TOKYO – October 1, 2021 – LINE Corporation ("LINE") announces three new directors who will assume their roles as of today, after being nominated at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on September 30.
Under its corporate mission of "Closing the Distance," LINE has developed a wide range of services and businesses to bring people around the world closer to each other, information, and services. As the company celebrates the LINE app's tenth anniversary this year, it has established this new structure to promote the expansion of its businesses for the next ten years, based on strengthened governance.
1. Newly appointed directors (as of October 1, 2021)
Euivin Park, Director
Youngsu Ko, Director
Takeshi Shimamura, Director
2. Structure after appointment of directors
Takeshi Idezawa, CEO and President
Jungho Shin, Co-CEO and CWO
Jun Masuda, CSMO and Director
In Joon Hwang, CFO and Director
Euivin Park, CTO and Director
Youngsu Ko, Director
Takeshi Shimamura, Director
3. Profile of newly appointed directors
(1) Euivin Park
CTO and Director of LINE Corporation
Professional background
Jan. 2002 Joined Neowiz Games Corporation
Jun. 2005 Joined 1noon Co., Ltd. (Now NAVER Corporation)
Oct. 2007 Joined NHN Japan Corporation
Nov. 2007 Transferred to NAVER Japan Corporation upon establishment of the company
Dec. 2011 Appointed Executive Officer of NHN Japan Corporation
Apr. 2013 Appointed Executive Officer of LINE Corporation
Apr. 2014 Appointed CTO and Senior Executive Officer of LINE Corporation
Dec. 2018 Appointed Head of Data Management Department of LINE Corporation
Mar. 2019 Appointed Head of Data Science and Engineering Center of LINE Corporation
Mar. 2019 Appointed Head of Game Platform Development Department of LINE Corporation
Mar. 2021 Appointed Co-GCTO and Managing Executive Officer of Z Holdings Corporation (current)
Oct. 2021 Appointed CTO and Director of LINE Corporation (current)
(2) Youngsu Ko
LINE App Products/Fintech CPO and Director of LINE Corporation
Professional background
Nov. 2002 Joined NeoWiz Games Corporation
Jun. 2006 Joined NHN Corporation
Mar. 2013 Joined LINE Plus Corporation
Sep. 2014 Appointed Director of LINE Biz Plus Corporation*1 (current)
Mar. 2015 Appointed Director of LINE Pay Taiwan Limited*2
Mar. 2017 Joined LINE Corporation
Dec. 2017 Appointed CEO and President of LINE Pay Corporation
Mar. 2018 Appointed Representative Director of LINE Financial Plus Corporation (current)
Mar. 2020 Appointed CPO and Director of LINE Pay Corporation (current)
Mar. 2020 Appointed Fintech CPO and Senior Executive Officer of LINE Corporation
Mar. 2020 Appointed CPO and Director of LINE Financial Corporation (current)
Mar. 2020 Appointed Director of LINE Bank Taiwan Limited (current)
Feb. 2021 Appointed Director of LINE Bank Preparatory Company (current)
Sep. 2021 Appointed LINE App Products/Fintech CPO and Senior Executive Officer of LINE Corporation
Oct. 2021 Appointed Director of LINE Corporation (current)
*1 11AM on October 5, 2021: Deleted "(current)"
11AM on October 15, 2021: Changed "CEO" to "Director" and added "(current)"
*2 11AM on October 15, 2021: Deleted "(current)"
(3) Takeshi Shimamura
Company CEO of Portal Company and Director of LINE Corporation
Professional background
Jul. 2004 Joined NHN Japan Corporation
Nov. 2007 Appointed Head of Business Promotion for search business in Japan upon establishment of NAVER Japan Corporation
Jan. 2012 Appointed Executive Officer of NHN Japan Corporation
Apr. 2013 Appointed Executive Officer of LINE Corporation, responsible for media services
Apr. 2014 Appointed Senior Executive Officer of LINE Corporation
Nov. 2017 Appointed Representative Director and CEO of Next Library Corporation (dual role)
Feb. 2019 Appointed Company CEO of LINE Corporation's Portal Company
Oct. 2021 Appointed Director of LINE Corporation (current)