January 17, 2022
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Changes of Directors and Executive Officers
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces changes of Member 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) |
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | (MHBK) |
The management changes described above are subject to any approval or permission required being obtained from the relevant regulatory or other authorities.
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【Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG)】
(Effective as of January 17, 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position | ||
Senior Executive | Head of Global Products | |||
Unit / Deputy Head of | ||||
Masahiro | Officer | Senior Executive | ||
Corporate & Institutional | (same as on the left) | |||
Kihara | (Representative | Officer | ||
Executive Officer) | Company / Deputy Head of | |||
Global Corporate Company | ||||
Group Chief Digital | ||||
Senior Executive | Senior Executive | Co-Head of IT & Systems | ||
Koji Yonei | Innovation Officer* / Head of | |||
Officer | Officer | Group | ||
IT & Systems Group | ||||
Group Executive | Group Executive | |||
Hiroaki Ehara | Head of Operations Group* | |||
Officer | Officer |
(Note1) Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Group Chief Digital Innovation Officer and 'Acting' Head of Operations Group.
(Note2) The appointment of Mr. Koji Yonei as Head of IT & Systems Group was announced on November 26, 2021.
(Note3) 'Senior Executive Officer' is executive officer defined in the Companies Act. 'Group Executive Officer' is executive (Note2) officer defined in our internal regulations.
(Effective as of February 1, 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position | ||||
President & Group | ||||||
Masahiro | CEO | Group CEO / Head of Global | (as stated above) | |||
Kihara | (Representative | Products Unit | ||||
Executive Officer) | ||||||
Member of the | ||||||
Tatsufumi | Member of the | Board of Directors, | ||||
President & Group CEO | ||||||
Sakai | Board of Directors | |||||
(Representative | ||||||
Executive Officer) | ||||||
(Note1) The appointment of Mr. Masahiro Kihara as Head of Global Products Unit is scheduled to be terminated on April 1, 2022.
(Note2) As announced on November 26, 2021, the resignation of Mr. Tatsufumi Sakai as Member of the Board of Directors is scheduled for April 1, 2022. The date of resignation of President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) has been changed to February 1, 2022.
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(Effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position | |||||
Member of the | |||||||
Member of the | Board of Directors, | Head of Corporate & | |||||
Deputy President & | Institutional Company / | ||||||
Seiji Imai | Board of Directors, | ||||||
Senior Executive | Head of Global Corporate | ||||||
Chairman (Kaicho) | |||||||
Officer (Representative | Company | ||||||
Executive Officer) | |||||||
Masatsugu | Group Executive | In Charge of Specially | ― | ||||
Shimono | Officer | Assigned Matters | |||||
(Note) Mr. Masatsugu Shimono is currently Honorary Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd.
(Effective in late June 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position |
Member of the | ||
Board of Directors, | President & Group | |
Masahiro | President & Group | CEO |
Kihara | CEO | (Representative |
(Representative | Executive Officer) | |
Executive Officer) | ||
(Note) The appointment of Mr. Masahiro Kihara as Member of the Board of Directors is subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of MHFG in late June 2022.
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【Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK)】
(Effective as of January 17, 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position | |
Chief Digital Innovation | |||
Deputy President & | Deputy President & | Co-Head of IT & Systems | |
Koji Yonei | Officer* / Head of IT & | ||
Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Group | |
Systems Group | |||
Deputy President & | |||
Hiroaki Ehara | Head of Operations Group* | ― | |
Executive Officer |
(Note1) Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Chief Digital Innovation Officer and 'Acting' Head of Operations Group.
(Note2) The appointment of Mr. Koji Yonei as Head of IT & Systems Group was announced on November 26, 2021.
(Effective as of February 1, 2022)
Name | New Position | Current Position | |
Deputy President* | Head of Global Corporate | Deputy President* | |
Masahiko | |||
(Representative | Division** / Head of Global | (Representative | |
Kato | |||
Director) | Products Unit** | Director) | |
To be President & Group | Head of Global Corporate | ||
Masahiro | Managing Executive | ||
Reassigned | CEO (Representative | Division / Head of Global | |
Kihara | Officer | ||
Executive Officer) of MHFG | Products Unit | ||
(Note1) Asterisk indicates Director expected to concurrently serve as executive officer.
(Note2) Double Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Head of Global Corporate Division and 'Acting' Head of Global Products Unit.
Name | New Position | Current Position |
Member of the
Board of Directors― (not full-time)
(Note) Mr. Masatsugu Shimono is currently Honorary Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd.
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(Brief Personal Record of New President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) of MHFG)
Name
Business Experience
Education
Date of Birth
Masahiro Kihara
Apr. 2021Managing Executive Officer* Head of Global Products Unit
Deputy Head of Corporate & Institutional Company Deputy Head of Global Corporate Company Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current)
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Senior Executive Officer from Jul. 2021
(Due to the integration of executive titles)
Managing Executive Officer
Head of Global Corporate Division
Head of Global Products Unit
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (current)
Apr. 2020 | Managing Executive Officer |
Deputy Head of Strategic Planning Group | |
Deputy Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group | |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |
Managing Executive Officer | |
Head of Strategic Planning Group | |
Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group (Head of Global Finance) | |
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | |
Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer |
Joint Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group | |
Joint Head of Global Finance | |
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | |
Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer |
General Manager of Financial Planning Department | |
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | |
Apr. 2017 | Executive Officer |
General Manager of Risk Management Department | |
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | |
Jan. 2014 | Project Manager |
Risk Governance Enhancement Project Team | |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |
Apr. 2011 | General Manager of Americas Department Risk Management Division |
Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. | |
Apr. 1989 | Joined our group |
Jun. 1995 | LLM, Duke University School of Law |
Mar. 1989 | Graduated from Bachelor of Law, Hitotsubashi University |
Aug. 21, 1965 |
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