Directors

Joichi Yamazaki

Joichi Yamazaki

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

April  1978 Joined Ministry of Finance (MOF)
May  1985 Deputy Director of the Government Debt Division, Financial Bureau, MOF
January  1995 Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in Korea
July  1997 Director of the Bond Market Office, Securities Market Division, Securities Bureau, MOF
December  1998 Director of the Financial Crisis Management Division, Executive Bureau, Financial Reconstruction Commission
July  2000 Director, Budget Bureau (in charge of budgets for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Ministry of the Environment), MOF
December  2005 Deputy Director-General of the Planning and Coordination Bureau (in charge of the Supervision Bureau), Financial Services Agency
July  2009 Director-General of the Tokai Local Finance Bureau
July  2010 Director-General of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau
July  2011 Vice President, the National Printing Bureau
July  2012 Principal of the National Tax College
February  2013 Left the MOF
March  2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Norinchukin Bank
December  2018 Advisor of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
May  2019 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sompo Japan DC Securities Inc.
June  2020 Director of the Company (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) (current position)

Outside directors and why they were chosen

Joichi Yamazaki has abundant experience in public administration and in nonlife insurance. We judged that he would use his rich experience and knowledge in the said areas to help the board fulfill its decision-making and oversight roles effectively.