Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following changes in Representative Executive Officer as follows:
1. Changes in Representative Executive Officer
(Effective as of January 17, 2022)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Masahiro Kihara | Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) |
Senior Executive Officer |
(Effective as of February 1, 2022)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Masahiro Kihara | President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) |
(as stated above) |
| Tatsufumi Sakai | Member of the Board of Directors | Member of the Board of Directors, President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) |
(Note) 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.
(Effective as of April 1, 2022)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Seiji Imai | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman (Kaicho) |
Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) |
(Note) Chairman (Kaicho) 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.
(Effective in late June 2022)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
| Masahiro Kihara | Member of the Board of Directors, President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) |
President & Group CEO (Representative 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.
2. Reason for Changes
To change the executive leadership team.
3. Brief Personal Record of New President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer)
| Name | Masahiro Kihara | |
| Business Experience | Apr. 2021 | Managing Executive Officer* Head of Global Products Unit Deputy Head of Corporate & Institutional Company Deputy Head of Global Corporate Company Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current) * 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. |
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| Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer Joint Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Joint Head of Global Finance Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer General Manager of Financial Planning Department Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2017 | Executive Officer General Manager of Risk Management Department Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. |
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| Jan. 2014 | Project Manager Risk Governance Enhancement Project Team Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. |
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| Apr. 2011 | General Manager of Americas Department Risk Management Division Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. |
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| Apr. 1989 | Joined our group | |
| Education | Jun. 1995 Mar. 1989 |
LLM, Duke University School of Law Graduated from Bachelor of Law, Hitotsubashi University |
| Date of Birth | Aug. 21, 1965 | |
Number of shares of our common stock owned (as of September 30, 2021): 4,095