SPEAKER: Yuriya Komatsu, Board Director, CFO and Head of the Business Management Divisions, DWANGO Co., Ltd.,

HOSTING COMMITTEE: Alternative Investment Committee

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Turning around Japanese companies does not always happen because of external factors. Sometimes internal disruptions and managerial innovation can turn around companies. The Dwango story is about this type of “internal turn around” and also about how Japanese women can sometimes achieve results that men cannot.

Komatsu-san has moved from being an institutional investor and financial advisor to becoming the CFO of a Japanese company. In less than a year she developed a restructuring plan that turned the company’s operating profit from a loss of JPY 10 billion into a gain of JPY 1 billion.

DWANGO Co., Ltd.is a telecommunications and media company based in Japan. The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Dwango Corporation. The company was spun off from a U.S.-based service offering online multiplayer for video games. DWANGO (which stands for Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation), runs the popular Japanese video sharing site Niconico. The company also is the 100% owner of the game developer Spike Chunsoft and the school of professional education Vantan.

Come to learn how a woman executive has revived a Japanese brand and enhanced the corporate value of the entire enterprise consistent with good ESG.

About the Speaker

As the Board Director, CFO and Head of the Business Management Divisions of DWANGO Co., Ltd., Komatsu has been responsible for revitalizing the company. She has led the restructuring of the company, including governance structures, internal controls, budget management.

Prior to these roles, Komatsu served as a Board Director of the TSE listed Kadowkawa Dwango Co. from 2014-2017, and from 2017 onwards, served as an Executive Officer as well. Komatsu has worked in Tokyo and New York for Nomura Securities, Credit Suisse, Sparx Asset Management, Dreyfus Corp, and Fiduciary Trust. Upon returning to Japan in 2000, she has served as a consultant and financial advisor, worked with PE firms, and served as an Executive Officer at a major listed company. Komatsu has a bachelor’s degree from Waseda University, and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Frank Packard, Chair

Christopher P. Wells, Pieter Franken, Deborah Hayden, Vice Chairs

Alternative Investment Committee

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