Yoichi Wada Has Become an Outside Board Member of Genda
Genda announced that it added former Square Enix President Yoichi Wada as an outside board member. The company, currently known for running Sega’s amusement facilities, added that Wada’s management experience will help it build an even stronger management structure. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
Born in 1959, Yoichi Wada quickly rose through the ranks in his career after joining Square in April 2000. In just eight months, he became the CEO of the company in December 2000. He also oversaw the merger between Square and Enix, which concluded in 2003, and was appointed as the new company’s president. Wada also became Taito’s president after the subsidiary, acquired in 2005, was restructured in 2006. In the same year, he became the chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, which primarily holds the annual Tokyo Game Show.