltd.
September 2018 Corporate Officer; Corporate Strategy Management Lead, Area Transformation Lead, and Chief of Staff, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
March 2020 Representative Partner, Amanda Life Consulting LLC. (current position)
June 2021 Director, the Company (current position)
April 2022 Outside Director, Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2023 Outside Director, Bridgestone Corporation (current position)

Reasons for Appointment

The Company nominates Ms. Yukari Kobayashi for External Director as she is expected to offer advice to the management of the Company from a practical perspective based on her wealth of experience and broad insight gained from her engagement in various businesses and corporate management for many years mainly at foreign IT companies from an independent standpoint.

Attendance at board meetings (FY2022): 15/15