HUMAN MADE Inc. (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, CEO & COO: Rei Matsunuma), the company behind the lifestyle brand HUMAN MADE, is pleased to announce the appointment of Masahito Okuma as Corporate Auditor as of April 25, 2025.
With extensive business experience including new business development and investments, e-commerce and digital business, Mr. Okuma will provide unbiased guidance and advice from a management perspective on the execution of the Company’s new businesses and global expansion.
■About Masahito Okuma
Mr. Okuma joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1999 and was responsible for investment and business development of internet service and software venture companies in Silicon Valley. In 2011, he moved to FAST RETAILING CO., LTD., developing company-wide budgets and mid-term business plans in the Corporate Planning Department. He also oversaw UNIQLO’s e-commerce business in Japan and established the e-commerce business in the US and European markets. In 2016, he joined Digital Garage, Inc., to oversee DG Lab and related businesses. He now serves as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CBDO, in charge of the Long-Term Incubation Segment. He also serves as Director, Vice President and COO of DG Ventures, Inc., Director of DG Financial Technology, Inc., Director, Vice President and COO of DG Incubation, Inc., Director of DG Ventures US, Inc., Representative Director of DG Daiwa Ventures Inc., Director of Kakaku.com, Inc., and Representative Director of DG Strategic Investment, Inc.
Mr. Okuma graduated from Keio University with a bachelor’s degree in instrumental engineering. He holds an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
■About HUMAN MADE Inc.
Based on the mission, “Born from creative inspiration, made with heart and humanity,” the company fuses the latest culture of the streets with a deep reverence of the past, to create items and experiences that shape new culture.
These include NIGO’s lifestyle brand HUMAN MADE, which is based on the concept of “The Future is in the Past,” CURRY UP, a Tokyo-based shop offering curries that are made with original spices and additive free, as well as providing corporate branding support, collaborating on various projects, and producing on a global scale, including product development and spatial design.
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