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Leadership
- Management Team
- Board Members
Yasufumi Hirai
Group Executive Vice President, CIO & CISO of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Chairman of Rakuten India
Yasufumi Hirai
Group Executive Vice President, CIO & CISO of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Chairman of Rakuten India
Yasufumi (Yasu) Hirai is Group Executive Vice President, CIO and CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) of Rakuten, Inc. a leader in internet services and global innovation headquartered in Japan. In his role as CIO and CISO, Hirai is responsible for the evolution of Rakuten ecosystem services, as well as managing group-wide IT infrastructure and information security governance. He is currently Advisor of the Japan Association of New Economy (JANE), Board Member of Japan Institute of Information Technology, and Director of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hiroshi Takasawa
Group Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Director of Rakuten India
Hiroshi Takasawa
Group Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Director of Rakuten India
Hiroshi Takasawa is President of Rakuten’s Investment and Incubation Company and is responsible for Rakuten Capital, managing various investment funds including Rakuten Ventures, Rakuten FinTech Fund, Rakuten Global EC Fund and the company’s mobility investments. He joined Rakuten in 2005 and established Rakuten Strategic Partners, a private equity investment platform under which he actively engaged in venture investments, buyout investments and other transactions. He has contributed to many of Rakuten’s merger and acquisition deals and post-merger integration processes, primarily in financial services. He is a member of the Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals.
Tsubasa Shiraishi
General Manager of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Vice Chairman of Rakuten India
Tsubasa Shiraishi
General Manager of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Vice Chairman of Rakuten India
With a rich global experience of business strategy, development and management across multiple domains for around 20 years, Tsubasa Shiraishi drives Rakuten India towards achieving its goal of becoming a global innovation hub.
Hisada Naojiro
Group Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Director of Rakuten India
Hisada Naojiro
Group Executive Officer of Rakuten Group, Inc.
Director of Rakuten India
Hisada Naojiro comes with a wide experience of technology organization, Infrastructure, application engineering, IT finance and procurement. In addition to that he also drives the blockchain lab as cutting edge technology for Rakuten and is leading Rakuten China's Technology Division as global innovation hub.
Sunil Gopinath
CEO of Rakuten India
Sunil is currently Sr. Vice President of Products and CEO of Rakuten India. Sunil is currently responsible for scaling out the product and technology footprint for Rakuten across a wide range of Rakuten’s global businesses & Technology initiatives. He is also particularly excited about his role in driving the rapid proliferation of Data Sciences & AI as a culture and as a platform across Rakuten’s products & businesses.
Prior to Rakuten, Sunil was the Product head of India’s #1 Ecommerce company Flipkart’s Marketplace Division, where he helped build out all the products and tools needed to scale the Marketplace business to a $2B+ business with over 100,000 merchants.
He has also held senior leadership roles globally in companies like Intel & Qualcomm driving innovation in Mobile, Wearable Devices & Location Based Services.
Sunil has an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and a MS from Virginia Tech.
Sunil Gopinath
CEO of Rakuten India
Sunil is currently Sr. Vice President of Products and CEO of Rakuten India. Sunil is currently responsible for scaling out the product and technology footprint for Rakuten across a wide range of Rakuten’s global businesses & Technology initiatives. He is also particularly excited about his role in driving the rapid proliferation of Data Sciences & AI as a culture and as a platform across Rakuten’s products & businesses.
Prior to Rakuten, Sunil was the Product head of India’s #1 Ecommerce company Flipkart’s Marketplace Division, where he helped build out all the products and tools needed to scale the Marketplace business to a $2B+ business with over 100,000 merchants.
He has also held senior leadership roles globally in companies like Intel & Qualcomm driving innovation in Mobile, Wearable Devices & Location Based Services.
Sunil has an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and a MS from Virginia Tech.
Narendra Narayana
MD of Rakuten Symphony
Narendra Narayana
MD of Rakuten Symphony
Naren comes with over 2 decades of experience working across various domains and he currently heads Rakuten Symphony in India. Along with playing a vital role in innovating new products, Naren's energetic attitude keeps the organisation’s spirits high!
Nalini George
CPO of Rakuten India
Nalini George
CPO of Rakuten India
The Chief people officer of the organization brings with her over 20 years of experience in working across multiple cultures including India, Japan, USA, UK, Canada and Korea. Under Nalini’s leadership, she has successfully implemented HR strategies and best practices aligned with the organization’s global mandate within a short span of time. Through her growth-driven approach, in-depth expertise and astute style of working, Nalini continues to play a significant role in transforming the face of HR, driving employee initiatives at org-level, and establishing employer-brand value globally.
News & Events
Rakuten Product Conference – Applied AI 2021
Event Aug 19th & 20th
