ZERO-SUM, LTD.

Managing DirectorChikara KIKUCHI

【 Education 】

  • March 2001 Graduated Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

【 Biography 】

  • April 2001 Joined Flex Firm Corporation
  • February 2002 Joined Sophia Cradle Incorporated Chief of Planning Department, Chief of Sales Department
  • June 2004 Established Zero-Sum, Ltd. as, President (current)
  • January 2007 Managing Director, Zero-Sum Wireless Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (current)
  • June 2014 Managing Director, Zero-Sum ITS Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (current)

Executive DirectorItaru OGAWA

【 Education 】

  • March 2007 Department of Science, Kyoto University

【 Biography 】

  • March 2001 Joined Flex Firm Corporation
  • February 2002 Joined Sophia Cradle Incorporated
  • June 2004 Joined Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • November 2004 General Manager, Research & Development Department, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • August 2006 Executive Director, General Manager, Development Department, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • June 2010 Executive Director, General Manager, Sales Support Office, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • October 2017 Executive Director, General Manager, Research and Development Office, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • April 2019 Executive Director, General Manager, ITS Department Ⅱ, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)

Executive DirectorToshinobu KAWAMOTO

【 Biography 】

  • April 1997 Joined Asahi Bank Ltd.
  • February 2013 Joined Kawamoto Corporation
  • February 2014 Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Kawamoto Corporation
  • June 2014 Executive Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Kawamoto Corporation
  • April 2015 Executive Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Administration Department, Kawamoto Corporation
  • October 2016 General Manager, Business Administration Department, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • December 2016 Executive Director, Zero-Sum, Ltd.
  • February 2022 Executive Director, in charge of Business Administration Department, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)

Executive DirectorChihiro SUEMATSU

【 Education 】

  • March 1979 Graduated School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • June 1984 Graduated Stanford Graduate School of Business

【 Biography 】

  • 1985 McKinsey & Company Japan
  • 1988 Established Advanced Consulting Network as CEO
  • 1995 Keio Entrepreneur School Teacher, Keio Business School
  • 2001 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
  • 2005 Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
  • August 2006 Executive Director, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)
  • April 2021 Visiting professor of Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University (current)
    Emeritus professor of Kyoto University

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberHirofumi OSHIKA

【 Education 】

  • March 1977 Graduated Waseda Graduate School of Commerce

【 Biography 】

  • April 1977 Joined Kanebo, Ltd.
  • March 1987 Established E West Consulting Co., Ltd. as CEO (current)
  • April 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Dream Vision Co., Ltd.
  • December 2007 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kuze Co., Ltd. (current)
  • June 2008 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Charm Care Corporation (current)
  • June 2008 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Dawn corp.
  • August 2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Smartvalue Co., Ltd. (current)
  • September 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)
  • December 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberSouichi OKAMOTO

【 Education 】

  • March 1991 Graduated Faculty of Law, Kwansei Gakuin University

【 Biography 】

  • April 1991 Joined Bank of Kyoto
  • October 1996 Joined Asahi Audit Firm
  • January 2000 Secondee Osaka Foundation for Trade & Industry
  • January 2002 Fourth Division 2nd Department, Asahi Audit Firm
  • March 2009 Manager, Asahi Audit Firm
  • April 2009 Established Okamoto CPA Firm as President
  • June 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Zero-Sum, Ltd. (current)