{"id":12,"date":"2018-04-25T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T02:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enechange.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T03:17:46","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/enechange.co.jp\/en\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Information"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-company.php","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":{"address":"14F WeWork Tokyo Square Garden, 3-1-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031","contact_tel":"03-6774-6601","contact_mail":"info@enechange.co.jp","holders":"EPCO
\r\nBonds Investment Group
\r\nMizuho Capital
\r\nIdemitsu Showa Shell
\r\nSumitomo Corporation
\r\nDaiwa Energy Infrastructure
\r\nTokyo Gas
\r\nHokuriku Electric Power Business Investment
\r\nLooop
\r\nSK GAS Co. Ltd.
\r\nB Dash Ventures
\r\nSpiral Ventures Japan LLP
\r\nSenshu Ikeda Capital
\r\nNanto CVC Fund
\r\nResona Capital
\r\n","business":"Energy Platform Business\r\nEnergy Data Business\r\n","smap_detail":"Based in London, the company creates SMAPs (Smart-Meter Analytics Platforms), an electricity analysis service using data obtained from smart meters, for electricity utilities. These are now being used by utilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. As the company develops products using the research intellectual property of the University of Cambridge, its shareholders include Cambridge Enterprise Limited (Cambridge\u2019s intellectual property department) and professors from Cambridge, and also receives support from the university. SMAP Energy is gaining fame as a company at the cutting edge of energy data research, with the founder and two officers all having been selected for the European edition of the Forbes 30.
\r\nNote: Merged operations with ENECHANGE Co., Ltd. at the end of June 2017.
\r\n","prof_yohei":"Yohei Kiguchi graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and received his PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge in the UK. The Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011 made Dr. Kiguchi aware of the current state of the energy industry in Japan, and he decided to pursue a doctoral degree in engineering at the University of Cambridge. Based on his research in energy data analytics with machine learning techniques, he started ENECHANGE in 2015 and became the first energy tech company to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in 2020. He lives in London. He participates in the Japan Association of Corporate Executives and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in various committees.","prof_ippei":"A graduate of Waseda\u2019s Graduate School of Science and Engineering, he researched natural language processing during his time there. He was involved in the development of market analysis systems and risk management systems at JPMorgan Securities Japan, and in the development of services for overseas at GREE, Inc. Later, as the co-founder of Cambridge Energy Data Lab Company at Cambridge, in the UK, he worked on developing algorithms and software design for demand forecasting systems. In April 2015, he helped found ENECHANGE Co., Ltd. and was appointed CEO (currently CTO).","ene_board_member":"
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Atsushi Hioka<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n
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Mizuho Tosaka<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n
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Yuki Suzuki<\/dd>\r\n <\/dl>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","smap_prof_paul":"Paul is the co-founder of SMAP Energy - a UK-based data analytics startup building software for smart-meter data analysis. SMAP Energy was acquired by ENECHANGE in 2021, and in 2023 was renamed to ENECHANGE Innovation Limited. Today, he manages the company\u2019s operations in Europe.\r\n\r\nPaul is also a previous member of Cambridge Energy Data Lab and co-creator of the venture matchmaking program Japan Energy Challenge (now ENECHANGE Insight Ventures). His other experience spans roles in engineering \u2013 including working for the NASA Glenn Research Center \u2013 and consulting. Paul holds an MPhil in Technology Policy from the University of Cambridge and bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe (2020).","smap_board_member":"","smap_prof_adnan":"After graduating as an engineer from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), he obtained a doctorate in engineering at the University of Cambridge. Speaking five languages, he is responsible for the overseas development and expansion of new businesses in the renewable energy area. He is a co-founder of SMAP ENERGY, Ltd.","pos_yohei":"Representative Director and CEO","pos_ippei":"CTO","pos_minoru_takeda":"Outside Director","prof_minoru_takeda":"He has worked both in Japan and overseas in sales, supply and demand, planning, and as branch manager for Kyushu and Chubu at a major international oil company (Mobil), serving as the president of Mobil New Zealand before working at Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC (now ABeam Consulting), as a partner. Working in strategy and M&A, he served concurrently as the president of Deloitte Tohmatsu Corporate Finance. He later served as general manager for LNG project development in the Asia-Pacific, and president of Shell Japan, at a major foreign company (Royal Dutch Shell). In 2015 he became chairman of Showa Shell Sekiyu, and retired in 2018. He is a graduate of Keio University and the Sloan School of Management at MIT.","pos_akihiko_mori":"Outside Director","prof_akihiko_mori":"After working as a CPA at KPMG, Mr. Mori joined the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in 2006. He engaged in an M&A advisory, principal investing, leveraged finance, and equity finance at both the Tokyo and the New York office. In 2015, Mr. Mori became CFO at RENOVA, Inc. During his time as CFO, RENOVA became listed on the TSE Mothers and the TSE First Section. In 2022, He became a Corporate Executive Officer responsible for the Finance Division at Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Earned a B.A. in Commerce from Waseda University and an MBA from Kyoto University.\r\n\r\n","pos_shinichiro_yoshihara":"Outside Director","prof_shinichiro_yoshihara":"A graduate of the College of Business Administration, Yokohama National University. After passing the second round of exams to become a chartered accountant in 1997, he joined Asahi & Co. (now KPMG AZSA LLC). In 2020, he joined EPCO, Ltd. and was appointed a director and manager of the business planning office. That year, EPCO was listed on JASDAQ. In 2012, he was appointed representative director and COO, and today he is representative director and CFO. In March 2019, the company changed its listing from JASDAQ (TSE) to the Second Section, and in August 2019, it was listed on the First Section of the TSE.","pos_takuya_sugimoto":"Executive Officer \/ CFO","prof_takuya_sugimoto":"A graduate of the School of Business Administration, Kobe University. After graduating, he joined Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu International (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC), and worked for about six years in audits and M&A-related work. He later served about six years at JPMorgan Securities Japan, working in financing and as an M&A advisory in their investment banking division. After working on corporate acquisitions and business tie-ups at Rakuten, Inc., he joined ENECHANGE Co., Ltd. In July 2019 as executive officer and CFO.","pos_masayuki_tanaka":"Executive Officer \/ CTO","prof_masayuki_tanaka":"A graduate of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. He started his career while a student as a C++ engineer, and after graduating, gained a wide range of experience in development work, from infrastructure to web applications, at Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., GREE, Inc., and Xica Co., Ltd. In July 2014, he joined Cambridge Energy Data Lab Company, the forerunner of ENECHANGE, and worked on developing forecasting systems such as for energy demand. He transferred to ENECHANGE Co., Ltd. In May 2015, working on the development of the enechange.jp website and EMAP, before being appointed executive officer and CTO in January 2020. He is the author of the open-source chart library c3.js.","pos_shota_kusama":"Executive Officer","prof_shota_kusama":"After graduating from the Department of Design Informatics, Musashino Art University in 2006, he worked as a designer\/director at a production company where he was responsible for numerous national-level clients. In April 2014, he joined Cambridge Energy Data Lab Company, the forerunner of ENECHANGE. He worked on launching Enechange, our comparison service, as the UX\/UI designer, and served as chief editor of owned media. He transferred to ENECHANGE when the company was established in May 2015. In January 2018, he moved to the Platform Division. After being appointed to the person responsible for that business in April 2019, he was made an executive officer of ENECHANGE in July that year. Recipient of a 2016 Good Design Award.","pos_tatsuya_sogano":"Representative Director and COO","prof_tatsuya_sogano":"Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University in 2013. He was a member of a venture company for two years as a student, working on starting up and running new web services. After graduating, he joined P&G, where he was in the department that handled market and consumer surveys. In June 2015, he joined ENECHANGE Co., Ltd., and mainly worked on running services for households. In July 2019, he was appointed an executive officer of ENECHANGE, and is in overall charge of the Enechange Division, which promotes services aimed at households such as the Enechange electricity and gas charges comparison site.","pos_yuichiro_shinohara":"Senior Executive Officer \/ CFO","prof_yuichiro_shinohara":"Shinohara is a graduate of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Tokyo, where he also worked in the Graduate School of Engineering. After completing his post-graduate studies, he worked as a VC\/PE investor in an investment fund and then in business development, M&A, finance and accounting for renewable energy-related businesses at Eurus Energy Holdings and Tokyo Gas. He joined ENECHANGE in 2019 as Executive Officer overseeing the Renewable Energy Business Division, and from 2024 will be responsible for the Corporate Division as a new Senior Executive Officer (CFO). ","pos_kota_chishima":"Executive Officer","prof_kota_chishima":"After graduating from university, he joined Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in 2006, where he focused his efforts on financing, business continuance, business alliances and other work in the corporate sales department. He began working at a major new power company in 2016, where he worked on retail, power source procurement, wholesale transactions, and other transactions. In September 2019 he joined ENECHANGE as executive officer and manager of the Corporate Business Division, where he can utilise the knowledge he has gained to launch new services such as power trading.","smap_pos_paul":"Director","smap_pos_adnan":"Executive Officer","board_member":"Representative Director and CEO, Tomoya Maruoka
\r\nRepresentative Director and COO, Tatsuya Sogano","pos_kazumasa_ariga":"Executive Officer","prof_kazumasa_ariga":"After graduating from the School of Commerce at Waseda University, he joined TEPCO in 2002, where he worked on contract operation, smart meter introduction business planning, and MDMS system development, construction and operation in the sales department. In 2015, he moved to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, where he worked on business planning for consumer-oriented product groups for household devices in general, and product planning for electric vehicle chargers (V2H). In July 2020, he joined ENECHANGE as the executive officer for the SMAP Division.","pos_kenichi_fujita":"Outside Director","prof_kenichi_fujita":"After being in charge of overseas marketing of car electronics at a Japanese electronics manufacturer, he became a director of a local subsidiary and head of marketing in Europe. Upon his return to Japan, he worked for UFJ Research Institute (now Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting), where he was in charge of global strategy as Head of International Consulting Division. He was also President and CEO of Siemens VDO, a Siemens subsidiary, since 2007. Retired in December 2020.","registration":"Financial Instruments Business Operators, Registered under The Kanto finance Bureau (Registration number:3236\uff09for investment advice \/ agency business","organization":"The Japan Investment Advisers Association","pos_takahiro_igarashi":"Executive Officer","prof_takahiro_igarashi":"After graduating from university, he joined a human resources company. He was assigned to the New Business Development Division at Google, where he was mainly engaged in developing new acquisition sales. He then joined ENECHANGE in 2017. Initially, he was in charge of advertising and business sales in the low-voltage sector; he now manages the entire sales process, including partner sales.","pos_makoto_iyobe":"Executive Officer","prof_makoto_iyobe":"After working at a securities company for about seven years, he joined GREE. He was engaged in corporate planning\/budgeting, and managerial accounting. Later, at Softbank, he was involved in capital tie-ups and business management of robotics and renewable energy-related businesses for the holding company. He joined ENECHANGE in 2015. Since joining, he has been involved primarily in FP&A, fundraising (IPO, PO), M&A, internal audit, and disclosure. He holds a B.A. in Law from Keio University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School).","pos_yoshihisa_naito":"Executive Officer","prof_yoshihisa_naito":"At EPCO, he designed housing equipment and developed a new business for energy-saving services as an architect. He was involved in the founding and launch of ENECHANGE in 2020. Currently, he is in charge of the Electric Vehicles (EV) Charging Service Division, which promotes EV charging infrastructure.","pos_tomohito_shibata":"Executive Officer","prof_tomohito_shibata":"Tomohito Shibata graduated from the University of Cambridge in Geography, with a focus in climatology and glaciology, as well as a graduate degree from the University College London (UCL) in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. Before joining ENECHANGE, he was a manager at Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm. He specialized in corporate strategy, full potential transformations and Private Equity\/ M&A where he covered a wide range of industries, particularly industrial goods and consumer goods. In March, 2022, he joined ENECHANGE's leadership team as an executive officer and is responsible for the decarbonized tech fund division, specialized in overseas energy venture companies. ","pos_yoshiyuki_tanaka":"Executive Officer","prof_yoshiyuki_tanaka":"After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology, he worked for a construction materials manufacturer before joining Nissan Motor Co. After working on vehicle development experiments, he was involved in the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. He was in charge of promoting the development and sales project of Nissan brand chargers and launching two charging service companies. In March 2022, he joined ENECHANGE as Executive Officer. He will be responsible for promoting the company's EV charging service business.\r\n","pos_kana_bogaki":"Outside Director","prof_kana_bogaki":"After graduating from Doshisha University, Kana Bogaki started her career joining CyberAgent, Inc. in 2006 where she helped establish subsidiaries Cyber Buzz, Inc. and two gaming companies. In 2013, she co-founded Makuake, Inc. and joined as Board Director.She is in charge of the Curator Department, overseer of PR, and is often traveling and giving lectures across Japan. In parallel to her leadership roles, she also manages cooperation with distribution channels, local governments and financial institutions. She also has experience as a judge for the design and creativity awards TBDA and ACC etc.","pos_koichi_gomi":"Executive Officer","prof_koichi_gomi":"After graduating from university, he worked for a consumer electronics manufacturer and then for Dentsu Inc. where he was in charge of sales and mass marketing for IT vendors and beverage manufacturers. After working for Amazon Japan, he was COO sales management of Geologic, Inc. and built a framework related to revenue growth. joined ENECHANGE Ltd. in January 2023 and became Executive Officer, responsible for overall sales in the EV charging service division.","pos_yuta_ogura":"Executive Officer","prof_yuta_ogura":"Engaged in new business development at a technology trading company in the Mitsubishi Electric Group. He launched the charging infrastructure business and was involved in the installation of approximately 2,000 EV chargers nationwide. Later, transferred to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, where he was involved in sales planning and business promotion. After working on several construction projects, he became independent. He joined ENECHANGE in December 2021 as an external consultant for the EV charging service business from the startup of the business. Appointed as Executive Officer in January 2023.","pos_takahiro_kashiwagi":"Executive Officer","prof_takahiro_kashiwagi":"Takahiro Kashiwagi finished his master\u2019s degree in Intelligence Information Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University. While in graduate school, he studies Computer Vision at the DFKI in Germany. After graduation, he developed web applications and launching new businesses at GREE Inc. In April 2016, he joined ENECHANGE Ltd., where he was involved in the development of many web application systems. From July 2020, he will oversee overall development as the deputy general manager of the Energy Cloud Division, and became an executive officer in January 2023.","pos_kenyu_adachi":"Outside Director","prof_kenyu_adachi":"Adachi joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)) in 1977. Here, he served as deputy vice-minister and as director-general of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, and vice-minister of METI. After leaving METI in 2013, he served as an outside director for Asahi Kasei Corporation, Toyo Engineering Corporation, and Tsugami Corporation, and as representative director of Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. Along with being well-versed in economic and industrial policy, including energy, he has a wealth of experience as an outside director for private sector corporations.","pos_ryoichi_nojima":"Executive Officer","prof_ryoichi_nojima":"Ryoichi Nojima completed his postgraduate studies in electrical and electronic engineering, researching distributed power supplies. He gained management experience at Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. (now Hewlett Packard Japan, G.K.) and Accenture Japan Ltd. He then joined NEC Corporation as head of system integration (SI) and new business using FinTech, before taking on the role of head of sales for a Vertical SaaS business at a group company of Mitsubishi Corporation. In April 2023, he joined ENECHANGE Ltd. as Executive Officer, where he was responsible for the ENECHANGE Cloud Division.","pos_kameda_daisuke":"Executive Officer \/ VPoE","prof_kameda_daisuke":"After graduating from the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Tokyo University of Science, Kameda went on to work at a systems integrator before joining Pixta Inc. as a lead engineer and operations manager. He then became the head of development at FiNC Technologies Inc., and later served as CTO at UnionTech Inc. (now Craft Bank Inc.). In July 2021, he joined ENECHANGE Ltd., as the Vice President of Engineering, while also serving concurrently as the head of development for the Platform business and Director of the CTO office. \r\n","pos_maruoka_tomoya":"Representative Director and CEO","prof_maruoka_tomoya":"After graduating from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, Maruoka joined the Development Bank of Japan Inc. and was engaged in domestic and international investment and financing operations for about four years. He then spent four years at McKinsey & Company's Tokyo office, where he was involved in corporate growth strategy planning, M&A operations, and investor services, including due diligence. He then spent a further four years at McKinsey & Company's New York and London offices, where he was also involved in M&A and due diligence work for local investors. After returning to Japan, he was involved in corporate strategy planning and business alliances at an operating company from 2022, before being appointed Executive Officer and CFO of ENECHANGE Ltd. in February 2024.","pos_masayoshi_hirata":"Chairman of the Board of Directors","prof_masayoshi_hirata":"Masayoshi Hirata serves as the Representative Executive Officer and CFO of Toshiba Corporation. In April1996, he assumed the role of Executive Director and CFO at ToshibaInformation Systems U.K.,\r\nbecoming the head of finance. Subsequently, after serving as CFO in multiple companies, he took on the position of Executive Officer and CFO of Toshiba Corporation in September 2015, overseeing the finance department and actively contributing to the reconstruction efforts during a period of management crisis. 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