Global-e Online Ltd. announced that Mr. Gen Tsuchikawa, CEO of Sony Ventures Corporation, has joined the board of directors as an independent member, effective as of November 29, 2023. Mr. Tsuchikawa will serve as a non-executive director and as a member of the board of directors' Compensation Committee and Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, in replacement for Mr. Thomas Studd, a partner at Vitruvian Partners, who has recently stepped down from the board. Mr. Tsuchikawa is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer at Sony Ventures Corporation, where he directs the venture investment arm of Sony Group Corporation, known as the Sony Innovation Fund.

He established the Sony Innovation Fund on behalf of Sony in 2016 and directs investments in transformational technologies shaping the future of business, entertainment, and society around the world. Mr. Tsuchikawa has spent nearly 20 years at Sony, where he also currently serves as a Corporate Vice President and previously served in several executive roles at Sony, leading Corporate Development, M&A, Business Development, and Investors Relations. Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Tsuchikawa spent 20 years in the finance industry at Merril Lynch and the Industrial Bank of Japan.

He holds a B.A. from Hitotsubashi University in Japan and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.