WDB Group executives
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WDB coco Co., Ltd.
President & CEOHaruhiko Taniguchi
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Born April 16, 1975 in Okayama prefecture. 1999 - Graduated from College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University. Joined the Company in 1999. Engaged in sales, setting up and managing branch offices. 2004 - executive director of WDB EUREKA Co., Ltd. (current EUREKA Company) 2005 - Took part in management of business regions. 2012 - director of WDB Co., Ltd. 2014 - director of WDB ICO Co., Ltd. (current WDB coco Co., Ltd.) 2014 - President & CEO.
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Oy Medfiles Ltd. CEO
Medfiles USA CEO
WDB Medical Data, Inc.
President & CEONorifumi Ninokata
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Born October 17, 1975 in Hyogo prefecture. 1999 - Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science. 2013 - Completed Graduate School of Innovation Studies (Management of Technology), Tokyo University of Science. Worked for a consulting company. Joined the Company in 2005. Took part in making business plans, personnel work and management of the subsidiaries. Became a President & CEO of Business succession Partners Co., Ltd. in 2010. 2015 - President & CEO of WDB Medical Data, Inc. 2018 - President of DZS Clinical Services, Inc. (current Medfiles USA) 2020 - President & CFO of Oy Medfiles Ltd. 2021 - CEO of Oy Medfiles Ltd.
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WDB KOUGAKU Co., Ltd.
President & CEOShuji Tashiro
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Born July 30, 1985 in Fukuoka prefecture. 2008 - Graduated from the Inter-Faculty Institute for International Studies, Ritsumeikan University. Joined the Company in 2008. Worked as a salesperson. 2011 Took part in managing branch offices. 2014 - corporate officer of WDB KOUGAKU Co., Ltd. 2016 - director. 2017 - managing director. 2022 - President & CEO.
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WDB Business Succession Partners Co., Ltd.
PresidentKenichi Onuma
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Born April 6, 1961 in Tokyo. 1985 - Graduated from School of Economics, The University of Tokyo. 1993 - Completed McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. Joined Fujitsu Ltd. in 1985. Engaged in business in North America, Europe and Asia. Joined the Company in 2016. Manager of Foreign Division. 2017 - director of Oy Medfiles Ltd. 2019 - director of WDB India Pvt. Ltd. 2020 - President of Business succession Partners Co., Ltd.
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WDB Business Succession Partners Co., Ltd.
DirectorKazushi Sasaura
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Born June 19, 1974 in Shimane prefecture. 1997 - Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Kobe University. 2014 - Completed Graduate School of Strategic Management, Chuo University. Joined the Company in 1997. Took part in setting up human resource staffing business in the field of science research and engaged in opening up branches across the whole Kanto area. In 2001, he left the Company to pursue his aspiration of expanding his family's Japanese confectionary business, which he held in mind for some time. In order to learn the store management broadly, he joined Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., which run TSUTAYA chain stores. In 2005, he returned to the WDB Group to gain even broader experiences in order not only to family business expansion but to contribute to the revitalization of the reginal economy as a whole. He took the responsibilities of general management of the area business administration and branch office operations. In April 2014, he became a managing director of Kaken Geneqs Co., (a wholly owned subsidiary of WDB Holdings Co., Ltd.) and appointed as President & CEO in November, 2014. In January 2022, Kaken Geneqs was separated from the WDB Group by a whole stock transfer transaction, then he resigned the President & CEO. In November 2022, appointed as Director of WDB Business Succession Partners Co., Ltd., and currently exerting himself in the regional revitalization businesses, to start with Gotsu-city, which is his home town.
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NEZOT Co., Ltd.
DirectorYuichiro Matsumoto
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Born April 20, 1982 in Tokyo. 2005 - Graduated from College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University. 2007 - Completed Graduate School of Bioresource Science, Nihon University. Spending his school days entirely into research and study, started his career as a research staffing sales professional and gained experiences. In 2011, with his achievement recognized, promoted as Manager at Lab & Training centers to identify dispatched staff's capabilities and aptitude and to provide support for skill-up. Engaged in operations and management of the Lab & Training centers across the nation. Implemented WDB's unique online training system and established the basis of human resource development training at WDB. In 2016, appointed as President & CEO, WDB India Pvt. Ltd., also as Representative Director at WDB Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd., (which were merged with WDB Co., Ltd. in January 2022). The two companies jointly used to provide synthesis experiment services. Produced a platform which enabled a real-time progress status check of synthesis experiment projects overseas (the service discontinued in January 2022). In June 2022 (-current), appointed as Director, NEZOT Co., Ltd., responsible for the WDB Group's DX acceleration capitalized on his accumulated knowledge and experiences.
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NEZOT Co., Ltd.
DirectorHideo Kuroki
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Born April 3, 1986, in Miyazaki Prefecture. 2009 - Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Yamaguchi University. Joined the company in 2009. After gaining experience as a research staffing sales professional, held positions as manager of Tachikawa Branch, Osaka Branch, and Kusatsu Branch since 2014. Leveraging this experience and achievements, involved in the planning and formulation of the management strategy of WDB Corporation from 2019. 2020 – Became a Group Manager at NEZOT Corporation's Planning Group. In June 2022, appointed as Executive Officer, NEZOT Co., Ltd., concurrently holding the position of Strategic Planning Department at WDB Holdings Corporation from November 2022 (current position). In 2023 (-current), appointed as Director of NEZOT Co., Ltd., responsible for enhancing the overall competitiveness and productivity of the group through solving challenges in the human resources business, platform development including "doconico," and streamlining of business processes using IT.