Corporate Governance
Basic policy
Businesses undertaken by the Amuse Group range widely, and the conditions in which they operate change rapidly. In this environment, the Company raises its value as a company by making quick and clear decisions, enforcing compliance thoroughly, respecting the rights of stakeholders surrounding the Amuse Group, including shareholders, and ensuring management transparency as a core corporate governance policy, recognizing the importance of such initiatives.
Amuse Inc.'s core approach to corporate governance
1.Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is chaired by Representative Director, Chairman and President Yokichi Osato. The Board of Directors consists of 6 Directors from the Company and 3 Outside Directors. The members of the Board gather for extraordinary meetings as the occasion demands, in addition to meeting. The Board of Directors met 13 times in FY24.
2.Board of Senior Management
The Board of Senior Management is chaired by Representative Director, Chairman and President Yokichi Osato. The Board consists of Managing Directors and they meet twice each month or so.
The Board is a consulting organ for important situations associated with business execution, and it discusses a wide range of issues within the Company, in addition to important projects.
3.Corporate Governance Committee
The committee is chaired by Chairman and President Yokichi Osato, with the Internal Audit Department serving as its secretariat. Its members consist of Directors and general managers of administrative departments appointed by the committee chair.
4.Audit & Supervisory Board
The Company is a company with Audit & Supervisory Board. The Audit & Supervisory Board consists of 4 members, including 1 Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member and 3 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member. The members of the Board attend Group Management Meetings, the Board of Directors and other important conferences. They watch and audit job execution by Directors.
5.Internal Audit Department
The Internal Audit Department is an organization directly under the President and conducts internal audits of the Company and its major subsidiaries.
6.Sustainability Committee
The committee, under the authority of the President, is chaired by the Representative Director and President, with the Corporate Planning Department as its secretariat, and consists of the responsible persons in charge of their respective departments, including those of group companies.
In order to further promote the Group's sustainability initiatives, the committee focuses on key issues and discusses them across the group companies and departments.
7.Nomination and Compensation Committee
The committee consists of 5 members in total, 3 Independent Outside Directors and 2 Directors of the Company.
With the Independent Outside Directors constituting the majority, the independence and objectiveness of the committee is ensured, and so is the high degree of transparency regarding the process for nominating management team members and determining their compensation.