HEALIOS K.K. announced that it is decided to appoint Mr. Richard P. Kincaid as executive officer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Healios from July 16, 2019. Originally Mr. Kincaid was appointed as an external director at the annual shareholders' meeting held on March 2019, but by this change he will become an internal director of Healios. Mr. Kincaid started his career at Goldman Sachs in Japan, and then in 2004 he established a hedge fund management firm based in Hong Kong, Nezu Asia Capital Management, where he has been a partner for over 15 years and holds the role of president.