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Board Appointments
Taichi Hattori, formerly CFO of Indeed and SHIFT, and Michiko Kato, CIO and partner at Woven Capital and CEO of Toyota Invention Partners, have joined WHILL’s board. The Japan-born personal mobility company said the appointments are intended to strengthen its management foundation worldwide and expand strategic partnerships.
Experience in Growth and Governance
WHILL said Hattori is expected to support business growth and governance through management experience in Japan and overseas. His career included international business and alliance work at NTT Communications, overseas development and investment strategy at Recruit Holdings, and senior executive and CFO roles at Indeed. At SHIFT, he was involved in M&A strategy.
Mobility and Investment Expertise
Kato has worked in investments and M&A at Morgan Stanley, the International Finance Corporation and Unison Capital. She helped launch Woven Capital and led global strategic investments after joining TRI-AD, later Woven by Toyota, in 2020. WHILL said she is expected to strengthen collaboration in mobility and MaaS, building on her investment and Toyota Group experience; she led Woven Capital’s investment in WHILL in 2022.
