Cinnamon Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Mirai Hirano, hereinafter referred to as Cinnamon AI), which provides one of the leading AI solutions in Japan, has one of the world's largest numbers of AI researchers and provides business AI solutions domestically and internationally. We would like to inform you that Mr. Shinpei Saito has been appointed as Executive Officer and CFO, and Ms. Eriko Kosaka has been appointed as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member).

 

Cinnamon AI's mission is to "create a world full of creativity with AI," and with over 100 talented AI researchers in Asia, we have expanded our business in the business AI field. Specifically, our main customers are major insurance companies, financial institutions, and manufacturing companies in Japan and overseas, and we mainly provide solutions that utilize AI to reform corporate work styles and improve business productivity, including document reading and analysis engines, and We provide AI services such as voice recognition engines.

 

This time, Mr. Shinpei Saito, who has extensive experience in the capital market through his work in the investment banking department of a foreign securities company, and who was active as a director and CFO at InAgora Co., Ltd., will also have experience as a full-time auditor at a company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. With the participation of Ms. Eriko Kosaka, who has a reputation for excellence, we will build a stronger management structure and accelerate further business growth.

 

 

■Profile of Mr. Shinpei Saito

Mr. Shinpei Saito

 

After graduating from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering in 2008, he worked for approximately 10 years in the capital markets division of the investment banking division of JP Morgan Securities and Goldman Sachs Securities. Engaged in advisory and execution services for capital financing, and has a track record of numerous projects, mainly IPOs, public offering capital increases, and secondary offerings. Joined InAgora Co., Ltd. in August 2018. As director and CFO, oversees accounting and finance, corporate planning, IR, and IPO preparations.

 

 

■Profile of Eriko Kosaka

After graduating from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, he joined the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Department in 2005, where he engaged in M&A advisory work and financing work. After that, he worked as vice president of the buyout division of Tokio Marine Capital Co., Ltd., senior consultant at Booz & Company (currently PwC Strategy Co., Ltd.), and engagement manager of the corporate strategy division of Yahoo Japan Co., Ltd., and has been full-time at i-Mobile Co., Ltd. since 2018. Appointed as auditor. Completed research guidance in the doctoral program (majoring in business organization) at Waseda University Graduate School of Commerce.

 

 

■New management structure

【board of directors】

post	full name	remarks
Representative Director, President and CEO	Mirai Hirano	Co-founder of our company Former Naked Technology co-founder
Chairman of the Board Executive Officer	Yoshimitsu Kaji	Former Accenture Chief Marketing Innovator Former Counselor of the International Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, current Counselor of Kamakura City, etc.
Director COO	Yoshiaki Ieda	Co-founder of our company Former P&G Singapore Former recruit, etc.
Outside director	Makoto Takano	Link Tides Co., Ltd. Representative Director and Chairman Forbes JAPAN Publisher D4V (Design for Ventures) Founder and CEO Former Pimco Japan Limited Director and President Former Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd., etc.
Outside director	Hiroaki Kitano	President and Representative Director, Sony Computer Science Laboratories Sony Corporation Executive Officer Sony AI Corporation Representative Director CEO etc.
Outside director	Akihiko Mori	Former Executive Officer and CFO of RENOVA Co., Ltd. Former Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd. Former certified public accountant
Outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee)	Yu Yamazaki	Former Tohmatsu Limited Liability Audit Corporation Former BAKE Co., Ltd. overseas corporate officer (Singapore, China, Taiwan, USA), etc.
Outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee)	Makiko Tsuda	Nishimura Asahi Law Office Lawyers etc.
Outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee)	Eriko Kosaka	Former full-time auditor of i-Mobile Co., Ltd. Former Yahoo Corporation Former Booz & Company (currently PwC Strategy Co., Ltd.) Former Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd., etc.

Of the nine directors, six are outside directors.

 

 

[Business execution system]

post	full name
Representative Director, President and CEO	Mirai Hirano
Chairman of the Board Executive Officer	Yoshimitsu Kaji
Director COO	Yoshiaki Ieda
Executive Officer CAIO	Hajime Hotta
Executive Officer CFO	Shinpei Saito
Executive Officer CAO	Miraya Imai
Executive Officer CSO	Tatsuyu Sato

 

 

[Cinnamon Co., Ltd. Company Profile]

Company name: Cinnamon Co., Ltd.

URL: https://cinnamon.is/

Address: 6th floor, Spirit Building, 3-19-13 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Established: October 2016

Representative: Mirai Hirano, Representative Director, President and CEO

 

Recruitment page (please see here for available positions and how to apply):

http://cinnamon.is/recruiting/