Juro Ito is a member of the Ito family, the founding family of Ito-Yokado, the retailer that became the foundation of Seven & i Holdings, and has served as Representative Director & Executive Chair since May 2025. After graduating from Gakushuin University, he joined Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (formerly Mitsui Trust Bank). He later completed a master’s degree at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and interned at Nordstrom in the U.S., before joining SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN in 1990. Since then, he has held a series of senior leadership roles, including Director and Executive Officer. From 2009, he led group-wide priorities spanning corporate management, ESG, oversight of key subsidiaries, and the superstore operations. In 2023, he became a Representative Director of Seven & i Holdings, serving as Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSuO) of the Company. In 2024, he was appointed Vice President and CSuO, as well as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).
In addition to his responsibilities at the Company, he has served concurrently as Representative Director and President of Seven & i Energy Management since August 2024. He also took on leadership of YORK Holdings in October 2024 as Chairman and Representative Director, transitioning in September 2025 to Director and Chairman. He brings broad expertise in retail and corporate management, with deep experience in sustainability, risk management, and social marketing.

Steve Dacus is Representative Director, President & CEO of Seven & i Holdings. He joined the Company as an Outside Director in 2022 and, in 2024, was appointed as Chairperson of the Board and Lead Independent Outside Director, working to enhance corporate governance. He assumed his current role in May 2025. He also serves as a Director of 7-Eleven, Inc. and 7-Eleven International LLC.
Steve brings extensive international leadership experience across retail and consumer goods and deep familiarity with the Japanese, U.S. and European business environments. He previously served as CEO of Mars Japan (formerly MasterFoods), held senior roles at Fast Retailing and Walmart, and later led Seiyu (formerly Walmart Japan Holdings) and served as Executive Chairman at FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES (formerly Sushiro Global Holdings), driving organizational transformation and growth initiatives. He has deep expertise in driving corporate transformation and enterprise value in complex, multinational business environments.

Shigeki Kimura has served as Representative Director, Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Seven & i Holdings since May 2025. He joined SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN in 1986, spent two decades in franchise operations, building deep frontline experience, and was appointed Executive Officer in 2014. He has built his career primarily in corporate planning, accounting, and governance, holding a series of senior leadership roles, including Director in 2019 and Director and Vice President in 2024. He joined the management team of Seven & i Holdings in 2016, and in 2019 was appointed General Manager of the Corporate Personnel Planning Division and later became a Director. Since 2024, he has also served as an Outside Director of AIN HOLDINGS. In his current role, he leverages broad expertise and experience spanning franchise-based business management, risk management, IT, and sustainability to oversee the Group’s administrative functions as CAO and the Company’s Information Management Supervisor, while advancing global governance and strengthening the Company’s management foundation.

Yoshimichi Maruyama has served as Director, Managing Executive Officer of Seven & i Holdings. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. After joining the Company in 2008, he gained extensive experience in enterprise risk management (ERM), information management, and financial planning. In 2017, he was appointed Executive Officer and also became Representative Director and President of SEVEN & i Financial Center and Seven & i Asset Management. Since 2018, he has been responsible for the Company’s financial strategy as General Manager of the Corporate Finance & Accounting Division. He was appointed Director in 2020 and Managing Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2023. He is scheduled to retire as a director upon the conclusion of the Company’s General Meeting of Shareholders on May 27, 2026.

Tamaki Wakita is Director, Managing Executive Officer & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Seven & i Holdings, and has led the Management Planning function since April 2023. He joined the Company in 2019, has primarily worked in corporate strategy and planning, and was appointed Executive Officer in 2022 and Director in 2024. He also serves as a Director of 7-Eleven, Inc. and 7-Eleven International LLC. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at Sojitz Corporation (formerly Nichimen) and General Electric International, Inc. and joined Nissen Holdings (formerly Nissen) in 2003, where he held several senior leadership roles. At Nissen Holdings, he was appointed CEO and Representative Director in 2016 and led group-wide structural reforms to achieve a corporate transformation. He has also served as Chairman and Director of SHADDY and as a director of Francfranc, Ito-Yokado and Sogo & Seibu. Drawing on global business experience, broad retail expertise, and a strong track record in transformation and marketing enhancement, he currently leads end-to-end strategy development and execution as CSO, driving portfolio optimization and growth initiatives across the Group.