Mizuho Financial : Announcement of Change in Representative Executive Officer(PDF/91KB)

	March 4, 2022
Company Name	: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Representative	: Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO
Address	: 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Security Code	: 8411 (Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section)

Announcement of Change in Representative Executive Officer

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following change in Representative Executive Officer.

1. Change in Representative Executive Officer (Effective as of April 1, 2022)

Name		New Position	Current Position
		Member of the Board of Directors,
Makoto Umemiya		Deputy President &	Member of the Board of Directors,
	Senior Executive Officer	Senior Executive Officer
		(Representative Executive Officer)

(Note) As a result of the change, the Representative Executive Officers will be two persons; Mr. Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO and Mr. Makoto Umemiya.

2. Reasons for Change

Change in Representative Executive Officer due to change in Executive Officers.

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3. Brief Personal Record of New Representative Executive Officer

Name	Makoto Umemiya
Business Experience	Apr. 2020

Apr. 2017

Apr. 2015

Member of the Board of Directors

Senior Managing Executive Officer*

Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current)

* Senior Executive Officer from Jul. 2021

(Due to the integration of executive titles)

Deputy President & Executive Officer

Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (current)

Deputy President & Executive Officer

Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd (current)

Managing Executive Officer*

Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer from June 2017

Executive Managing Director*

Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

* Managing Executive Officer from April 2019

Executive Officer

General Manager of Financial Planning Department

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

	Apr. 2014	General Manager of Financial Planning Division
		Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
	Apr. 2012	General Manager of Osaka Branch
		Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
	Apr. 1987	Joined our group
Education	Mar. 1987	Graduated from School of Economics, Osaka University
Date of Birth	December 23, 1964

Number of shares of our common stock owned (as of September 30, 2021): 11,817

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