With its sights set not only on Japan but the entire world, the SEGA SAMMY Group is opening up new business areas. Consequently, business management decisions based on an overview of the Group as a whole are needed now more than ever. We also need to accelerate our decision-making even more to respond effectively to the dizzying pace of change in business conditions. With these factors in mind, we reorganized our senior management team from the current fiscal year.
Specifically, Keishi Nakayama assumed the position of Representative Director and CEO of Sammy from Hajime Satomi, who had held it concurrently. Meanwhile, Hajime Satomi will concentrate on advancing business management from a Groupwide perspective as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS and the chairman, representative director, and CEO of SEGA. As CEO, Keishi Nakayama will continue to move forward with the reform of Sammy while assisting Hajime Satomi as the executive vice president and representative director of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS. Furthermore, Naoya Tsurumi, as the new chief operating officer of SEGA, and Shigeru Aoki, as the new chief operating officer of Sammy, will be responsible for operational implementation.
Based on this new senior management team, we plan to set ourselves consistently ambitious goals. By realizing these goals, we will heighten the corporate value of the SEGA SAMMY Group to meet the expectations of our shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders.