Polaris Holdings Co., Ltd. appointed Takashi Handa as CFO. Mr. Takashi Handa spent 15 years as a senior accounting and audit professional at Arthur Andersen (Currently KPMG AZSA LLC) where he had considerable domestic and overseas experience focused audit & assurance as well as M&A advisory service including cross-border transactions. After leaving Arthur Anderson, Mr. Handa joined Morgan Stanley Capital K.K. as Controller responsible for accounting and tax matters for real estate fund investments as well as working in the CFO role at several Morgan Stanley portfolio companies.

In 2011, Mr. Handa established his own professional practice which quickly grew into a leading advisory and M&A advisory firm providing services to real estate funds and renewable energy related companies. Mr. Handa has extensive experience serving as a board member and director of several publicly listed companies in Japan. Since June 2019, Mr. Handa has been an Independent Director of Polaris, serving as Audit Supervisory Board Member and has provided significant professional advice to Polaris management while engaged in conducting the audit for the Company Directors.

Oct. 1990 Arthur Andersen (Currently KPMG AZSA LLC) May 1996 Registered as a CPA May 2005 Morgan Stanley Capital K.K., Vice President May 2011 White Bear International Audit & Co. (Currently Mazars Audit Corporation), Founder and Representative Partner Jun.

2014 Zuken Inc., Corporate Auditor (Current) Takashi Handa Feb. 9, 1967 May 2017 Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund, Supervisory Officer (Current) Dec. 2017 Mazars FAS, Founder and Representative Director Jun.

2019 Polaris, External Director and Audit Supervisory Board Member (Current) Apr. 2021 G.K. Tokyo Prime Accounting Officer, Founder and Representative Partner (Current).