Makoto Inoue joined ORIX Corporation (Formerly Orient Leasing Co., Ltd.) in 1975. In January 2003, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Head of the Investment Banking Headquarters. In February 2005, he was promoted to the position of Executive Officer and made Head of the Alternative Investment & Development Headquarters. In January 2006, Inoue was promoted to the position of Corporate Senior Vice President, and was made the executive officer responsible for the IT Planning Office in December of the same year. In May 2007, he became President of ORIX Computer Systems Corporation and a year later in June 2008, took charge of the newly established International Administrative Headquarters. In January 2009, Inoue was appointed Corporate Senior Vice President of the Global Business & Alternative Investment Headquarters, and became Corporate Executive Vice President in June.

Makoto Inoue was born in 1952.