Changes of Directors and Executive Officers

February 19, 2021

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces changes of Members 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)]

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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