Money Forward, Inc. announces the following personnel changes of its Directors and Executive Officers, effective December 1, 2024.
■Executive Responsibility Change
| Name | New Position | Previous Position |
| Naoya Kanesaka | Director, Executive Officer and Group CSO | Director, Group Executive Officer, CFO and CSO |
| Yumiko Nagao | Executive Officer and Group CFO | Group Executive Officer,Head of Finance and IR |
Mr. Kanasaka was overseeing a wide range of areas as CSO, including business strategy, M&A, and alliances in addition to his duties as CFO. With the expansion of our business, Ms. Nagao, who is responsible for the finance and IR areas, will take on the CFO duties. This change aims to further strengthen the management structure in each area.
■New Executive Officers
| Name |
| Hiroshi Shimanouchi |
| New Position |
| Executive Officer and Head of corporate performance management Area |
| Profile |
| In 2005, he joined Cynancial System Consulting Ltd. (currently Fujitsu Ltd.), where he was involved in consulting and system integration in the areas of corporate performance management and financial accounting. From 2015, he took on the role of head of sales and development at Fenrir Inc., where he engaged in launching the consulting business. In 2019, he became the division manager at DIVA CORPORATION, leading product management, development organization reform, and business transformation. After joining Money Forward, Inc. in 2023, he has been leading the Group Management Solution Department, Partner Business Department, and Cloud ERP Department. |
■Executive Structure from December 2024
The executive structure from December 2024 is as follows. We are reviewing positions in line with organizational restructuring and other changes.
Directors
| Name | New Position |
| Yosuke Tsuji | Representative Director, President and Group CEO |
| Naoya Kanesaka | Director, Executive Officer and Group CSO |
| Takuya Nakade | Director, Executive Officer and Group CTO |
| Masanobu Takeda | Director, Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company COO |
CxO・VPox
| Name | New Position |
| Toshio Taki | Executive Officer, Group CoPA (Chief of Public Affairs), Head of Sustainability and Head of Money Forward Fintech Institute |
| Hirokazu Ban | Executive Officer and Group CCO (Chief Compliance Officer) |
| Shun Matsuoka | Executive Officer and Group CAO(Chief Accounting Officer) |
| Daisuke Sergio Ito | Executive Officer and Group CDO (Chief Design Officer) |
| Masakazu Sekita | Executive Officer and Group CLO (Chief Legal Officer) |
| Masayuki Matsuhisa | Executive Officer, Group CISO and Group CIO |
| Chiaki Ishihara | Executive Officer, Group CHO (Chief Human Officer) and Head of DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) |
| Kazuhito Nomura | Executive Officer and Group CDAO (Chief Data and Analytics Officer) |
| Yumiko Nagao | Executive Officer and Group CFO |
| Ryo Shibuya | Executive Officer and Group VPoE |
| Keiko Kanai | Executive Officer and Group VPoC (VP of Culture) |
Executive Officers
| Name | New Position |
| Kazuya Yamada | Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company CSO |
| Daisuke Motokawa | Executive Officer and Head of Alliance Strategy President and Representative Director of Money Forward X, Inc. |
| Naomichi Tomiyama | Executive Officer and Head of Finance Business Strategy President and Representative Director of Money Forward Kessai, Inc. |
| Tomohiko Kimura | Executive Officer Director and Executive Vice President of Money Forward Home, Inc. |
| Hiroshi Nagai | Executive Officer and Head of SMB Area of Money Forward Business Company |
| Tetsuya Komaguchi | Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company CMO(Chief Marketing Officer) |
| Aki Hirohara | Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company CPO(Chief Product Officer) |
| Seiichiro Shimamura | Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company CRO(Chief Revenue Officer) |
| Nana Nagai | Executive Officer and Head of Overseas Development Hub Strategy CEO of Money Forward Vietnam Co., Ltd. |
| Shinji “Sandy” Kimura | Executive Officer and Head of Global Strategy CEO of Money Forward America |
| Yoshinobu Maruyama | Executive Officer and Money Forward Business Company VPoE |
| Norifumi Yoshimoto | Executive Officer and Head of Startup Studio Office |
| Hiroyuki Kudo | Executive Officer and Head of AI Utilization Promotion |
| Hiroshi Shimanouchi | Executive Officer and Head of Corporate Performance Management Area |
■ About Money Forward
Money Forward, Inc. is the leading SaaS / Fintech company from Japan, listed on the Prime Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (3994.T). We mainly provide B2B SaaS such as online bookkeeping, HR management, contract management, and payroll; now serving more than 340,000 paying customers nationwide. Our consumer-facing service for personal finance management (PFM) now has 16.1M users.
URL: https://corp.moneyforward.com/en/
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