Katsuya Natori was appointed as an independent Audit and Supervisory Board member of Recruit Holdings in 2020. He previously worked at several law offices and JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation before joining Apple Japan, Inc. in 1995. In 1998, he became General Counsel at Oracle Information Systems (Japan), and during the mid-2000s, he took on multiple leadership roles at IBM Japan, Ltd. Mr. Natori founded the Natori Law Office in 2012, and in 2020 became Managing Partner of ITN Partners. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Olympus Corporation and as an Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Hino Motors, Ltd. Currently, he is a Supervisory Director at Global One Real Estate Investment Corporation, Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of circlace, Inc. and Hino Motors, Ltd., and Outside Director of TOKYO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD. and TOYO CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD.
June 2023
Outside Director* of TOYO CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
March 2023
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member* of Hino Motors, Ltd.
June 2021
Outside Director* of TOKYO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD.
December 2020
Managing Partner* of ITN Partners
June 2020
Independent Audit and Supervisory Board Member* of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member* of Pasona Tquila Inc. (currently circlace Inc.)
June 2019
External Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Olympus Corporation
April 2016
Supervisory Director* of Global One Real Estate Investment Corp.
March 2015
External Director of MODEC, Inc.
April 2012
External Statutory Auditor at Olympus Corporation
February 2012
Founder of Natori Law Office
April 2010
Vice President of Global Process Services at IBM Japan, Ltd.
January 2004
General Counsel at IBM Japan, Ltd.
March 2002
General Counsel and Executive Officer at Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
January 1998
General Counsel at Sun Microsystems K.K. (currently Oracle Information Systems (Japan) G.K.)
January 1995
General Counsel at Apple Computer Co., Ltd. (currently Apple Japan, Inc.)
July 1993
Counsel at Esso Petroleum Corporation (currently ENEOS Corporation)
July 1992
Visiting Lawyer at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
June 1990
Visiting Lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
April 1986
Associate Lawyer at Masuda & Ejiri Law Office (currently Nishimura & Asahi)
Unless otherwise stated, position refers to Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. *Current position