Announcement Regarding the Appointment of Representative Chairman and President

Blueship Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "the Company") announces that it will transition to a new executive structure effective April 1, 2026, as follows.

Since its establishment, the Company has supported the promotion of digital transformation for a wide range of government and private sector clients under the vision of "Solving social issues through IT service management."

This change in the executive structure aims to further strengthen the collaboration with Japan System Co., Ltd., with whom we have a capital and business alliance, and to enhance the service delivery capabilities of the entire group as we move into our next growth phase. Through this, we aim to establish a system that can respond quickly and with high quality to increasingly diverse and complex customer issues.

Under the new structure, we will further deepen the field capabilities and relationships of trust with our customers that we have cultivated to date. By strengthening our collaboration with Japan System, we will realize expanded access to specialized talent and resources, improved ability to handle large-scale and complex projects, and further improvements in service quality and stability.

There will be no changes to our business structure, contract details, or services currently provided due to this change. We will continue to provide stable services with the same structure as before and strive for further quality improvement.

■ New Executive Structure (Effective April 1, 2026)
Representative Chairman and CEO: Katsuya Matsuno
*Concurrently serving as Representative President of Japan System Co., Ltd.

President and COO: Masaki Kanai
*Concurrently serving as Executive CSO / General Manager of ServiceNow Business Division at Japan System Co., Ltd.

■ Reference: Profiles of New Executives
Katsuya Matsuno, Representative Chairman and CEO
He has held key positions for over 20 years in major departments such as enterprise sales, system integration, consulting, and software business at IBM Japan and Oracle Japan. Subsequently, as a Director and Executive at Konica Minolta, he promoted the transformation of the business portfolio from printing equipment-centric to IT business-centric. Most recently, he contributed to the expansion of domestic business as Vice President of Genpact Japan. He became Representative President of Japan System Co., Ltd. in October 2025 and will concurrently serve as Representative Chairman and CEO of Blueship Co., Ltd. from April 2026.

Masaki Kanai, President and COO
He engaged in strategic consulting, mainly in the IT and public sectors, at BayCurrent Consulting and PwC Consulting (currently Strategy&). In addition to strategy formulation, he has experience in hands-on business turnaround. He led the launch and expansion of the strategic consulting business for large enterprises at Mizuho Research & Technologies. Later, he was responsible for strategy formulation and promotion at ADK Marketing Solutions. He joined Japan System Co., Ltd. in December 2021 and led the formulation and execution of the medium-term management plan as CSO. He will concurrently serve as General Manager of the ServiceNow Business Division in March 2026 and as President and COO of Blueship Co., Ltd. from April of the same year.

■ Company Overview
Headquarters: JRE Yoyogi 1-chome Building, 1-22-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: March 18, 2004
Capital: 30 million yen
Representative: Katsuya Matsuno, Representative Chairman
Business Description: Service transition, digital workflow construction services, digital transformation implementation support
Corporate URL: https://www.blueship.co.jp