Mizuho Financial : Changes of Directors and Executive Officers(PDF/211KB)

March 4, 2022

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Changes of Directors and Executive Officers

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces changes of Member 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)
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	(MHBK)
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.	(MHTB)
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.	(MHSC)

Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. (MHRT)

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Contents
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG)..........................................................................................................	3
1.	Changes of Executive Officers ..............................................................................................................	3
2.	Changes of Operating Officers ..............................................................................................................	5
3.	Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2022............................................................................	7
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK)..........................................................................................................................	10
1.	Changes of Directors and Executive Officers ....................................................................................	10
2.	Changes of Operating Officers............................................................................................................	13
3.	Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2022 .........................................................................	15
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (MHTB) ................................................................................................	17
1.	Changes of Directors and Executive Officers ....................................................................................	17
2.	Changes of Operating Officers ............................................................................................................	19
3.	Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2022..........................................................................	20
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (MHSC)...........................................................................................................	22
1.	Changes of Directors and Executive Officers ....................................................................................	22
2.	Changes of Operating Officers ............................................................................................................	24
3.	Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2022..........................................................................	26
Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd. (MHRT) .......................................................................................	28
1.	Changes of Directors and Executive Officers ....................................................................................	28
2.	Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2022..........................................................................	31

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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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG)

1. Changes of Executive Officers

Executive Officers in this section mean either executive officers as defined in the Companies Act or executive officers as defined in our internal regulations.

(Effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name		New Position			Current Position
	Member of the
	Board of Directors,	Group Chief Digital Innovation		Member of the	Head of Financial Control &
	Deputy President &	Officer (Group CDIO) / Head		Accounting Group (Group
Makoto		Board of Directors,
Senior Executive	of Financial Control &		CFO) / Project Manager of
Umemiya		Senior Executive
Officer	Accounting Group (Group		International Accounting
		Officer
	(Representative	CFO)		Standards Project Team
	Executive Officer)
	Member of the			Member of the	Head of Risk Management
Motonori	Board of Directors,	Head of Risk Management		Board of Directors,	Group (Group CRO) / Head of
Wakabayashi	Senior Executive	Group (Group CRO)		Senior Executive	Compliance Group* (Group
	Officer			Officer	CCO)
Hidekatsu	Senior Executive	Head of Corporate &			Managing Executive Officer of
Institutional Company / Head		－
Take	Officer		MHBK
of Global Corporate Company
Kenya	Senior Executive	Co-Head of Global Markets		Group Executive
Koshimizu	Officer	Company		Officer
Mitsuhiro	Senior Executive	Head of Global Products Unit		Group Executive
Morishita	Officer		Officer
					Group Chief Digital Innovation
Koji Yonei	Senior Executive	Head of IT & Systems Group		Senior Executive	Officer* (Group CDIO) / Head
Officer	(Group CIO)		Officer	of IT & Systems Group (Group
					CIO)
Mitsuhiro	Senior Executive	Co-Head of IT & Systems		Group Executive	Deputy Head of Strategic
Kanazawa	Officer	Group (Group Co-CIO)		Officer	Planning Group
Hiroaki	Senior Executive	Head of Operations Group		Group Executive	Head of Operations Group*
Ehara	Officer	(Group COO)		Officer	(Group COO)
Makoto	Senior Executive	Head of Compliance Group		Group Executive	Group Chief Crisis
	Management Officer (Group
Matsubara	Officer	(Group CCO)		Officer
	CCMO)

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Name		New Position			Current Position
Kazutoshi	Group Executive	Deputy Head of Retail &		Operating Officer	General Manager for Strategic
Isogai	Officer	Business Banking Company		Planning Group
Hiroshi	Group Executive	Group Chief Crisis			General Manager of Planning
Management Officer (Group		Operating Officer
Kawamoto	Officer		Administration Department
CCMO)
Yuta Hayashi	Group Executive	Deputy Head of IT & Systems		－	Operating Officer of MHBK
Officer	Group
Yasumasa	Group Executive	Attached to IT & Systems		Group Executive	Deputy Head of IT & Systems
Mukai	Officer	Group		Officer	Group
Masatoshi		President & CEO		Senior Executive	Co-Head of Global Markets
Reassigned	(Representative Director) of
Yoshihara		Officer	Company
	MHRT
(Note) Asterisk indicates 'Acting' CxOs.
(Effective as of May 1, 2022)
Name		New Position			Current Position
Natsumi	Group Executive	Group Chief People Officer		－
Akita	Officer	(Group CPO)

(Note) Ms. Natsumi Akita is currently Marketing Vice President of Adobe Co., Ltd.

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2. Changes of Operating Officers

(Effective as of April 1, 2022)

Name		New Position		Current Position
					Deputy Head of Retail &
		Deputy Head of Retail &			Business Banking
Ryousuke				Company / General
Operating Officer	Business Banking		Operating Officer
Kawahara		Manager of Business
	Company
				Banking Coordination
					Department
		Deputy Head of Financial
		Control & Accounting			General Manager of
		Group / Project Manager
Takefumi Yonezawa	Operating Officer		Operating Officer	Financial Planning
of International
				Department
		Accounting Standards
		Project Team
Shintaro Deguchi	Operating Officer	Deputy Head of Risk		Operating Officer	Head of Europe
Management Group		Department
Shinichiro	Operating Officer	Deputy Head of IT &		Operating Officer	General Manager of
Hihara	Systems Group		Executive Secretariat
Yasuo Hamakake	Operating Officer	Deputy Head of IT &		－	Operating Officer of
Systems Group		MHSC
		Group Chief Information			General Manager of
Nobuhisa Abe	Operating Officer	Security Officer		Operating Officer
	Internal Audit Department
		(Group CISO)
		Group Co-Chief			General Manager of
Osamu Terai	Operating Officer	Information Security		Operating Officer	Security & Data
		Officer (Group Co-CIO)			Management Department
					Deputy Head of
		Deputy Head of			Operations Group /
Eishi Shimizu	Operating Officer		Operating Officer	General Manager of
Operations Group
				Operations Planning
					Department
Makoto Umeda	Operating Officer	Deputy Head of		Operating Officer	Operating Officer of
Operations Group		MHTB

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