Monex appoints Yuko Seimei as President, Representative Executive Officer and CEO
Japan-based electronic trading company Monex Group, Inc today announced the appointment of Yuko Seimei as President, Representative Executive Officer and CEO.
Yuko Seimei started her career at the Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) in April 2001. She moved to MKS Partners Ltd in December 2006.
She joined Monex Hambrecht, Inc. in February 2009 (merged with Monex, Inc. in 2017) and became Representative Director of Monex Hambrecht, Inc. in June 2011. She became Executive Director of Monex Group, Inc. in March 2013, Executive Officer of Monex Group, Inc. in June 2016, and the Representative Director and President of Monex, Inc.in April 2019.
She was appointed Representative Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Monex Group, Inc. in January 2020 and Representative Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Monex Group, Inc. in January 2021.
In June 2021, she was appointed to Member of the Board of Monex Group, Inc. and in April 2022, she was appointed to a Member of the Board, Representative Executive Officer, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Monex Group, Inc.
Since April 2023, she has served as a Member of the Board, Representative Executive Officer, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Monex Group,Inc.
Monex commented on the management changes:
“With the leadership and clear vision of Oki Matsumoto, the founder, our group has steadily expanded its business. Under such circumstances, twenty-four years have passed since the first Monex group company was founded, and in order to adapt to changes in the internal and external environment and to achieve sustainable and long-term growth of our group, we have decided on our intention to strengthen our management structure.
While Oki Matsumoto will check the governance of the entire group in his position as Chairman and Representative Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of the Board, Yuko Seimei will lead the executive team as President, Representative Executive Officer and CEO to promote organization management, thereby building a stronger management execution and governance structure”.