Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces changes of Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers (including changes in their areas of responsibility, etc.) of the following entities within the Group :
[Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG)]
| Name | New Position (Effective as of April 1, 2021) |
Current Position | ||
| Koji Fujiwara | Deputy Chairman & Executive Officer |
In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters |
－ | |
| Masahiro Otsuka | Reassigned | See Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Head of Retail & Business Banking Company |
[Mizuho Bank Ltd. (MHBK)]
| Name | New Position (Effective as of April 1, 2021) |
Current Position | ||
| Masahiko Kato | President & CEO (Representative Director) |
Managing Executive Officer |
In Charge of Banking and Head of Area 16 |
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| Koji Fujiwara | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman & Executive Officer |
President & CEO (Representative Director) |
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(Brief Personal Record of New Representative Director)
| Name | Masahiko Kato | |
| Business Experience | Apr. 2020 | Managing Executive Officer, In Charge of Banking and Head of Area 16 of MHBK (current) |
| Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Nagoya Corporate Banking Department of MHBK |
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| Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Seoul Branch of MHBK |
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| July 2016 |
General Manager of Seoul Branch of MHBK |
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| Nov. 2013 | General Manager of Hanoi Branch of MHBK | |
| Apr. 1988 | Joined our group | |
| Education | Mar. 1988 | Graduated from Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University |
| Date of Birth | May 23, 1965 | |
[Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (MHSC)]
| Name | New Position (Effective as of April 1, 2021) |
Current Position | ||
| Yoshiro Hamamoto |
President & CEO (Representative Director) |
Managing Executive Officer |
Head of Global Markets Division and Head of Global Markets |
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| Koichi Iida | Reassigned | See Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. | President & CEO (Representative Director) |
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(Brief Personal Record of New Representative Director)
| Name | Yoshiro Hamamoto | |
| Business Experience | Apr. 2020 | Managing Executive Officer, Joint Head of Global Markets Company of MHFG (current) Managing Executive Officer, Head of Global Markets Division and Head of Global Markets of MHSC (current) |
| Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer, In Charge of Strategic Planning for Asia & Oceania of MHSC and President & CEO of Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2018 | President & CEO of Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd. | |
| Apr. 2015 | Senior Executive, Syndication Business Division of MHSC | |
| Apr. 1990 | Joined our group | |
| Education | June 1997 | MBA, University of Pennsylvania |
| Mar. 1990 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University | |
| Date of Birth | January 24, 1967 | |
[Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.*]
| Name | New Position (Effective as of April 1, 2021) |
Current Position | |
| Masahiro Otsuka | President & CEO (Representative Director) |
－ | Senior Managing Executive Officer of MHFG |
| Koichi Iida | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman & Executive Officer |
－ | President & CEO (Representative Director) of MHSC |
| Yasumasa Mukai | Deputy President & Executive Officer (Representative Director) |
－ | President & CEO (Representative Director) of Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. |
| Yasuhiko Ushikubo | Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Executive Officer |
－ | President & CEO (Representative Director) of Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. |
| Junichi Kato | Retired | － | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman & Executive Officer of Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. |
＊ A core company formed through the merger of Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. and Mizuho Research Institute
Ltd. on April 1, 2021, to lead Mizuho’s non-financial business domains.
(Brief Personal Record of New Representative Director)
| Name | Masahiro Otsuka | |
| Business Experience | Apr. 2019 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Retail & Business Banking Company of MHFG(current) Member of the Board of Directors of MHTB (until Apr. 2020) Member of the Board of Directors of MHSC (until Apr. 2020) |
| May 2017 | Deputy President & Executive Officer (Representative Director) of Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2016 | Managing Executive Officer, Co-Head of Retail & Business Banking Division of MHBK |
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| Apr. 1986 | Joined our group | |
| Education | June 1992 | MBA, University of Southern California |
| Mar. 1986 | Graduated from School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University |
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| Date of Birth |
November 29, 1961 |
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| Name | Yasumasa Mukai | |
| Business Experience | Apr. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer, In Charge of Specific Business of IT & Systems Group of MHFG (current) President & CEO (Representative Director) of Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. (current) |
| Apr. 2016 | Specialist Officer, In Charge of IT & Systems Group of MHFG Senior Managing Director, In Charge of Banking System Group of Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. |
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| Apr. 1986 | Joined our group | |
| Education | Mar. 1986 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University |
| Date of Birth | January 25, 1964 | |
The management changes described above are subject to any approval or permission required being obtained from the relevant regulatory or other authorities.