Hiromichi Mizuno

Hiromichi Mizuno (水野 弘道) is a financial executive. Between January 2015‒March 2020 Mizuno was Chief Investment Officer of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest asset owner in the world.[1] On 23 April 2020 Mizuno joined Tesla, Inc. as an outside board member, serving on the audit committee.[2][3]

Hiro Mizuno
水野 弘道
Born
Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFinancial executive

Mizuno was born in Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[4] Mizuno studied at Osaka City University, before gaining an Master of Business Administration at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.

During 2019 Mizuno was looking to move on from GPIF.[5]

References
  1. Nauman, Billy; Lewis, Leo (12 December 2019). "Moral Money Special Edition: Hiro Mizuno, Japan's $1.6tn man". Financial Times. Moral Money. Retrieved 24 April 2020. On December 3 [2019] the GPIF announced it would stop lending its global equity stocks to short sellers … Mizuno insists this move is needed to build a healthier investment climate … "… inconsistent with supporting short selling. I never met a short seller who has a long-term perspective. …"
  2. Kirkhorn, Zachary J. Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Report). Form 8-K. Tesla, Inc. On and effective as of April 23, 2020, the authorized number of directors … was increased from nine to ten, and Hiromichi Mizuno was appointed to serve as a member of the Board as well as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. … Mizuno … standard outside director compensation … initial award of an option to purchase 2,778 shares of Tesla's common stock, vesting and exercisable on June 18, 2020
  3. Yu, Yifan; Fang, Alex (24 April 2020). "Tesla recruits Hiro Mizuno, ex-manager of Japan's $1.5tn pension fund". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 24 April 2020. Elon Musk praised former CIO for opposing short-selling … term at the GPIF ended in March [2020]. … interview with the Financial Times, Mizuno said the practice of short-selling is not consistent with its socially responsible investment philosophy, … supporting companies for the long term.
  4. "水野　弘道 (みずの　ひろみち)" [Hiromichi Mizuno]. Biography. Nikkei Asian Review (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2020. 前職は住友信託銀行で、金沢支店勤務などを経てMBA留学、その後シリコンバレー、ニューヨーク支店勤務。… 大阪大学医学系大学院招聘准教授。ひろしまイノベーション機構顧問。… チャリティープラットフォームの（財）ジャストギビングジャパン顧問。岐阜県多治見市生まれ。ロンドン在住。
  5. Lewis, Leo (11 September 2020). "Pension fund rejig threatens to send shockwaves through Japan". Retrieved 24 April 2020. future of Hiromichi Mizuno … government pension investment fund (GPIF) since January 2015 … assumption is that he is given an extension; board minutes suggest that members have not begun a search for a replacement. … People who know Mr Mizuno say he wants to go.

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