Reika Isabel Nakao Appointed as External Director
Ellyne Co., Ltd. welcomes Reika Isabel Nakao as an external director. Leveraging her extensive knowledge of financial markets, the company aims to strengthen corporate governance and enhance its management structure for an IPO.
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Ellyne Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Katsuhito Asano) announced on December 26, 2025, that Reika Isabel Nakao was appointed as an external director.
Ms. Nakao has approximately 15 years of financial career in foreign investment banks, including UBS Securities Co., Ltd. and Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd., where she engaged in global market operations and gained deep knowledge and management experience in financial markets and institutional investors. She has also served as an executive officer responsible for finance and IR at GA technologies Co., Ltd., a major real estate tech company, where she contributed to promoting growth strategies utilizing both debt and equity, including executing overseas public offerings and M&A finance in the US. Furthermore, she has served as an external director at Gunosy Inc., Grooves Inc., and Tenma Corporation. Combining her financial expertise with management experience at operating companies, she has accumulated achievements in both corporate restructuring and growth phases, and has also worked on building organizational foundations where diverse talent can grow. Currently, she serves as the Representative Director of Mathis Capital Inc., a financial professional deeply familiar with capital markets, solving corporate finance issues.
Regarding the background of the appointment:
Ellyne, since its establishment in 2008, has consistently advocated for "on-site focus" and "new initiatives," addressing the construction industry's pervasive issues of low productivity and profitability. Since 2019, the company has actively pursued M&A to enhance profitability by resolving the fragmented subcontracting structure. From 2021, it expanded its scope, initiating "integrated structural works" by consolidating the expertise of its group companies to undertake all general structural works, including scaffolding, formwork, rebar, and steel frames. By welcoming Ms. Nakao, who possesses rich practical experience and insights from the financial industry and operating companies including listed firms, Ellyne aims to accelerate its growth by having her supervise and advise on management decisions from a capital market perspective.
Comment from Reika Isabel Nakao:
I am deeply honored to have this opportunity to join Ellyne Co., Ltd. as an external director. My experience in foreign financial institutions, combined with practical involvement in finance and IR at listed companies and growth companies, has shown me that even the most excellent strategies do not realize value on their own; value is only created when the efforts of each individual working on-site are fully unleashed. I deeply resonate with President Asano's commitment, since the company's founding, to "on-site focus" and directly tackling the challenges of the construction industry, striving to build a company that maximizes the value of its on-site workers. I will fulfill my mission to contribute to solving industry challenges and, by extension, Japan's social issues through Ellyne's growth.
Message from Representative Director and President CEO Katsuhito Asano:
As the representative of Ellyne Group, I am delighted to welcome Ms. Nakao as an external director. Since our establishment in 2008, driven by two aspirations—"to improve the working environment for our colleagues on-site" and "to meet our customers' expectations"—we have expanded our bases nationwide and engaged in M&A. I am confident that by leveraging Ms. Nakao's extensive experience and achievements in finance and capital markets for our capital policy and external communication, we can further powerfully accelerate the promotion of our growth strategy and the resolution of construction industry challenges.
Ellyne Co., Ltd. Company Overview:
Build the Grid – Under the philosophy of "Gridding people and sites," since its establishment in 2008, the company has expanded its construction types from its foundational scaffolding work to integrated structural works such as formwork, rebar work, steel structure work, concrete work, demolition work, and renovation work, undertaking everything from demolition to underground and above-ground structural work, playing a central role in construction projects.
Company Name: Ellyne Co., Ltd.
Head Office: 2-1-11 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Katsuhito Asano, Representative Director and President
Established: December 16, 2008
Capital: 100 million yen
Business Activities: Structural Sub-contracting Business
URL: https://lline-group.co.jp/
Contact for inquiries: https://lline-group.co.jp/contact/
Ms. Nakao has approximately 15 years of financial career in foreign investment banks, including UBS Securities Co., Ltd. and Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd., where she engaged in global market operations and gained deep knowledge and management experience in financial markets and institutional investors. She has also served as an executive officer responsible for finance and IR at GA technologies Co., Ltd., a major real estate tech company, where she contributed to promoting growth strategies utilizing both debt and equity, including executing overseas public offerings and M&A finance in the US. Furthermore, she has served as an external director at Gunosy Inc., Grooves Inc., and Tenma Corporation. Combining her financial expertise with management experience at operating companies, she has accumulated achievements in both corporate restructuring and growth phases, and has also worked on building organizational foundations where diverse talent can grow. Currently, she serves as the Representative Director of Mathis Capital Inc., a financial professional deeply familiar with capital markets, solving corporate finance issues.
Regarding the background of the appointment:
Ellyne, since its establishment in 2008, has consistently advocated for "on-site focus" and "new initiatives," addressing the construction industry's pervasive issues of low productivity and profitability. Since 2019, the company has actively pursued M&A to enhance profitability by resolving the fragmented subcontracting structure. From 2021, it expanded its scope, initiating "integrated structural works" by consolidating the expertise of its group companies to undertake all general structural works, including scaffolding, formwork, rebar, and steel frames. By welcoming Ms. Nakao, who possesses rich practical experience and insights from the financial industry and operating companies including listed firms, Ellyne aims to accelerate its growth by having her supervise and advise on management decisions from a capital market perspective.
Comment from Reika Isabel Nakao:
I am deeply honored to have this opportunity to join Ellyne Co., Ltd. as an external director. My experience in foreign financial institutions, combined with practical involvement in finance and IR at listed companies and growth companies, has shown me that even the most excellent strategies do not realize value on their own; value is only created when the efforts of each individual working on-site are fully unleashed. I deeply resonate with President Asano's commitment, since the company's founding, to "on-site focus" and directly tackling the challenges of the construction industry, striving to build a company that maximizes the value of its on-site workers. I will fulfill my mission to contribute to solving industry challenges and, by extension, Japan's social issues through Ellyne's growth.
Message from Representative Director and President CEO Katsuhito Asano:
As the representative of Ellyne Group, I am delighted to welcome Ms. Nakao as an external director. Since our establishment in 2008, driven by two aspirations—"to improve the working environment for our colleagues on-site" and "to meet our customers' expectations"—we have expanded our bases nationwide and engaged in M&A. I am confident that by leveraging Ms. Nakao's extensive experience and achievements in finance and capital markets for our capital policy and external communication, we can further powerfully accelerate the promotion of our growth strategy and the resolution of construction industry challenges.
Ellyne Co., Ltd. Company Overview:
Build the Grid – Under the philosophy of "Gridding people and sites," since its establishment in 2008, the company has expanded its construction types from its foundational scaffolding work to integrated structural works such as formwork, rebar work, steel structure work, concrete work, demolition work, and renovation work, undertaking everything from demolition to underground and above-ground structural work, playing a central role in construction projects.
Company Name: Ellyne Co., Ltd.
Head Office: 2-1-11 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Katsuhito Asano, Representative Director and President
Established: December 16, 2008
Capital: 100 million yen
Business Activities: Structural Sub-contracting Business
URL: https://lline-group.co.jp/
Contact for inquiries: https://lline-group.co.jp/contact/