Directors

Tsunehiro Nakayama

Tsunehiro Nakayama

Outside Director

April  1971 Joined the Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
June  1999 Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Banking Dept. No. 1 of the Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
September  2000 Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Holdings Inc.
April  2002 Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April  2004 Deputy President (Representative Director) and Chief Compliance Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April  2007 Adviser of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
May  2007 Representative Director and Chairman of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
November  2008 Representative Director, Chairman and President of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
March  2009 Representative Director, Chairman and President of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
Japan Country Executive of Bank of America Group (Additional function)
July  2010 Representative Director and Chairman of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
June  2017 Director of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
July  2017 Special Adviser of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
June  2018 Director of the Company
June  2019 Director, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (current position)
June  2020 Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) of the Company
June  2021 Director of the Company (current position)

Outside directors and why they were chosen

Tsunehiro Nakayama has abundant experience in running financial institutions. We judged that he would use his rich experience and knowledge in the said area to help the board fulfill its decision-making and oversight roles effectively.