NEWS

Summary
 

1. DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc. was established on April 1, 2020 as the first step of a New Digital Shift Strategy
2. Noboru Hachimine, President & Group CEO of OPT Holding, Inc., was appointed President of DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc.
3. Takeshi Isozumi, former Managing Director of Funai Soken Holdings Inc., was appointed Director of DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc.

 
 
OPT Holding, Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & Group CEO: Noboru Hachimine, hereinafter “the Company”), which is leading corporate digital shift across Japan, has amended the Articles of Incorporation of its wholly-owned subsidiary DIGITAL SHIFT ACADEMY, Inc. to expand the OPT Group’s digital shift business, and established DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc. on April 1, 2020, to provide a one-stop shop for all the necessary digital shift management resources and to help companies achieve digital shift(*1).

Digital shift is now the biggest business challenge for all Japanese companies, regardless of their size, industry, or location. Global megatech companies such as GAFA and BATH have emerged as platformers, and all industries are being forced to restructure. In order for Japanese companies and the Japanese economy to achieve further development, it is important to be able to leverage the strengths of the company from a cross-industry perspective and to achieve a change centered on the digital shift in corporate management.

In response to this situation, the Company announced in its “New Digital Shift Strategy” published on February 12, 2020 that it will change its trade name to DIGITAL HOLDINGS, Inc.(* 2) effective July 1, 2020, and provide support in four areas: people, things, money, and information.

The Company hereby announces that DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc. will provide digital shift consulting services, B2B information subscription services, professional staffing services, and financial support services as the first step of the New Digital Shift Strategy.
 
Noboru Hachimine, who is scheduled to be appointed Chairman of DIGITAL HOLDINGS, Inc., will also be appointed President of DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc.(*3), and will lead the Group in strengthening its digital shift services. At the same time, to strengthen the Company’s digital shift consulting services, Takeshi Isozumi, former Managing Director of Funai Soken Holdings Inc., has been recruited as Director of DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc., and the Company aims to provide services to 100 companies as soon as possible.

The Group will combine the assets of Group companies, including DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc., to guide the transformation through digital shift, and will continue to contribute to the sustained growth of Japanese companies.
 
 

■ Inquiries related to the services provided by DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc.
Contact: Takahashi
e-mail: info@ds-a.co.jp

■ Overview of the new company (as of April 1, 2020)
Company Name: DIGITAL SHIFT, Inc.
Corporate Officers:

President       Noboru Hachimine
Director Kosuke Yoshida

Director Takeshi Isozumi

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kaoru Tokawa

*1 The trade name was changed from DIGITAL SHIFT ACADEMY, Inc.
* 2 Subject to proposal and approval of Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation (change of trade name) at the 26th General Meeting of Shareholders of OPT Holding, Inc. held on March 27, 2020.
* 3 Expected to be appointed President by the Board of Directors composed of newly elected Directors.