Akinori Nishida
Representative Director,
President and Executive Officer (COO)
Career summary
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Apr. 1996
Joined Hamada Accounting Office
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Apr. 1999
Joined Okano Office GK (currently Tax Accountant Corporation Nagomi)
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Jul. 2003
Joined Sweet Garden Co., Ltd. (currently Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.)
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Apr. 2004
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
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Apr. 2006
Executive Officer and General Manager of Administration Division
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Jul. 2007
Joined the Company as Director
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Mar. 2008
Senior Director
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Mar. 2010
Managing Director
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Mar. 2012
Director of Shouei Co., Ltd. (currently Hulic Co., Ltd.)
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Sep. 2012
Representative Director and Senior Managing Director of Frontier Turnaround Inc.
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Jul. 2016
Representative Director and President
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Apr. 2017
Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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Aug. 2017
Outside Director of Willer, Inc. (current position)
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Sep. 2022
Outside Director of 77 Partners Co., Ltd. (current position)
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Mar. 2024
Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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Jan. 2025
President and Executive Officer (COO) (current position)
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Mar. 2025
Director of Celebrain Corporation (scheduled to take office in March 2025)
Achievements
At the accounting firm, he was engaged primarily as a management advisor for medium-sized companies, involved in strategic planning, organizational restructuring, management consulting, and support for IPO preparations. As part of this work, he served as CFO of a non-listed foreign-owned restaurant company with a nationwide presence, focusing on hands-on management execution. He was involved in enhancing corporate value through finance, including the procurement of funds.
At Sweet Garden Co., Ltd. , a PE fund investee, he implemented management reforms centered on financial restructuring, including BPO, and achieved the refinancing of LBO loans. He was subsequently involved in management execution during the company’s growth stage and contributed to completing its rehabilitation through the transfer of all shares to a domestic operating company.
He has worked at Frontier Management Inc. since 2008. He was involved in the voluntary liquidation of the ALPICO Group (MATSUMOTO ELECTRIC RAILWAY GROUP), a conglomerate centered on transportation, retail, and tourism businesses, and later participated in management as Managing Director, focusing on structural reforms. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Director of the same group. He became Director of Shoei Co., Ltd. （currently Hulic Co., Ltd.） in 2012 and held that position until the merger in 2012.
Other Accomplishments
He has been an instructor of the investment banking course at the Waseda University Business Information Academy since December 2012.
Education
Master’s degree, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University
Tax Accountant
Main Works and Papers
Contributed to “Special: Corporate Governance Issues” in The Turnaround and Credit Management Quarterly, Spring 2015
Contributed to Business Revitalization and Corporate Governance (KINZAI, 2015)
Co-author of Practical Planning for Voluntary Liquidation (SHOJIHOMU, 2011)
Co-author of Professional Managers and Buyouts (Chuokeizai-sha, 2012)