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Hiroaki Kitano is currently the President & Representative Director at K Company KK since 2015.
Prior to this, he worked as the COO, Director, GM-Research & Development at LY Corp.
from 1997 to 2012.
He also served as a Director & Senior Vice President at SoftBank Corp.
and as an Outside Director at Genequest, Inc. and an Independent Director at Linkbal, Inc. Additionally, he was the President of Kairinsha International USA, Inc. from 1988 to 2012.
Mr. Kitano received his undergraduate degree from Waseda University.

Hiroaki Kitano has held positions as an Outside Director at Cinnamon, Inc. and currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer & Senior Executive VP at Sony Group Corp.

Hajime Kitano is currently the Head of Financial Research & Chief Strategist at SBI Securities Co., Ltd.
Prior to this, he was the Head of Equity Research at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
from 2016 to 2019.
Before that, he worked as the Managing Director & Chief Equity Strategist at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd.
from 2013 to 2016, and as the Chief Equity Strategist at JPMorgan Securities Japan Co. Ltd.
from 2006 to 2013.
He also briefly worked as a Strategist at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
in 2013.