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Name

Language Discovery Group

Established (Group)

2013

Capital (Group)

Approximately 120 million yen

Group CEO

Frank Noda

Office

Japan: Palaygo Japan Inc.

〒104-0061 Sagami Building 2F 7-13-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo TEL: 050-1754-3014

Australia : Language Discovery Australia Pty Ltd

Level17, 31 Queen St, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia

China branch: Palaygo China (HK) Ltd

607 Yen Sheng Center 64 Hoi Yuen Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Supporting Partners

Japan Association for the Promotion of English for Children (JAPEC)

Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.

ECC Co., Ltd. and others

LANGUAGE DISCOVERY GROUP Language Discovery Group in Australia provides online and offline international communication programs for English language learners to schools and organizations. Palaygo has worked with governments, local governments, educators and families around the world to make foreign languages accessible to students.

Management Structure

Frank Noda

Founder and CEO

Spent his elementary school years in Australia, and graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. Worked in overseas sales for computer equipment at Sony headquarters, and simultaneously interpreted for BBC World (London). Graduated with an MBA from the University of Melbourne, and is an English instructor. Founded this business. Raised children in Japan, the UK, and Australia.

Paul Butler

Australia Group Director

He has experience in finance and senior management roles in the Asia Pacific region in the health and consumer goods, IT, consulting and software industries, and currently manages the revenue accounting for French software company Dassault Systèmes (3DS). He has served as Vice Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce and Industry and as a director of the Japan-Australia Victoria Society. He is a Certified Public Accountant, has an MBA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Directors.

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