Shohei Murai
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined JUSCO (now AEON) in March 1974. He became head of the Leasing Division in March 2001 and head of the Shopping Center Business Division in February 2002, advancing to Managing Executive Officer in May 2004 and Senior Managing Executive Officer in May 2006. He became Representative Director and President of AEON Retail in April 2008, and from April 2009 also served as CEO of the GMS business at AEON itself. He was an AEON business head who had come up through general merchandise stores and commercial facility development.
Selection
In May 2013 he succeeded Michio Kuwahara as Representative Director and President. In the fiscal year ended February 2013, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥772.8 billion, with an ordinary loss of ¥3.7 billion and a net loss of ¥3.7 billion, the third straight year of net losses since the FY ended February 2011. In the FY ended February 2011 the major shareholders were AEON with 19.85%, Marubeni with 18.41% and Marubeni Retail Investment with 10.00%, a capital structure split between Marubeni and AEON. He was sent in while remaining an AEON Senior Managing Executive Officer.
Initiatives
In August 2013, three months after he took office, AEON launched a tender offer and Daiei became a consolidated subsidiary of AEON. In the fiscal year ended February 2014, his first, consolidated net sales were ¥756.5 billion, with an ordinary loss of ¥9.3 billion and a net loss of ¥24.3 billion, the net loss widening from ¥3.7 billion the year before. Annual securities reports ended with that year, and no later results were disclosed. He was the President who closed out the company's final year as a listed company.
Career
Career
Jasuko
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1974 | Joined |
| Mar 2001 | General Manager, Rishingu Headquarters |
| Feb 2002 | General Manager, SC Business Headquarters |
| Feb 2004 | in charge of Sales |
| May 2004 | Managing Corporate Executive Officer |
| Feb 2005 | in charge of GMS Business |
| Apr 2006 | in charge of GMS Business and in charge of Sales |
| May 2006 | Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer |
| Apr 2007 | in charge of Sales and GMS Business EC, Chairman |
| Sep 2007 | in charge of Sales and Merchandise, GMS Business EC, Chairman |
Aeon Retail
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2008 | Representative Director, President |
Aeon
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| May 2008 | in charge of Sales and Merchandise, Representative Director, President, Aeon Retail |
| Apr 2009 | GMS Business, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, President, Aeon Retail |
| May 2009 | Corporate Executive Officer and Representative Director, President, Aeon Retail |
| Mar 2011 | Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer and Representative Director, President, Aeon Retail |
| Mar 2013 | Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chairman, Aeon Retail |
The Daiei
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2013 | Advisor, Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer and Representative Director, Chairman, Aeon, Aeon Retail |
| May 2013 | Representative Director, President and Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer, Aeon |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- ダイエー 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】