Investor Relations

Management

Executive Officers

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Akimitsu Sano
Founder/Chief Executive Officer
Oct 1997
Founded Coin Ltd. (Currently, Cookpad Inc.)
Sep 2004
Representative Director, Cookpad Inc.
Jul 2007
Chief Executive Officer and Director, Cookpad Inc.
May 2012
Director and Executive Officer, Cookpad Inc.
Jul 2012
Director, Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Mar 2016
Executive Officer, Cookpad Inc.
Jun 2016
Director, Cookpad Limited (U.K.) (Current)
Oct 2023
Chief Executive Officer, Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Morio Inukai
Chief Financial Officer
Oct 1995
Joined Asahi & Co. (Currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
Jul 2007
Joined Goldman Sachs Realty Japan Ltd.
Nov 2011
Joined Venture Republic Inc.
Jul 2016
Financial Vice President, Cookpad Inc.
Nov 2016
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Sep 2023
Director, Cookpad Limited (U.K.) (Current) (Current)
Mar 2024
Director, Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Rebecca Rippin
Mar 1990
Joined Mediterranean Savings Bank Venture Capital Division
Jun 1993
Joined The Fundación Cavanilles
Jun 1995
Joined The University of Alicante International Relations
Jan 2001
Founded ItyIs Siglo XXI, S.L.
Feb 2014
Chief Excecutive Officer, Cookpad Spain, S.L. (Current)
Mar 2021
Excecutive Officer, Cookpad Inc. (Current)

Directors

Akimitsu Sano
Morio Inukai

Outside Directors

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Junichi Motai
Apr 1996
Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (Currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
Jun 2006
Appointed as Non-Statutory Auditor of Start Today Ltd. (Currently ZOZO, Inc.)
Dec 2008
Founded Accounting Assist Co., Ltd. as Representative Director (Current)
Sep 2009
Appointed as Non-Statutory Auditor of EC Navi Company (Currently CARTA HOLDINGS Inc.) (Current)
Mar 2015
Appointed as Non-Statutory Auditor of Vision Inc. (Current)
Apr 2016
Appointed as Non-Statutory Auditor of Cyber Area Research, Inc. (Currently Geolocation Technology, Inc.) (Current)
Jun 2021
Appointed as Outside Director of gooddays Holdings, Inc. (Current)
Mar 2024
Outside Director for Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Trang Diep Kieu Le
(commonly called Christy Trang Le)
Feb 2006
Joined HSBC Bank(Vietnam) Ltd.
Dec 2007
Joined Leading Business Club(Vietnam)
Sep 2011
Joined Mckinsey and Company Incorporated USA
Dec 2012
Joined Misfit Wearables Corporation as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Jan 2016
Joined Fossil Vietnam Limited Liability Company as Managing Director
Mar 2018
Joined Facebook Vietnam as Country Director
Nov 2019
Joined Harrison-AI Pty Ltd as President of Vietnam (Current)
Apr 2020
Joined Arevo Inc. as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager Vietnam (Current)
Mar 2023
Outside Director for Cookpad Inc. (Current)
Apr 2023
Co-founded Hestya Inc. (Current)
Matsukane Imai
Sep 2002
Joined Sony Corporation
Jun 2006
Founded Majides, Inc. and assumed office as Representative Director and CEO
Jun 2009
Co-founded Gengo, Inc. as Director and CTO
Mar 2015
Appointed as Representative Director and CEO
Jan 2019
Joined Lionbridge Technologies, LLC as head of Gengo Team
Apr 2020
Co-founded Shizen Capital LLC as Representative Employee (Current)
Mar 2024
Outside Director for Cookpad Inc. (Current)

as of Apr 2024