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.
Member of the Board of Directors, Chairperson (Kaicho), Seiji Imai Business Experience	–
Member of the Board of Directors Hisaaki Hirama Business Experience	–
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) Izumi Kobayashi Business Experience	Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. Outside Director of OMRON Corporation
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) Yoshimitsu Kobayashi Business Experience	Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) Ryoji Sato Business Experience	Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) 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 (Outside Director) Kotaro Ohno Business Experience	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd.  Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) Hiromichi Shinohara Business Experience	Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation Executive Advisor, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) 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 (Outside Director) Takakazu Uchida Business Experience	–

(As of April 1, 2025)

Notes:

1. ^* indicates directors concurrently serving as corporate executives as defined in the Companies Act.
2. Ms. Izumi Kobayashi, Mr. Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Mr. Ryoji Sato, Mr. Takashi Tsukioka, Mr. Kotaro Ohno, Mr. Hiromichi Shinohara, Ms. Yumiko Noda and Mr. Takakazu Uchida satisfying the requirements for outside directors, as defined in the Companies Act, and those for independent directors, as difined both by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and by Mizuho Financial Group.
3. 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), Izumi Kobayashi, Takashi Tsukioka, Kotaro Ohno and Hiromichi Shinohara
   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)

 

Corporate Executives & Executive Officers^*

 

Name	Title & Areas of Oversight
Masahiro Kihara	President & Group CEO (Representative Corporate Executive)
Hidekatsu Take	Deputy President & Corporate Executive (Representative Corporate Executive) Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company / In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Suneel Bakhshi	Deputy President & Executive Officer In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Kazutoshi Isogai	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Co-Head of Retail & Business Banking Company
Ryusei Adachi	Senior Managing Executive Officer Co-Head of Retail & Business Banking Company
Masayuki Sugawara	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Company
Kenya Koshimizu	Senior Managing Executive Officer Co-Head of Global Markets Company
Daishi Sasaki	Senior Managing Executive Officer Co-Head of Global Markets Company
Noriyuki Sato	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Head of Asset Management Company / In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Tsutomu Yamamoto	Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Global Transaction Banking Unit / In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Yasuhiko Ushikubo	Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Research & Consulting Unit / Group Chief Sustainability Officer (Group CSuO)
Tatsuya Kurosawa	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Governance Officer (Group CGO)
Takefumi Yonezawa	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)
Shiro Shiraishi	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Risk Officer (Group CRO)
Makoto Hitomi	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO)
Tomoko Kawano	Operating Officer Group Chief People Officer (Group CPO)
Mitsuhiro Kanazawa	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Information Officer (Group CIO)
Shinichiro Hihara	Senior Managing Executive Officer Group Co-Chief Information Officer (Group Co-CIO)
Hideki Tsujimori	Senior Managing Executive Officer Group Chief Process Officer (Group CPrO)
Minako Nakamoto	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Governance Officer (Group CGO)
Hisashi Kikuchi	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Audit Executive (Group CAE)
Naoshi Inomata	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Strategy Officer (Group CSO)
Nobuhiro Kaminoyama	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Digital Officer (Group CDO) /  In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Natsumi Akita	Senior Managing Corporate Executive Group Chief Culture Officer (Group CCuO) / Group Chief Branding Officer (Group CBO)

* President, Deputy Presidents, Head of Company, Head of Unit, and Group CxOs are listed.

(As of April 1, 2025)