[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 |
| Koji Fujiwara | Member of the
Board of Directors,
Chairman &
Executive Officer | | President & CEO
(Representative
Director) | |
(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 |
| Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer,
General Manager of Seoul Branch of MHBK |
| July 2016 | General Manager of Seoul Branch of MHBK |
| 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 |
| Koichi Iida | Reassigned | See Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. | President & CEO
(Representative
Director) | |
(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. |
| 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. |
| Apr. 2016 | Managing Executive Officer,
Co-Head of Retail & Business Banking Division of MHBK |
| 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 |
| Date of Birth | November 29, 1961 |
| 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. |
| 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.
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