Akira Nakamura
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
At Mizuho Financial Group he became an Executive Officer as General Manager of the Large Corporate Business Department, Managing Executive Officer in April 2016, and Senior Executive Officer and head of the Global Corporate and Institutional Company in April 2018. He became Deputy President and Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank in April 2019, and the following April 2020 moved to Mizuho Leasing as Executive Vice President and CRO. In June 2021 he became Representative Director, Executive Vice President and CFO, overseeing both risk management and finance before rising to President. The largest shareholder is Mizuho Financial Group, with 23.09% in the fiscal year ended March 2026.
Selection
In April 2023 he succeeded Shusaku Tsuhara as Representative Director, President and CEO. In the fiscal year ended March 2023, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥529.7 billion and operating profit ¥31.8 billion, with profit recovering from ¥554.8 billion in sales and ¥17.9 billion in operating profit the year before. The company had brought in this former Senior Executive Officer of Mizuho Financial Group and Deputy President of Mizuho Bank as Executive Vice President in 2020, had him serve three years as CRO and CFO, and then made him President.
Initiatives
In 2024 the company carried out a third-party allotment of new shares to Marubeni, accepting a 20% investment and becoming an equity-method affiliate of Marubeni. In the fiscal year ended March 2026 the major shareholders formed a two-pillar structure of Mizuho Financial Group at 23.09% and Marubeni at 20.00%. Consolidated net sales grew from ¥656.1 billion in the FY ended March 2024 to ¥921.6 billion in the FY ended March 2026, and net income from ¥35.2 billion to ¥47.6 billion.
Career
Career
Mizuho Financial Group
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2013 | 執行役員 大企業法人業務部長 (translation pending) |
| Apr 2016 | Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2018 | 執行役専務 大企業・金融・公共法人カンパニー長 (translation pending) |
| Apr 2019 | Deputy President, Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank |
Mizuho Leasing
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2020 | Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, CRO |
| Jun 2021 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, CFO |
| Apr 2023 | Representative Director, President, CEO |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- みずほリース 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】