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Proposal 1: Election of Directors
AFLAC INCORPORATED
2017 PROXY STATEMENT
11
AGE
60
DIRECTOR SINCE
2016
Toshihiko Fukuzawa
President and CEO of Yushu Tatemono Co., Ltd
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 2013 to
2015, managing executive officer and head of IT System Group at Mizuho Bank Ltd. from
2011 to 2013, and deputy president and a representative director at Mizuho Information
& Research Institute, Inc. from 2009 to 2011. Between 2002 and 2009, he held executive
officer and general manager positions at Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and affiliated companies 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., from 1979 until 2002.
SKILLS AND RECOGNITION
Over a 36-year career as a professional banker in Japan, Mr.
Fukuzawa has gained extensive business and IT knowledge and
experience with a wide range of Japanese financial services
institutions, including insurance companies. He provides
the Board with valuable insight and expertise relevant to the
Company’s Japanese business.
INDEPENDENT
AGE
67
DIRECTOR SINCE
1990
COMMITTEES
Sustainability
(Chair)
Corporate
Development
Finance and
Investment
Elizabeth J. Hudson
Retired Chief Communications Officer for the National
Geographic Society
Ms. Hudson was the chief communications officer of the National Geographic Society from
2014 to 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.
SKILLS AND RECOGNITION
Ms. Hudson has more than forty 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, and in marketing initiatives. She also has
expertise in developing and articulating sustainability
programs.
OTHER BOARD OR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
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Co-chair, Washington chapter
of Women Corporate Directors
(since 2010)
INDEPENDENT