Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 2016 – LINE Corporation today announced that Rehito Hatoyama has been appointed as an external board member. The decision was approved at an ordinary board of director’s meeting on February 23, 2016 and a special shareholders’ meeting on March 1, 2016. Hatoyama assumes his new role starting today.
1. New External Board Member (as of March 1, 2016)
External Board Member: Rehito Hatoyama
2. Profile of the New External Board Member
| Month/Year |
Profile |
|
April 1997 |
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
| May 2008 |
Joined Sanrio Company, Ltd. |
| June 2008 |
Received Master’s from Harvard Business School |
| June 2010 |
Appointed as General Manager at Sanrio Company, Ltd. |
| April 2013 |
Appointed as Managing Director at Sanrio Company, Ltd. (Current Position) |
| June 2013 |
Appointed as Outside Director at DeNA Co., Ltd. (Current Position) |
| June 2015 |
Appointed as CEO at Sanrio Media & Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (Current Position) |
3. Board Structure After New Appointment (Board Members)
|
Representative Director and CEO |
Takeshi Idezawa |
|
Board Member |
Jun Masuda |
|
Board Member |
Joongho Shin |
|
Board Member |
In-joon Hwang |
|
Board Member (Part-time) |
Hae-jin Lee |
|
Board Member (External) |
Tadashi Kunihiro |
|
Board Member (External) |
Koji Kotaka |
|
Board Member (External) |
Rehito Hatoyama |