New Square Enix president will review the entire company, Wada staying
Square Enix has a new president, Yosuke Matsuda. Current president Yoichi Wada will be on his way out by June.
What lies ahead for Square Enix now that there’s a new man in charge? Matsuda gave a brief update during a briefing session:
“After having succeeded the important role as the president, I plan on reviewing all Square Enix duties, business and assets on a zero-based budgeting standpoint. Due to the radical change of environment, I’d like to fundamentally review what works and what doesn’t work for our company, then cast all of our resources towards extending what makes us successful and thoroughly squeezing out what doesn’t.
As far as a concrete plan on what to expect from us, I will further explain it on another briefing session in the near future, so I kindly ask for your patience. Thank you for your support.”
Phil Rogers will act as Square Enix Holdings’ new director. He’s currently the CEO of Square Enix Europe.
Finally, there’s a few last words from Yoichi Wada. Despite the fact that he’s stepped down as president of Square Enix, he will remain with the company. What exactly his new role entails is unclear.
“As an employee, I believe it is my duty to help the company and give proper results from it. I will be retiring from the line of management, but I plan to work on site as a way to pay my debt to the company.”
