Our Leadership Team
Toshimitsu Yoshinari
Toshi joined Glory in 1998 as Product Manager for Desktop Products and Financial Institutions Self-Service. He later moved to Glory Europe as Product and Marketing Manager for our EMEA Region. Following the acquisition of Talaris, he was a senior member of the team responsible for integrating the two companies. From 2013 to 2021, he led Glory’s Product Management and Marketing teams for the International Business.
Having lived in numerous countries including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Toshi has an extensive understanding of international markets. He is now based in Japan.
Toshi is an Executive Officer of GLORY LTD. and a board member of Glory’s subsidiary companies, Acrelec, Flooid, OneBanx, and Sitrade.
Michael Williams
CFO since May 2014 and COO since April 2018, Michael leads Glory’s Finance, Supply Chain, and Process Transformation functions. He has delivered growth and profitability in established global businesses through periods of significant change, including reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, and divestments. Big Four accounting firm-qualified, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Michael has led technical accounting conversion projects, process and cash flow efficiency drives, and IT implementations. He’s helped develop and take to market many start-up solution businesses. His experience spans international outsourced solutions and distribution, retail, rail, manufacturing, leasing, and motor.
Tomoko Fujita
Tomoko leads Business Planning and guides Global HR and Global Marketing for Glory’s International Business. She provides high-value strategic support to the CEO in areas including M&A. Tomoko ensures we maintain focus on developing our people and expanding our business with strong controls. She is a board member for both Glory Global Solutions and GLORY LTD. and serves as Chairperson of our subsidiary, Flooid.
Tomoko joined GGS in May 2012 soon after Glory acquired Talaris. She helped integrate the two businesses, working closely with the management of both companies. Since then, she has facilitated the creation and refinement of a series of strategic plans, and led a number of major acquisitions for the International Business.
Vincent Nakache
Vincent was appointed President, EMEA in April 2016. He leads operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa including direct and indirect operations in over 100 countries with more than 1,000 people. He is also an Executive Officer of GLORY LTD.
After graduating from the Institut Supérieur de Commerce de Paris, where he obtained a Master in Management degree, Vincent started his career at Xerox as a Sales Executive before being promoted to management. He left Xerox in 1990 to undertake a consultancy position for Learning International. Vincent joined De La Rue in late 1991 and built 17 years of deep expertise across roles including Sales and Marketing Director. He progressed to Managing Director of De La Rue France in April 2000. In 2008, he was part of the team that led the management buy-out to form Talaris and became President, EMEA Region.
Joseph Gnorski
Joe was appointed President, Americas of Glory Global Solutions in April 2024. He leads all operations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. His experience spans over 17 years with the company, serving in pivotal Sales and Marketing roles, driving significant revenue growth, enhancing operations, and expanding Glory's presence in key markets.
Before taking on his current role, Joe served as Executive Vice President of Retail, where he led sales to more than 200% growth over three years. He also served on the core team that designed a global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implemented in 14 countries.
Joe holds two master’s degrees from Loyola University Chicago—an MBA and a master’s in marketing—as well as a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Marquette University.
Ben Thorpe
Ben has been President, APAC since 2016. With 30 years of experience living and working in Asia, he is charged with growing Glory's business across more than 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Ben has held several leadership positions in Glory. He was previously Director of Global Marketing and Strategy, leading a team of global marketers to drive the integrated communications strategy. He was part of the core team that integrated the Glory and Talaris businesses, forming what today is Glory Global Solutions.
Ben is a committee member of the Asian Currency Management Association and a board member of the International Association of Currency Affairs. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Shingo Makita
Shingo has been appointed the Senior General Manager of the Service Business Division. He continues to serve as the China Regional Head and as a member of the Board for Glory Denshi Kogyo.
Shingo joined Glory in 1993. He began his global market activities by participating in the new Euro banknote project with the newly established Global Technical Support team in 1999. He worked at Glory’s Singapore subsidiary from 2004 for six years, executing direct maintenance services in Singapore and supporting Distributors in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Since 2012, he has been active in the integrated service working group with Talaris and Glory. In 2015, he initiated the Service business in Shanghai as the China Service Director and in 2020, he took on dual roles as the China Regional Head and General Manager of the Service Strategy department. At this time Shingo was also appointed to the Board of Glory Denshi Kogyo.
Martin Rose
Martin is an international lawyer leading the Legal, Insurance & Risk, Data Protection, Information Security and Information Systems Teams within Glory Global Solutions.
Martin has an extensive background in international acquisitions and in negotiating significant product sales and service orders with large multi-national and blue-chip clients, private and state-owned banks as well as multi-national retailers and suppliers.
He has worked at several leading international law firms and held a number of senior legal positions within global private equity portfolio companies, prior to joining the organisation in early 2008. Passionate and energetic, Martin brings a wealth of international experience to legal, compliance and governance matters within the company.
Takuya Onoe
Takuya was appointed Executive General Manager of Core Solution Office in April 2024 and is responsible for central sales to Financial, Retail and Food & Beverage customers.
Takuya joined Glory in 1993 as a trainer for the company’s “Open Teller System” - a major product in the Japan financial market. In 1995 he transferred to the central sales division and worked to expand sales of this product to regional banks and credit unions across Japan.
In 2001, he was assigned to the overseas marketing team to grow the business to 10 billion JPY. From 2007 he served as manager of the technical support team, and after integrating the central service departments of GLORY and Talaris companies, became the Senior General Manager of this department.
Minoru Higashiyama
Minoru was appointed Senior General Manager of Software Platform Business Division in April 2024 and is responsible for the company’s cloud-based UBIQULAR software business including development and operations. Minoru is also a Non-Executive Director of Flooid.
After graduating from the Okayama University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in information technology, Minoru started his career at Glory as a software engineer in 1995. He joined Glory Systems Inc (GSI) in USA in 1999 to develop a new Cash Vault solution eVAS which is developed in pure Java. He returned to Glory Japan in 2006 and developed a new interface for the company’s RB500 cash deposit and withdrawal solution.
In 2008 Minoru became a member of the retail solution taskforce responsible for planning, designing, developing and introducing the company’s market leading CASHINFINITY solutions. He became a manager of L3 support of GGS in 2013, and General Manager of System development department, GLORY LTD. Since 2018 Minoru has been leading the company’s innovation and new business development teams.
Toyofumi Iwami
Toyofumi was appointed CDO of International Business Company's Development & Quality Assurance Office in April 2021, and is responsible for the development and quality assurance of all products, including software for markets outside Japan.
Toyofumi joined Glory in 1991 as a mechanical engineer developing WAVE and EN, the main products for the Japan financial market. In 1998, he joined the Core Technology Development Division, and when Japan issued new banknotes in 2004, he led the successful development of a new bill validator that was significantly improved with mass production in mind.
His career in the International Business began in 2011 as the development general manager for RBG-100/200/300 products. In addition, with the acquisition of Talaris in 2012, he began integration work with the GGS development team, and from 2013, was appointed Senior General Manager. Through the management of the GGS development team, he has been working to create technology synergies and optimize the development base.
Since 2021, in his role as Chief Development Officer, Toyofumi has led the renewal of the company’s two largest product portfolios: GLR for the financial industry and CI-X for the retail industry.
