4.

Corporate Governance

Toshifumi Suzuki

Chairman, CEO & Representative Director

 He is the actual CEO of Seven-Eleven. Suzuki has been a businessman since the 70’s,
period where he brought the franchise to Japan.

Ryuuichi Isaka

President & Representative Director

 He entered Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. (SEJ) in 1980. Isaka has been the President at
Seven & I Holdings since May 2016. Before assuming this position, he was Chief
Operating Officer and Managing Executive Officer since 2006 and became President of
Store Chain at Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. since June 2009.

Kazuki Furuya

Senior Executive Officer and Representative Director

 Mr. Furuya graduated in Commerce (Bachelor’s degree) from Meiji Gakuin University in
1973. He started working in Seven Eleven Japan in 1982 and since then he has been
passing form manager to director, managing director, managing executive officer and
finally to president. Additionally, he is part of the board membership of Seven-Eleven
Japan Co Ltd since 2000 and of "Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd" since 2016.

Ryouji Sakai

Senior Director & Managing Executive Officer

 Ryouji Sakai serves as a Managing Executive Officer and as Senior Director at Seven-
Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.

Keiko Fujimoto

Director & Managing Executive Officer

 Keiko Fujimoto serves as Director & Managing Executive Officer at Seven-Eleven Japan
Co., Ltd.

Shizuma Noda

Director & Managing Executive Officer

 He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Merchandise from Fukuoka University. He started

working at Seven-Eleven back in 1987 as Executive Officer in West Tokyo Zone. Mr.
Shizuma Noda serves as Executive Vice President and Advisor of Seven-Eleven, Inc. and
 is responsible of the Merchandising and Operation Services Department that helps
other relevant departments of the 7-Eleven.

Seiichiro Ishibashi, Hisashi Ohashi and Yoshio Watanabe

Director & Executive Officer

 Mr. Ishibashi, Ohashi and Watanabe serve as Director & Executive Officer at Seven-
Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.

Fumihiko Nagamatsu

Directors

 Mr. Nagamatsu serves as Directors at Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.

Executive Officers

 Katsutane Aihara
 Shinji Abe
 Junko Sugiyama
 Seiichi Aoyama
 Shigeto Fujita
 Kazumi Ishimaru

8. SWOT Analysis

Strengths

- Open 24 hours
- Low prices
- Great variety of services and products
- Convenient locations
- Franchised model allows a faster expansion

Opportunities

- Wide spreading internet retailing

- More franchising opportunities
- Offering exclusive products
- Increasing brand popularity

Weaknesses

- Bad management of inventory

- Low performance of the employees
- Rental cost too high
- Inefficient marketing campaigns
 Threats

- New entry competitors

- Changes in consumer’s preferences
- High levels of employee’s turnover
- Other shops entering online retail market

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