Business Experience of Members of the Board of Directors
Business Experience of Members of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Entity abbreviations used in the Business Experience section below are as follows.
FG : Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
BK : Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
TB : Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
SC : Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
RT : Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer)
Member of the Board of Directors
Masahiro Kihara (born on August 21, 1965)
| Business Experience | |
| January 2014 | Project Manager / Risk Governance Enhancement Project Team of FG |
| April 2017 | Executive Officer / General Manager of Risk Management Department of SC |
| April 2018 | Executive Officer / General Manager of Financial Planning Department of SC |
| April 2019 | Executive Officer / Joint Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group and Joint Head of Global Finance of SC |
| April 2020 | Managing Executive Officer / Deputy Head of Strategic Planning Group and Deputy Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group of FG |
| Managing Executive Officer / Head of Strategic Planning Group and Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group and In charge of Markets Strategic Intelligence Department (until October 2020) and Head of Global Finance of SC | |
| April 2021 | Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Products Unit and Deputy Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Company of FG (Senior Executive Officer from July 2021) |
| Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Corporate Division and Head of Global Products Unit of BK | |
| February 2022 | President & Group CEO / Head of Global Products Unit of FG Member of the Board of Directors of BK (until April 2024) Member of the Board of Directors of TB (current) Member of the Board of Directors of SC (current) |
| April 2022 | President & Group CEO of FG (Member of the Board of Directors, President & Group CEO from June 2022) (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. |
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Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer)
Member of the Board of Directors
Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company
In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters
Hidekatsu Take (born on November 20, 1964)
| Business Experience | |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer Joint Head of Americas of BK |
| April 2018 | Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia Oceania of FG Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia Oceania of BK |
| April 2021 | Managing Executive Officer In Charge of Corporate Banking of BK |
| May 2021 | Managing Executive Officer Head of Sogo Shosha, Realty & Financial Sponsor Industry Group of BK |
| April 2022 | Senior Executive Officer Head of Corporate & Institutional Company Head of Global Corporate Company of FG |
| April 2023 | Senior Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters of FG Managing Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Division of BK (current) |
| April 2024 | Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters of FG |
| June 2024 | Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. |
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Senior Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors
Group Chief Information Officer (Group CIO)
Mitsuhiro Kanazawa (born on November 22, 1967)
| Business Experience | |
| April 2019 | Executive Officer In charge of Credit of Global Corporate Department of BK |
| April 2020 | Executive Officer General Manager / Risk Management Department of FG Executive Officer General Manager / Risk Management Department of BK |
| March 2021 | Executive Officer, In Charge of Specific Business, Strategic Planning Group of FG Executive Officer, In Charge of Specific Business, Strategic Planning Group of BK |
| April 2021 | Managing Executive Officer, In Charge of Specific Business, Strategic Planning Group of FG Managing Executive Officer, In Charge of Specific Business, Strategic Planning Group of BK |
| July 2021 | Group Executive Officer Deputy Head of Strategic Planning Group of FG Managing Executive Officer Deputy Head of Strategic Planning Group of BK |
| April 2022 | Senior Executive Officer Co-Head of IT & Systems Group of FG |
| April 2023 | Senior Executive Officer Group Co-Chief Information Officer Group Chief Process Officer of FG |
| April 2024 | Senior Executive Officer Group Chief Information Officer (Group CIO) of FG Managing Executive Officer Chief Information Officer (CIO) of BK (current) Member of the Board of Directors of RT (current) |
| June 2024 | Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Group Chief Information Officer (Group CIO) of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. |
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Senior Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors
Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)
General Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team
Takefumi Yonezawa (born on December 10, 1970)
| Business Experience | |
| April 2019 | General Manager Financial Planning Department of FG |
| July 2021 | Operating Officer General Manager of Financial Planning Department of FG |
| April 2022 | Operating Officer Deputy Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Project Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team of FG |
| April 2023 | Senior Executive Officer / Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) General Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team of FG Managing Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Project Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team of BK (current) Managing Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Project Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team of TB (current) |
| June 2024 | Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) / General Manager of International Accounting Standards Project Team of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
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Chairman (Kaicho), Member of the Board of Directors*
*Chairman (Kaicho) Imai engages in the company's external activities, but does not chair the Board meetings. The Board meetings are chaired by the independent director chair Izumi Kobayashi.
Seiji Imai (born on June 25, 1962)
| Business Experience | |
| April 2014 | Executive Officer / General Manager of Seoul Branch of BK |
| April 2016 | Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia & Oceania excl. East Asia of FG Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia & Oceania excl. East Asia of BK |
| April 2018 | Senior Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Corporate Company of FG (until April 2020) |
| April 2019 | Deputy President & Executive Officer of BK |
| April 2020 | Senior Managing Executive Officer / Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Head of Global Products Unit of FG |
| April 2021 | Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer / Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Head of Global Corporate Company of FG (Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer from June 2021) |
| April 2022 | Chairman (Kaicho), Member of the Board of Directors of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) – |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit Committee
Chairperson of the Risk Committee
Member of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee
Hisaaki Hirama (born on December 26, 1962)
| Business Experience | |
| April 2014 | Executive Officer / General Manager of Marunouchi–Chuo Branch Division No.1 of BK |
| April 2015 | Executive Officer / General Manager of Nagoya Corporate Branch of BK |
| April 2017 | Managing Executive Officer / Head of Internal Audit Group of BK |
| April 2019 | Advisor to Audit Committee of FG |
| June 2019 | Member of the Board of Directors of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) – |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Chairperson of the Nominating Committee
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (born on November 18, 1946)
| Business Experience | |
| December 1974 | Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Corporation (current Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) |
| April 2005 | Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation |
| April 2007 | Representative Director, Member of the Board, President of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation* |
| Representative Director, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation | |
| June 2012 | Outside Director of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (until March 2015) |
| April 2015 | Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives (until April 2019) |
| June 2015 | Member of the Board, Chairperson of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation* |
| September 2015 | Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until July 2020) |
| June 2018 | Chairman of Board of Directors, Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until July 2020) |
| June 2020 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| June 2021 | Director of the Board of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation* (until June 2022) |
| Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (current) | |
| *Current Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation | |
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(Status of Major Concurrent Office) |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Ryoji Sato (born on December 7, 1946)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1969 | Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd (current SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.) |
| October 1971 | Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co.* |
| February 1975 | Registered as Certified Public Accountant |
| May 1983 | Partner of Tohmatsu Awoki & Co.* |
| June 2007 | Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| November 2010 | Senior Advisor of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (until May 2011) |
| September 2015 | Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until June 2019) |
| July 2016 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nippon Life Insurance Company (Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company from July 2022) (current) |
| June 2020 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| *Current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC | |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Chairperson of the Compensation Committee
Member of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee
Takashi Tsukioka (born on May 15, 1951)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1975 | Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2007 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2008 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2009 | Director and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2010 | Managing Director and Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| April 2011 | Managing Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2012 | Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2013 | Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| April 2018 | Chairman and Representative Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2020 | Special Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2021 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| June 2022 | Honorary Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current) |
| June 2023 | Outside Director of MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Honorary Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. Outside Director of MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Kotaro Ohno (born on April 1, 1952)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1976 | Appointed as Public Prosecutor |
| July 2009 | Vice-Minister of Justice |
| August 2011 | Superintending Prosecutor at Sendai High Public Prosecutors Office |
| July 2012 | Superintending Prosecutor at Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office |
| July 2014 | Prosecutor-General |
| November 2016 | Special Counsel of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (until December 2022) |
| May 2017 | Outside Director of AEON Co., Ltd. (until May 2023) |
| June 2017 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of ITOCHU Corporation (until June 2021) |
| Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd. (current) | |
| January 2023 | Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai (current) |
| June 2023 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd. Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Chairperson of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee
Hiromichi Shinohara (born on March 15, 1954)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1978 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (current NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION) |
| June 2009 | Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| June 2012 | Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| June 2014 | Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Representative Member of the Board of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| June 2018 | Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| June 2021 | Outside Director of Yamaha Corporation (current) |
| June 2022 | Executive Advisor of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (current) |
| June 2023 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation Executive Advisor, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Risk Committee
Izumi Kobayashi (born on January 18, 1959)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1981 | Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries, Ltd.(currently Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) |
| June 1985 | Joined Merrill Lynch Futures Japan Inc. |
| December 2001 | President and Representative Director of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (current BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)(until November 2008) |
| November 2008 | Executive Vice President, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group |
| July 2013 | Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. (current) |
| June 2014 | Outside Director of MITSUI & CO., LTD. (until June 2023) |
| July 2014 | Member of the Risk Committee of FG (as an outside expert who is not a director) (until June 2017) |
| June 2017 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| June 2020 | Outside Director of OMRON Corporation(current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. Outside Director of OMRON Corporation |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Risk Committee
Yumiko Noda (born on January 26, 1960)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1982 | Joined Bank of America, Tokyo |
| March 1996 | Deputy General Manager and Head of Structured Finance, The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, London |
| January 2000 | Partner, Head of PPP and Privatization, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Japan) |
| June 2007 | Deputy Mayor, Yokohama City |
| January 2011 | Partner, Head of PPP and Infrastructure, PwC Advisory |
| October 2017 | President and Representative Director, Veolia Japan K.K.* |
| June 2020 | Chairman and Representative Director, Veolia Japan K.K.*(current) |
| June 2021 | Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (until June 2024) |
| Outside Director, Benesse Holdings, Inc. (until June 2024) | |
| June 2023 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| June 2024 | Outside Director, East Japan Railway Company (current) |
| Outside Director, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. (current) | |
| *Current Veolia Japan GK | |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) Chairman and Representative Director, Veolia Japan GK Outside Director, East Japan Railway Company Outside Director, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. |
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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Takakazu Uchida (born on September 24, 1960)
| Business Experience | |
| April 1983 | Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| April 2014 | Managing Officer, General Manager, Finance Div., MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| April 2017 | Executive Managing Officer, General Manager, Finance Div., MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| April 2018 | Executive Managing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| June 2018 | Representative Director, Executive Managing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| April 2019 | Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| April 2020 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| July 2020 | Governor of Government Pension Investment Fund (until February 2024) |
| April 2021 | Member of Expert Panel on JFSA's Policy Evaluations (current) |
| April 2022 | Director, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| June 2022 | Counselor, MITSUI & CO., LTD. (until June 2024) |
| July 2022 | Vice Chair and Public Board Member of Self-Regulation Board of Japan Securities Dealers Association (until June 2024) |
| June 2024 | Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current) |
| (Status of Major Concurrent Office) – |
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(As of July 1, 2024)
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