Announcement - New Director Appointed

ECOMMIT Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Masato Yamamoto, Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Japan Business at Mercari, Inc., as an Outside Director.

・Appointment
Outside Director：Masato Yamamoto
Current Titles:Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Mercari, Japan Business / Director of Merpay, Inc. / Director of Mercoin, Inc.

・Date of Appointment
October 1, 2025

Profiles
Masato Yamamoto
Yamamoto completed his master’s in the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo in 2004. After working at NTT Docomo, he began working as the Head of Partner Sales in the Enterprise Division at Google Japan in 2008. In 2014, he became the Head of Business Development and Sales at Square Japan, and in 2016, he became the Head of Apple Pay Merchant Business at Apple Japan. He joined Merpay as Chief Business Officer in April 2018, where he oversaw general business operations, such as credit design and merchant development. He was appointed Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer of Merpay in January 2022; Vice President, Chief Executive Officer (Fintech) in July 2022; and Mercari Vice President, Chief Executive Officer (Marketplace) in November 2023. In January 2024, he assumed the positions of Mercari Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Japan Region, and Chief Executive Officer (Marketplace).　He was appointed Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Japan Region since March 2025. He has been in his current position as Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Japan Business in July 2025.