As Chief Executive Officer, Tina is responsible for the company’s overall strategic development and operation.

Tina joined in 2016 and has a track record of improving business performance. Her experience focuses primarily on software and services companies across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India.

Stefan is our Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for providing financial and business leadership and helping to determine and deliver the company strategy.

Stefan joined in June 2020 from the Capita group where he was Divisional Finance Director for Capita Software. He has extensive experience in senior finance roles in software and technology companies having also worked for Logica/CGI and Fujitsu in both the UK and mainland Europe.

Mr. Yoshida graduated from Osaka University, where he majored in Economics before joining NEC in 1986. He spent 2 years in Paris as VP of NEC France, and 4 years in London as GM of NEC Europe. Following that, he stayed in Beijing as Head of NEC China. In 2018, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, in charge of submarine network and wireless global business. Currently, he is responsible for digital government business as SVP.

Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Finance, Global Business Unit of NEC Corporation. Prior to joining NEC, Tomoki was a founding member of Japan Industrial Solutions Co, Ltd, a Japanese private equity fund management company, and served as Chief Investment Officer and a board member. Prior to Japan Industrial Solutions, Tomoki was Managing Director and the co-head of the principal investment business of Morgan Stanley Japan. Tomoki holds an MBA from University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Steve Callaghan is non-executive vice-chairman, focusing on strategic initiatives and acquisition activities. He has a considerable track record of growing and transforming businesses, with particular expertise in software and services domains. He began his career in the British Army as a commissioned officer and studied electrical engineering at Cranfield University.

Tom is the General Manager for Safer City Solutions Business Headquarters, NEC. He is responsible for acceleration of NEC’s global software business in the area of Digital Government and Digital Finance. Tom has 30 years’ experience in various roles at NEC Japan and NEC America including engineering, sales, marketing, business incubation and management role. And he worked for NEC Software Solutions UK (NPS) from 2018 to 2020 as Head of Global Business Operations, bringing NEC’s innovative and proven cutting edge technologies and accelerate international business expansion by collaborating with NEC’s global business networks.

Makoto Shota is Chief Financial Controller directly reporting to Dr. Yamashina. He is responsible for the global Safer Cities business, with more than 20 country affiliates in NEC Group. He has broad experiences and achievements in Corporate Strategy, Business Planning and Human Resources. This includes a number of corporate reorganisations during his over 30 years of service in the NEC Corporation, since his graduation from the Faculty of Law in Kyoto University.