Mr. Nanjo was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho International plc in April 2024. He is currently Group Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Global Investment banking Division, Head of Investment Banking Business Division, and Head of Global Investment Banking for Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

He has 32 years of extensive financial services experience at Mizuho, having begun his career at the Industrial Bank of Japan. Since then, Mr. Nanjo has held several key positions across a variety of areas. These include Executive Officer and Head of Strategic Planning Department in Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Executive Officer and Head of Resource & Material Industry, Department No.2 in Mizuho Bank Ltd., and most recently, Managing Executive Office and Deputy Head of Corporate Investment Banking Division as well as Retail & Business Banking Division in Mizuho Bank Ltd.

Mr. Nanjo graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Economics.