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Toshihiko Fukuzawa, 59
President and CEO of
Yushu Tatemono Co., Ltd.
First Year Nominated
Mr. Fukuzawa was recommended to the Corporate Governance Committee
for nomination by a shareholder. Over a 36-year career as a professional
banker in Japan, Mr. Fukuzawa has gained extensive business and IT
knowledge and experience of with a wide range of Japanese financial
services institutions, including insurance companies, and he would provide
the Board with valuable insight and expertise relevant to the Company’s
Japanese business.
Mr. Fukuzawa has been the president and chief executive officer of Yushu
Tatemono Co., Ltd. since June 2015, where he also serves as a
representative director. He served as deputy president and a representative
director at Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. from April 2013 to March 2015,
managing executive officer and head of IT System Group at Mizuho Bank
Ltd. from June 2011 to February 2015, and deputy president and a
representative director at Mizuho Information & Research Institute from
June 2009 to May 2011. From 2002 to 2011, he held executive officer and
general manager positions at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., part of Mizuho Financial
Group, Inc., which was formed in a merger between his former employer,
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd., and two other banks. Mr. Fukuzawa held
various positions of increasing responsibility at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd.,
which he joined in 1979. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics
from Yokohama National University, Faculty of Economics, and his Masters
of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of
Management.
Elizabeth J. Hudson, 66
Retired Chief Communications
Officer for the National
Geographic Society
Director since 1990
Sustainability Committee (Chair)
Corporate Development Committee
Finance and Investment Committee
Ms. Hudson was the chief communications officer of the National
Geographic Society from April 2014 to December 2015 and previously
served as the senior communications executive since 2000. She oversaw
philanthropic development and was responsible for all communications and
public affairs initiatives undertaken by the National Geographic Society and
its subsidiaries, including media and public relations, community
engagement and social media, brand stewardship, employee
communications, and related marketing-communications activities. She
earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from the
University of Georgia and received an honorary doctorate in commercial
science from St. John’s University. She has more than 40 years of
experience serving on the executive management teams of several national
and international organizations, including publicly traded entities and one of
the world’s largest scientific and research organizations. She brings
extensive experience in strategic corporate communications, including
financial and crisis communications management. She also co-chairs the
Washington chapter of Women Corporate Directors.
Ms. Hudson’s extensive experience in communication and marketing
initiatives combined with her knowledge of, exposure to and expertise in,
developing and articulating sustainability programs is relevant to her role as
a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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