Executive Team | Ateam Inc.

Takao Hayashi

President

Jun 1997: Founded Ateam
Feb 2000: Established Ateam, Ltd. (now Ateam Inc.) 　　　　　
Appointed President and CEO (current position)

Aug 2004: Joined GMO Internet, Inc.
Apr 2005: Appointed President and CEO of GMO Intertainment, Inc.
Apr 2006: Appointed CEO of GMO Games, Inc.
Apr 2007: Appointed COO of Increws Co., Ltd.
Sep 2009: Joined Ateam Inc.
Dec 2009: Appointed Corporate Officer at Ateam Inc. (current position) and General Manager of Game Business Department
Oct 2010: Appointed Director of Ateam Inc. (current position)
Aug 2012: Appointed Director, General Manager of the
Entertainment Division (current position)
Dec 2016: Appointed Director at Ateam Vietnam Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr 2021: Appointed President at Ateam Entertainment Inc. (current position)

Apr 2007: Joined Nikko Cordial Securities Inc.
Nov 2008: Joined Ateam Inc.
Dec 2010: Appointed Manager of Internet Media Business Comparison Site Division
Sep 2011: Appointed General Manager of Lifestyle Support Business Comparison Site Division
Aug 2013: Appointed President of Ateam Lifestyle Inc. (current position)
Nov 2013: Appointed Corporate Officer (current position)
Oct 2018: Appointed Director of Ateam Inc. (current position)
Oct 2020: Appointed Director, General Manager of the
Lifestyle Support Business Division (current position)

Apr 1983: Joined Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
Oct 1993: Joined SEGA Enterprises Ltd. (now SEGA Co., Ltd.)
Jun 1999: Appointed Partner of CRIMSON VENTURES LLP
Apr 2002: Joined NIKE Japan Co., Ltd.
Appointed General Manager of Equipment Division of NIKE Japan Co., Ltd.
Apr 2003: Appointed General Manager of Sales Retail Management Division of NIKE Japan Co., Ltd.
Mar 2006: Joined McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.
Appointed COO of McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.
May 2008: Appointed President and COO (Representative Director) of SEGA Co., Ltd.
Jun 2012: Appointed Vice President Supervising East Asia of GROUPON, Inc.
Jul 2013: Joined Komeda Co., Ltd.
Appointed President and CEO (current position)
Nov 2014: Appointed President and CEO of Komeda Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)
Nov 2018: Appointed Director of Komeda Yummy Co., Ltd. (current position)
Oct 2019: Appointed Outside Director of Ateam Inc. (current position)

Nov 2005: Passed Bar
Sep 2007: Became a Registered Attorney
(Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Aichi Bar Association)
Oct 2009: Became a Part-time Instructor of Nagoya University Legal Department
(Lawyering, Mock Trial)
Nov 2009: Became a Registered Patent Attorney
(Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Sep 2011: Became a Part-time Instructor of Aichi Institute of Technology
(Intellectual Property Rights)
Jan 2012: Established Jonan Law Office
Apr 2012: Joined Steering Committee of Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Nagoya branch
Oct 2015: Appointed Outside Director of Ateam Inc. (current position)

Apr 1992: Joined SINTOKOGIO, Ltd.
Oct 1998: Joined Melco Inc. (now BUFFALO INC.)
Oct 2005: Joined Ateam Inc. Appointed General Manager of Administration Division
Nov 2010: Appointed General Manager of Internal Audit Division of Ateam Inc.
Oct 2013: Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board of Ateam Inc. (current position)

Apr 1986: Joined SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (now SEGA Co., Ltd.)
Sep 1994: Joined Tokai & Co.
Apr 1997: Became a Certified Public Accountant
May 1997: Established Kazuo Yamada Certified Public Accountant Office (now Kazuo Yamada Certified Public Tax Accountant Office)
Oct 1997: Became a Certified Tax Accountant
Jul 2001: Appointed CEO of AP Network (now Only One Consulting Inc.）
Oct 2006: Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board of Ateam Inc. (current position)

Sep 1961: Passed Bar
Sep 1964: Became a Registered Attorney at Nagoya Attorneys Association (now Aichi Bar Association)
Apr 1987: Appointed Vice-Chairman of the Nagoya Attorneys Association
Jun 1997: Appointed Auditor of Hyojito Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr 2002: Became a Member of the Aichi Prefecture Personal Data Protection Council
Oct 2002: Established the Law Offices of Tajima & Mizutani
Jul 2004: Appointed Chariman of the Aichi Prefecture Personal Data Protection Council
Sep 2006: Appointed Auditor of Giken (current position)
Feb 2008: Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board of Ateam Inc. (current position)
Sep 2011: Appointed Auditor of Yoshitake Inc.