Byside Appoints Kunihiro Okamoto as Outside Director
For a buyer-side M&A advisory firm whose deal sourcing and execution support have expanded, the appointment puts technology and AI oversight at the management level rather than in a single business unit.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Byside Inc., an M&A advisory firm focused on buyer-side companies, appointed Kunihiro Okamoto as an outside director effective September 15, 2026. Okamoto has served as CTO in the human resources business domain, most recently as VP of Engineering at PERSOLKELLY since April 2025, and the company expects his work on system development, AI use, and DX promotion to improve its management foundation.
Byside Inc. named Kunihiro Okamoto as an outside director effective September 15, 2026. Okamoto was previously CTO at Persol Career, where he became CTO in 2022, and since April 2025 has been VP of Engineering at PERSOLKELLY, the Asia-Pacific human resources services company jointly established by Persol Holdings and US-based Kelly Services. Byside says the appointment is meant to draw on his experience in system development, AI use, and DX promotion as the firm builds the system infrastructure behind its M&A advisory work.
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