Kumi Kobayashi*
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(November, 1979)
Career
| October 2002 | Shinnihon Audit Firm. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) |
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| March 2006 | Registered as a certified public accountant |
| September 2006 | Joined GCA Corporation (currently Houlihan Lokey Corporation) |
| September 2015 | Representative Partner, Kobayashi CPA Office (current position) |
| December 2016 | Registered as a certified public tax accountant |
| April 2017 | Representative Director, Tokyo Athletes Office, Inc. (current position) |
| June 2019 | Member of the Board of SPOKACHI Inc. (current position) |
| June 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of KOSÉ Corporation |
| March 2022 | Auditor of Japan Professional Football League (J.LEAGUE) (current position) |
| June 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Oisix ra Daichi Inc. |
| June 2023 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ITOCHU Corporation (current position) |
| March 2024 | Outside Director of KOSÉ Corporation (current position) |
- Indicates an outside corporate auditor as provided in Paragraph 2, Clause 16 of the Corporate Law
Information of concurrent post
Representative Partner, Kobayashi CPA Office
Representative Director, Tokyo Athletes Office, Inc.
Outside Director of KOSÉ Corporation
Reason for selection
ITOCHU appointed Ms. Kobayashi as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member because it expects her to monitor and audit ITOCHU's management from an independent perspective, drawing on her advanced expertise and extensive practical experience in finance and accounting gained through her career as a certified public accountant. Ms. Kobayashi satisfies the independence standards prescribed by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and ITOCHU's own Independence Criteria. Accordingly, ITOCHU believes that she is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders and has designated her as an independent officer.
*Registered name: Kumi Nojiri.