Kazunari Aiura
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined IBM Japan in April 1986 and worked in sales covering financial institutions. In April 2000 he moved to GMO Payment Gateway as Representative Director and President, and has led it for 26 years since. He also became a Director of GMO Internet Group in March 2006 and rose to Director, Executive Vice President and head of the Group Payment Division in March 2016. In the FY ended September 2005, the major shareholders were GMO Internet at 52.80% and himself at 4.02%, so the parent controlled the capital.
Selection
He became the first Representative Director and President in April 2000. He came over from sales covering financial institutions at IBM Japan and was not promoted from within. Even in the FY ended September 2005, five years after he took office, sales were ¥1.3 billion and operating income ¥300 million, still small in scale. Changing titles to Representative Director and CEO in December 2011 and Representative Director and President in December 2012, he has stayed at the top for 26 years.
Initiatives
In 2004 the company came under the GMO group umbrella and took over the businesses of two payment processing competitors in succession. In 2015 it signed a capital and business alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, receiving a third-party allotment of about ¥8.0 billion. Overseas, it booked an impairment on Malaysia's MACROKIOSK in the FY ended September 2020, later selling all its shares and treating it as a discontinued operation. Sales grew from ¥1.3 billion in the FY ended September 2005 to ¥82.5 billion in the FY ended September 2025, and operating income from ¥300 million to ¥31.3 billion.
Career
Career
IBM Japan
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1986 | Joined |
GMO Payment Gateway
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2000 | Representative Director, President |
| Dec 2011 | Representative Director, CEO |
| Dec 2012 | Representative Director, President |
GMO Internet Group
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2006 | Director |
| Mar 2014 | Senior Managing Director, Group Head of Settlement Division |
| Mar 2016 | Executive Vice President, Group Head of Settlement Division |
| Mar 2022 | Director, Group Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, Group Head of Settlement Division |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- GMOペイメントゲートウェイ 有価証券報告書 第32期（2025年9月期）【役員の状況】