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Message from New Directors
[Brief Personal History]
Apr. 1996 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division, transcosmos inc.
Apr. 1997 Director, Deputy General Manager, Business Development Division
Oct. 1997 President and Representative Director, DoubleClick Japan Inc.
Jan. 1999 President and Representative Director, Excite Japan Co., Ltd.
Aug. 2008 Representative Director, Glam Media Japan Corp. (incumbent)
Jun. 2013 Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
Philip Timo Rogers
I am honored to join the board of Square Enix Holdings. The games industry is at a seminal
point in its development with significant possibilities to expand rapidly and prosper; in the
world today more people are playing games, in different ways and on different devices like
PC, console, mobile or tablet than at any other point in time. Over the next few years I believe
the distinctions between these devices will begin to blur and in the Square Enix Group I believe
we have one of the industry’s most talented team of people to seize the opportunity this
represents.
My early years in the industry were spent working with technology businesses before moving
into roles with responsibility for strategic direction and then into general management.
Throughout all of this I learnt about the need for operational agility, simplicity and embracing
change. As a board member I am absolutely determined to help lead the Square Enix Group
through its next phase and I am sincerely grateful to you as shareholders for your support.
[Brief Personal History]
Jan. 2008 Director and CEO, EIDOS PLC
Nov. 2009 Director and CEO, SQUARE ENIX LTD. (the Group’s operating company in Europe) (incumbent)
May 2013 President and CEO, SQUARE ENIX, INC. (the Group’s operating company in North America) (incumbent)
Jun. 2013 Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent)
(Significant Positions Concurrently Held)
Director, SQUARE ENIX OF EUROPE HOLDINGS LTD. (the Group’s intermediate holding company in Europe)
Director, SQUARE ENIX OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. (the Group’s intermediate holding company in North America)
Yukihiro Yamamura
I have been involved in various online businesses for 25 years, since the early days of the Internet.
Over the past 15 years, I have led the business of three online companies as representative
director, and in the last five years, I have also experienced the launch of businesses in Asia. I wish
to contribute to the management of Square Enix Holdings by applying my experience with global
businesses in the United States and Asia, as well as my experience in marketing and business
development in the area of paid content services.
I also believe that my experience as a director at a listed company and as chairman of the board,
running the meetings, can contribute to ensuring that corporate management is fully compliant
with laws and rules.
Square Enix is keen to enhance its prevailing business model, currently centered on console
games, to conform to a multi-device, multi-platform business environment. At this critical juncture
in the Company’s execution of the strategy, I will make recommendations to the board to develop
a management culture in which decisions are made promptly in response to changes in this
rapidly evolving business environment.
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