Notice regarding changes to our Representative Director, Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

2013.04.01 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Muneaki Masuda) is pleased to announce that at its general shareholders' meeting held today, it appointed directors and auditors effective April 1, 2013, as detailed below.

1. Change of Representative Director (effective April 1, 2013)

full name New job title Former job title
Muneaki Masuda President and CEO (current position)
Kazuo Nakanishi Representative Director, Executive Vice President and COO (Newly Appointed) Executive Vice President and COO

2. Newly appointed and concurrently appointed directors and auditors (effective April 1, 2013) 

full name New job title Former job title
Shinichi Muraguchi Executive Vice President and CMO (Newly Appointed) -
Toru Takagi Executive Vice President and CIO Executive Vice President, CFO and CPO
Kazuhiko Kitamura Managing Director Director and Executive Officer
Toru Sakurai Director (Newly Appointed) -
Toshimitsu Hidaka Newly appointed CFO Executive Officer
Keita Sugiura Director and CPO (newly appointed) Executive Officer
Nobuyuki Takeda Outside Director (Newly Appointed) Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Shinichi Kasuya will step down from his position as a director on April 1st, following the completion of his term of office.
In addition, External Audit & Supervisory Board Member Nori Takeda will resign from his position as External Audit & Supervisory Board Member on April 1st following his appointment as Director.

3. Brief biography of the new representative director

Kazuo Nakanishi
Born January 7, 1963

March 1985: Graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University, Faculty of Business Administration
April 1985: Joined Kinki Osaka Bank, Ltd.
June 2001: Joined Masuda and Partners Co., Ltd.
January 2003: Appointed Representative Director and President of Top Partners Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2011: Appointed director of Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
April 2012: Appointed Executive Vice President and COO of the company (current position)

4. Brief biography of the newly appointed directors

Shinichi Muraguchi 
Born January 26, 1949

April 1971: Joined Hakuhodo Inc.
February 2000: Director of the company, Sales Manager of the Second Advertising Company
April 2002: Director and Head of the Second Advertising Company of the same company
June 2002: Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Head of the Second Advertising Company of the same company
June 2003: Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Head of the Second Advertising Company of the same company
April 2005: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales Management at the same company
June 2005: Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sales Management,
April 2010: Director of the company
June 2010 Advisor of the company (current position)

Toru Sakurai 
Born October 11, 1975

October 1999: Joined Docomo Engineering Co., Ltd.
March 2001: Founded M Field Limited Company and became its Representative Director
August 2005: The company was reorganized into M Field Co., Ltd., and he is currently the company's representative director.
      Director of Unique Media Ltd. (currently IMJ Mobile Co., Ltd.)
April 2006: Director of IMJ Mobile Co., Ltd.
April 2012: Executive Officer of IMJ Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2012 Representative Director and President of the company (current position)

Toshimitsu Hidaka
Born April 14, 1954

April 1978: Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
December 1997: Deputy Director of Overseas Project Office No. 1, Project Finance Department, the same company
May 2000: Seconded to Mitsui & Co. (Thailand) Ltd. (Vice President and Director of Finance)
June 2004: Seconded to Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute (Vice President & CFO)
April 2012: Joined Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Executive Officer)
May 2012: Deputy Director of the Company's In-house Service Center

Keita Sugiura
Born November 2, 1973

April 1997: Joined Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
April 2006: Group Leader, Recruitment Group, Human Resources Division, CCC Casting Co., Ltd.
April 2007: Executive Officer of TSUTAYA Co., Ltd.
April 2008: Executive Officer of TSUTAYA Holdings Co., Ltd.
April 2010: General Manager of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch, TSUTAYA Business Division, Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
May 2011: Deputy General Manager of the Strategic Support Division of the same company
April 2012: Executive Officer of the same company

Nobu Takeda
Born February 8, 1961

April 1984: Joined Kinki Osaka Bank, Ltd.
August 2001: Joined Sou-Two Co., Ltd.
April 2003 Representative Director of the company (current position)
June 2011: Outside Auditor, Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

(Reference) New management structure as of April 1, 2013
President and CEO: Muneaki Masuda
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and COO Kazuo Nakanishi
Executive Vice President and CMO Shinichi Muraguchi
Executive Vice President and CIO Toru Takagi
Managing Director Kazuhiko Kitamura
Director Toru Sakurai
Director and CFO Toshimitsu Hidaka
Director and CPO Keita Sugiura
Outside Director Hideo Shimizu
Outside Director Joichi Ito
Outside Director Takashi Sawada
Outside Director Noriyuki Takeda

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takako Takenouchi
Auditor Masaaki Isokawa
Auditor Masuda Souroku

Materials related to this matter

Notice regarding changes to our Representative Director, Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Inquiries regarding this matter
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. President's Office Public Relations Team
TEL: 03-6800-3570

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