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After entering Sony in 1991, Makoto Saito spent ten years as a semiconductor engineer before joining the team formulating technology strategy. In 2012 he moved to Sony Computer Science Laboratories. In charge of new business creation projects, In 2015, he led the establishment of Sony Global Education Inc. and participated in its management team (resigned in February 2021); in 2017, he was appointed to the Board of Directors with the establishment of Ghelia. In November 2021, he was appointed President and CEO of Ghelia.

Over a diverse career in management and investment strategies at various Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed companies, Takeshi Suto oversaw the successful IPO of startups. In 2018 he joined Ghelia's business administration division. A member of the Board of Directors, he manages finance, budgeting, and economic strategy.

Beginning in 2007, Tetsuro Masuda oversaw B2B solutions for Ubiquitous Entertainment, Inc. (UEI Corporation). From 2010 he joined Togetter Inc. to oversee SNS and media operations. He was part of the NWS Project begun in 2014 that led to the creation of Ghelia, and has since assumed the role of Board Director.

Member of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Committee for Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data. Mr. Kakinuma has come to be regarded as one of Japan's foremost experts on AI-related legal issues and is a much sought-after speaker. Through extensive experience and knowledge gained by handling numerous copyright-related cases as well as his qualification and consulting experience as a Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant, Mr. Kakinuma has developed a deep familiarity and understanding of corporate management and related issues. He primarily represents companies and enterprises with copyright needs, including AI vendors, small and medium-sized manufacturers, content production companies and the like.

Executive Vice President, SEGA Corporation
At Sony, he helped establish the PlayStation business in Japan and the United States. He has been involved in the production and management of global contents at SEGA and Disney, and served as President and Representative Director of Q Entertainment, Warner Music Japan, and CYBIRD before being appointed Senior Executive Officer of SEGA SAMMY Holdings and joined back with SEGA as CSO. In April 2021, he was appointed Co-COO of SEGA Corporation. His representative works include Crash Bandicoot, Kingdom Hearts, and Lumines. He has a broad background in content and management from a global perspective.

Certified public accountant and tax accountant.
Narumi Okuyama became an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of GHELIA INC. in June 2020 after the end of her term of an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Eltes Co.,Ltd. since May 2015.
Okuyama established Narumi Okuyama CPA Office in May 2014 and mainly supports companies preparing to go public.
Prior to this time at KPMG AZSA LLC. she was in charge of a wide range of tasks such as listing support operations in addition to accounting audits and internal control audits.

President, CANVAS
President, Learning of Tomorrow
CEO, Digital Ehon
Professor, Keio University Graduate School Of Media Design

Akira Muto became an outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of GHELIA INC. in March 2020 after the end of his term of an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Asahi Group Holdings,Ltd. since 2015.
He also serves as an outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of J-OIL MILLS , Inc.
Prior to this time Muto started his career mainly involved in accounting and finance operations with Asahi Breweries,Ltd. since 1988.
He became a director of Asahi Breweries, Ltd. in 2009. after serving as Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Department of Wakodo Co., Ltd. (Asahi Group Foods Co., Ltd.), and was appointed Director and Executive Officer and General Manager of Planning Division of Asahi Food & Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Asahi Group Foods Co., Ltd.) in 2014.
Muto was much more Involved in food-related business and company management in his career.

KITANO is President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., Senior Executive Vice President and CTO, Corporate Executive Officer, Officer in charge of R&D, and Officer in charge of AI Collaboration of Sony Group Corporation, Representative Director and CEO of Sony AI Inc., President of The Systems Biology Institute, and Professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. He is also a Founding President of the RoboCup Federation, President of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) (2009-2011), Member of the AI & Robotics Council (2016-2018), Quantum Computing Council (2019-2020) of The World Economic Forum, and Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (2021-).

Born in Niigata, Ryo Shimizu has traveled the world as a programmer. His passion for using AI to advance humanity led to the founding of Ghelia in 2017 along with Sony CSL and WiL LLC, and he was appointed President of Ghelia. His many books include "Introduction to Programming for Education" (Chuokoron), "Understanding Artificial Intelligence" (Kadokawa), and "The Crazy Life of a Programmer" (Shobunsha). In November 2021, he was appointed Chairperson of Ghelia, and appointed to current position in June 2022.