SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SYT) (“SYLA” or “the
Company”), operator of the largest membership real estate
crowd-funding platform in Japan, announced the election of four new
directors, including three independent directors, and one outside
corporate auditor at its Extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders held on June 30, 2023. The Company believes that these
changes will strengthen its global management structure. At the
meeting, shareholders elected Mr. Takeshi Fuchiwaki as a director,
Messrs. Stuart Gibson, Yozo Tachibana and Keiji Torii as
independent directors, and Ms. Keiko Yokoyama as an outside
corporate auditor.
The election of Mr. Fuchiwaki as a new director
promotes and expands SYLA’s core business as a prop-tech company.
Mr. Fuchiwaki has over 13 years of experience working for global
companies such as GE Healthcare, and has served as SYLA’s Group
Executive Officer and CGO since 2022.
In addition to Mr. Takeshi Fuchiwaki’s election
as a new director, SYLA’s shareholders also elected three
independent directors. This includes Mr. Gibson, who has more than
24 years of experience in real estate development and real estate
investment in Asia (predominantly Japan), including 15 years in the
Japanese industrial real estate sector, and is now CEO of ESR LTD.
This also includes Mr. Tachibana, who served as President and
Representative Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc. His tenure with
Rakuten Baseball included the team’s first league championship, as
well as the first place in its Japanese league. He also served as
President and Representative Director of Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc.,
where he helped the team become the first in the J-League to
surpass 10 billion yen in operating revenue.
Shareholders also elected Mr. Torii as an
independent director. Mr. Torii has served as SYLA’s corporate
auditor, as Executive Vice President of Mizuho Financial Group,
Inc. and Executive Vice President of Mizuho Information &
Research Institute, Inc.
In addition, Ms. Yokoyama, a certified public
accountant who has served as an independent director and corporate
auditor for several companies including Karadanote Inc., was
elected an outside corporate auditor of SYLA.
“We are excited to welcome Mr. Fuchiwaki, Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Tahibana, Mr. Torii as directors, and Ms. Yokoyama as
corporate auditor,” said SYLA’s Chairman, Founder, and CEO Hiroyuki
Sugimoto. “With these appointments, we aim to further strengthen
our base for growth, increasing our corporate value proposition and
realizing our mission of democratizing real estate investment. We
are confident that their combined valuable insights and
perspectives will contribute to our continued growth and success in
the real estate crowdfunding and technology development
industries.”
Corporate Profiles:
Takeshi Fuchiwaki - Representative
Director, SYLA Solar Co., Ltd.
After joining PricewaterhouseCoopers K.K. in
2009, Mr. Fuchiwaki joined GE Healthcare Japan Corporation in 2010.
During his career at GE Healthcare, he also worked for GE
Healthcare Singapore Pte Ltd. He then became Executive Officer and
CGO of SYLA Technologies Group, as well as Representative Director
of SYLA Solar Co., Ltd. in 2022 (to present).
Stuart Gibson - Representative Director
and CEO, ESR LTD.; Co-Founder and Co-CEO of ESR Group
Limited
Mr. Gibson oversees the overall operations and
business development of ESR, LTD. He has over 24 years of real
estate development and investment experience in Asia, including 15
years in the Japanese industrial real estate sector. He came to
Japan in 2000 as representative of Prologis Japan, and then became
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AMB BlackPine Ltd. (predecessor of AMB
Property Corporation Japan), and served as the Chairman of the
Advisory Committee of AMB Property Corporation Japan (currently
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.). He founded Redwood Group Japan Ltd. in
2006, and has been in his current position since 2016. He is a
native of Scotland.
Yozo Tachibana - President and
Representative Director, PROSPER Inc.; President and Representative
Director, Shiogama Port
Mr. Tachibana joined SALOMON BROTHERS SECURITIES
INC. in 1994. After working at Goldman Sachs, he joined Merrill
Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. in 2010, where he became Managing
Executive Officer in 2011. In 2012, he became President and
Representative Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and in the
following year in 2013, the team won its first league championship
and Japan No.1 title. In 2015, he became Vice Chairman and
Representative Director of Crimson Football Club Inc. (Currently
Rakuten Vissel Kobe Inc.), where he was appointed as President and
Representative Director in 2017. He contributed to the acquisition
of Andres Iniesta, who had led the world-famous club Barcelona
(Spain) as captain, and led the team to be the first J-League team
to surpass 10 billion yen in operating revenue in fiscal 2019. He
has been in his current position since 2022. He completed the
formation of “the PROSPER Japan Corporate Growth Support Fund No. 1
Investment Limited Partnership” on May 10, 2023, and began its
operation.
Keiji Torii - Corporate Auditor, SYLA
Co., Ltd.
Mr. Torii joined The Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd. in 1971
and was appointed Managing Director of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd.
in 2000. He became Executive Vice President of Mizuho Financial
Group, Inc. in 2004, and Executive Vice President of Mizuho
Information & Research Institute, Inc. in 2005. In 2009, he
served as External Corporate Auditor of ITOCHU Corporation. He
joined SYLA Co., Ltd. as Advisor in 2015. He has served as an
auditor of SYLA and an outside corporate auditor of SYLA
Technologies Co., Ltd.
Keiko Yokoyama
Auditor, ENECHANGE Ltd.; Representative,
Keiko Yokoyama Certified Public Accountant Office; Full-time
Auditor of nobitel inc.; Outside Director (Member of the Audit
Committee) of Karadanote Inc.
Ms. Yokoyama joined Kosaka Co. in 1994, then
joined Cosmos & Co. Audit Corporation in 2003, and Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu LLC in 2004. In 2005 she was registered as a
certified public accountant, became an Auditor of ENECHANGE Ltd. in
2016 (to present), and a Representative of Keiko Yokoyama Certified
Public Accountant Office in 2020 (to present), and a full-time
Auditor of FUBIC Corporation (currently nobitel inc.) in 2020 (to
present). Furthermore, in 2021, she became an Outside Director
(member of the Audit Committee) of Karadanote Inc.
About SYLA Technologies Co.,
Ltd.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, our company
consists of SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd. and its consolidated
subsidiaries (SYLA Co., Ltd., SYLA Solar Co., Ltd., SYLA Brain Co.,
Ltd., and SYLA Biotech Co., Ltd.). The Company owns and operates
the largest membership real estate crowd-funding platform in Japan,
Rimawari-kun, which targets individuals, corporate and
institutional investors, as well as high net worth individuals.
Their mission is to democratize real estate investment around the
world through technology and asset management through the
Rimawari-kun platform. They are engaged in the overall investment
condominium business, including planning, development,
construction, sales, rental management, building management, repair
work, and the sale of properties. Additional information about the
Company’s products and services is available at
https://syla-tech.jp/en
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act and other securities laws. Words such as “expects,”
“anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates”
and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is
using forward-looking statements when it discusses the expected
gross proceeds and the closing of the offering. Forward-looking
statements are not historical facts, and are based upon
management’s current expectations, beliefs and projections, many of
which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain. Such
expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith.
However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations,
beliefs and projections will be achieved, and actual results may
differ materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or
results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking statements. For a more detailed description of the
risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, reference is made to
the Company’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including, but not limited to, the
risks detailed in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, filed
with the SEC on April 18, 2023. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date the statements are made. The Company assumes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual
results, subsequent events or circumstances, changes in assumptions
or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information
except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If the
Company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no
inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional
updates with respect thereto or with respect to other
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Contact Information
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ThayerSYLA@gatewayir.comTel +1 (949) 574-3860
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