Dai Seta
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined USS in January 2004 as Executive Officer and deputy head of the Nagoya Business Division and became a Director that June. From June 2006, as Representative Director, Executive Vice President, head of the Auction Operations Division and head of the Nagoya Business Division, he was in charge of running the auction sites. He also became Representative Director and President of USS Support Service in March 2006 and of ABIZ in June 2008. Already in the fiscal year ended March 2006, two years after joining, he ranked tenth among major shareholders with 2.12%, rising as an outsider with a capital base behind him.
Selection
In June 2019 he became Representative Director, President and COO, succeeding Yukihiro Ando. Ando moved at the same time to Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, switching to a two-headed structure in which the Chairman bears ultimate responsibility for management. Seta had been Executive Vice President for 13 years. In the fiscal year before he took office, ended March 2019, consolidated revenue was ¥79.9 billion, operating income ¥37.1 billion and net income ¥25.5 billion, all above the previous year.
Initiatives
Shortly after he took office, in the fiscal year ended March 2021, net income fell to ¥4.0 billion on consolidated revenue of ¥74.9 billion, down from ¥20.6 billion the year before. In FY ended March 2022 the company recovered to revenue of ¥81.5 billion, operating income of ¥41.6 billion and net income of ¥29.7 billion. Growth continued, reaching revenue of ¥104.0 billion and operating income of ¥54.2 billion in FY ended March 2025, and revenue of ¥113.9 billion, operating income of ¥59.8 billion and net income of ¥41.4 billion in FY ended March 2026. Revenue was 1.4 times the ¥79.9 billion of the year before he took office.
Career
Career
USS
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jan 2004 | Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Headquarters, Nagoya Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2004 | Director, Deputy General Manager of Headquarters, Nagoya Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2006 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Okushon Operations Headquarters and General Manager, Nagoya Business Headquarters |
| Jun 2012 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Okushon Operations Headquarters |
| Jun 2015 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President |
| Jun 2019 | Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer |
USS Support Services
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2006 | Representative Director, President |
Abizu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2008 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- ユー・エス・エス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】