Leadership

Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of Mizuho Financial Group.

Board of Directors

Title/Name	Status of Major Concurrent Office
Member of the Board of Directors Masahiro Kihara^* Business Experience	Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors Hidekatsu Take^* Business Experience	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors Mitsuhiro Kanazawa Business Experience	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors Takefumi Yonezawa Business Experience	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Chairman (Kaicho), Member of the Board of Directors Seiji Imai Business Experience	–
Member of the Board of Directors Hisaaki Hirama Business Experience	–
Member of the Board of Directors Yoshimitsu Kobayashi Business Experience	Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
Member of the Board of Directors Ryoji Sato Business Experience	Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company
Member of the Board of Directors Takashi Tsukioka Business Experience	Honorary Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. Outside Director of MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors Kotaro Ohno Business Experience	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd. Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai
Member of the Board of Directors Hiromichi Shinohara Business Experience	Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation Executive Advisor, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Member of the Board of Directors Izumi Kobayashi Business Experience	Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. Outside Director of OMRON Corporation
Member of the Board of Directors Yumiko Noda Business Experience	Chairman and Representative Director, Veolia Japan GK Outside Director, East Japan Railway Company Outside Director, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Member of the Board of Directors Takakazu Uchida Business Experience	–

(As of July 1, 2024)

Notes:

^* indicates directors concurrently serving as executive officers as defined in the Companies Act.
Messrs. Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Ryoji Sato, Takashi Tsukioka, Kotaro Ohno, Hiromichi Shinohara, Takakazu Uchida and Mses. Izumi Kobayashi, Yumiko Noda satisfying the requirements for outside directors, as defined in the Companies Act of Japan, and those for independent directors, as difined both by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and by Mizuho Financial Group.
The designation of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and the designation of committee members and the Chairperson of each committee are as follows:
Chairperson of the Board of Directors: Izumi Kobayashi
Nominating Committee members:
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (Chairperson), Takashi Tsukioka, Kotaro Ohno, Hiromichi Shinohara and Izumi Kobayashi
Compensation Committee members:
Takashi Tsukioka (Chairperson), Yumiko Noda and Takakazu Uchida
Audit Committee members:
Ryoji Sato (Chairperson), Kotaro Ohno, Takakazu Uchida and Hisaaki Hirama
Risk Committee members:
Hisaaki Hirama (Chairperson), Izumi Kobayashi, Yumiko Noda, Rintaro Tamaki (External Expert) and Hiroshi Naka (External Expert)
IT / Digital Transformation Committee members:
Hiromichi Shinohara (Chairperson), Takashi Tsukioka, Hisaaki Hirama, Masatsugu Shimono (External Expert) and Masami Yamamoto (External Expert)

Executive Officers

Executive Officers as Defined in the Companies Act

Title	Name	Areas of Oversight	Major Concurrent Office
President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer)	Masahiro Kihara	Group CEO	Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer)	Hidekatsu Take	Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company / In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Kazutoshi Isogai	Head of Retail & Business Banking Company	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Masayuki Sugawara	Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Company	Deputy President (Representative Director) of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Kenya Koshimizu	Co–Head of Global Markets Company	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Daishi Sasaki	Co–Head of Global Markets Company	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Noriyuki Sato	Head of Asset Management Company / In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Tsutomu Yamamoto	Head of Global Transaction Banking Unit	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Yasuhiko Ushikubo	Head of Research & Consulting Unit / Group Chief Sustainability Officer (Group CSuO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd
Senior Executive Officer	Naoshi Inomata	Group Chief Strategy Officer (Group CSO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Deputy President (Represrntative Director) of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Minako Nakamoto	Group Chief Governance Officer (Group CGO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Takefumi Yonezawa	Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Shiro Shiraishi	Group Chief Risk Officer (Group CRO)	Executive Managing Director of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Nobuhiro Kaminoyama	Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO) / Group Chief Digital Officer(Group CDO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Natsumi Akita	Group Chief Culture Officer (Group CCuO) / Group Chief Branding Officer(Group CBO)	Managing Executive Officer Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Mitsuhiro Kanazawa	Group Chief Information Officer (Group CIO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd
Senior Executive Officer	Shinichiro Hihara	Group Co-Chief Information Officer (Group Co-CIO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Hideki Tsujimori	Group Chief Process Officer (Group CPrO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Makoto Matsubara	Group Chief Compliance Officer (Group CCO)	Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer	Hisashi Kikuchi	Group Chief Audit Executive (Group CAE)	Member of the Board of Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd

(As of July 1, 2024)