Basic Approach
To adapt to the rapidly changing restaurant market, we nominate director candidates with diverse knowledge, experience, and capabilities, regardless of whether they are from inside or outside the Company.
For internal director candidates, taking into account the balance of their expertise and track records in areas such as overall family restaurant management, financial strategy, and marketing strategy, we nominate individuals who can demonstrate leadership to contribute to society through the restaurant business and continuously enhance corporate value.
For outside director candidates, we appoint individuals who have extensive experience in diverse companies and organizations, including the restaurant industry.
For director candidates who are Audit and Supervisory Committee members, we appoint individuals who can appropriately audit the execution of duties by directors, based on whether they possess insight into corporate management as well as knowledge and experience in areas such as accounting, finance, law, and risk management.
Under the above nomination policy, taking into account the skills required by the Board of Directors, we view diversity—including gender, race or ethnicity, nationality or country of origin, and cultural background—as an important consideration in candidate selection. In particular, we actively promote the appointment of female directors, and our policy is to actively appoint female candidates to the Board if they possess the skills necessary for the Company to constitute the Board of Directors. Specifically, we aim to increase the percentage of women on the Board of Directors to 30% or more by 2030, and as of 2025, the ratio of women on the Board of Directors stands at 25%.
Director Skill Matrix
Procedures for Appointment of Senior Management and Nomination of Candidates for Board of Directors
In nominating candidates for directors, the Nominating Committee, the majority of whose members are independent outside directors, deliberates on the nomination of candidates for representative directors, directors, and executive officers from the perspective of maximizing the corporate value of the Group and submits proposals to the Board of Directors, thereby taking advantage of the knowledge and advice of outside officers and ensuring objectivity and transparency in the decision-making process for nominating officers. This ensures objectivity and transparency in the decision-making process regarding the nomination of directors and executive officers, as well as the knowledge and advice of outside officers.
Training Policy for Directors
The Group provides the necessary training and information as appropriate to enable directors to properly fulfill their roles and responsibilities.
As part of this effort, lectures and training sessions by experts on legal matters and corporate governance are held at least once a year for directors. To date, we have conducted study sessions on insider trading prevention, branding, risk management, crisis management, and ESG and corporate value enhancement.