Mizuho Financial : Changes of Directors and Executive Officers(PDF/212KB)

January 17, 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)

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)】

(Effective as of January 17, 2022)

Name		New Position		Current Position
	Senior Executive	Head of Global Products
	Unit / Deputy Head of
Masahiro	Officer		Senior Executive
		Corporate & Institutional	(same as on the left)
Kihara	(Representative		Officer
	Executive Officer)	Company / Deputy Head of
	Global Corporate Company
		Group Chief Digital
	Senior Executive		Senior Executive	Co-Head of IT & Systems
Koji Yonei		Innovation Officer* / Head of
	Officer		Officer	Group
		IT & Systems Group
	Group Executive		Group Executive
Hiroaki Ehara		Head of Operations Group*
	Officer		Officer

(Note1) Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Group Chief Digital Innovation Officer and 'Acting' Head of Operations Group.

(Note2) The appointment of Mr. Koji Yonei as Head of IT & Systems Group was announced on November 26, 2021.

(Note3) 'Senior Executive Officer' is executive officer defined in the Companies Act. 'Group Executive Officer' is executive (Note2) officer defined in our internal regulations.

(Effective as of February 1, 2022)

	Name			New Position		Current Position
			President & Group
	Masahiro		CEO	Group CEO / Head of Global		(as stated above)
	Kihara		(Representative	Products Unit
			Executive Officer)
						Member of the
	Tatsufumi		Member of the			Board of Directors,
				President & Group CEO
	Sakai		Board of Directors
				(Representative
						Executive Officer)

(Note1) The appointment of Mr. Masahiro Kihara as Head of Global Products Unit is scheduled to be terminated on April 1, 2022.

(Note2) 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.

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(Effective as of April 1, 2022)

	Name			New Position		Current Position
						Member of the
			Member of the			Board of Directors,	Head of Corporate &
					Deputy President &	Institutional Company /
	Seiji Imai		Board of Directors,
				Senior Executive	Head of Global Corporate
			Chairman (Kaicho)
					Officer (Representative	Company
						Executive Officer)
	Masatsugu		Group Executive	In Charge of Specially		―
	Shimono		Officer	Assigned Matters

(Note) Mr. Masatsugu Shimono is currently Honorary Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd.

(Effective in late June 2022)

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Member of the
	Board of Directors,	President & Group
Masahiro	President & Group	CEO
Kihara	CEO	(Representative
	(Representative	Executive Officer)
	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.

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Masatsugu Shimono

(Effective as of April 1, 2022)

【Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK)】

(Effective as of January 17, 2022)

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Chief Digital Innovation
	Deputy President &	Deputy President &	Co-Head of IT & Systems
Koji Yonei	Officer* / Head of IT &
	Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Group
	Systems Group
	Deputy President &
Hiroaki Ehara	Head of Operations Group*	―
	Executive Officer

(Note1) Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Chief Digital Innovation Officer and 'Acting' Head of Operations Group.

(Note2) The appointment of Mr. Koji Yonei as Head of IT & Systems Group was announced on November 26, 2021.

(Effective as of February 1, 2022)

Name		New Position	Current Position
	Deputy President*	Head of Global Corporate	Deputy President*
Masahiko
	(Representative	Division** / Head of Global	(Representative
Kato
	Director)	Products Unit**	Director)
		To be President & Group	Head of Global Corporate
Masahiro		Managing Executive
	Reassigned	CEO (Representative	Division / Head of Global
Kihara		Officer
		Executive Officer) of MHFG	Products Unit

(Note1) Asterisk indicates Director expected to concurrently serve as executive officer.

(Note2) Double Asterisk indicates 'Acting' Head of Global Corporate Division and 'Acting' Head of Global Products Unit.

Name	New Position	Current Position

Member of the

Board of Directors― (not full-time)

(Note) Mr. Masatsugu Shimono is currently Honorary Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd.

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(Brief Personal Record of New President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer) of MHFG)

Name

Business Experience

Education

Date of Birth

Masahiro Kihara

Apr. 2021Managing 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.
Apr. 2019	Executive Officer
	Joint Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group
	Joint Head of Global Finance
	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2018	Executive Officer
	General Manager of Financial Planning Department
	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2017	Executive Officer
	General Manager of Risk Management Department
	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2014	Project Manager
	Risk Governance Enhancement Project Team
	Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Apr. 2011	General Manager of Americas Department Risk Management Division
	Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.
Apr. 1989	Joined our group
Jun. 1995	LLM, Duke University School of Law
Mar. 1989	Graduated from Bachelor of Law, Hitotsubashi University
Aug. 21, 1965

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