Directors

Ayako Ikeda

Ayako Ikeda

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

April  1984 Registered as an attorney at law and joined Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Harago Law Office (currently Harago & Partners Law Offices)
January  1990 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, in U.S.
April  1991 Qualified as a New York State attorney
September  1992 Hamada & Matsumoto
April  2002 Professor (civil disputes) at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan
April  2006 Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
April  2015 Executive Director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Vice President of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association
June  2021 Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (current position)
March  2024 Director of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current position)
January  2025 Attorney, Harago & Partners Law Offices (current position)
March  2025 Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current position)

Outside directors and why they were chosen

Ayako Ikeda has abundant experience as a lawyer. We judged that she would use her rich experience and knowledge to help the board fulfill its decision-making and oversight roles effectively.