Hiromichi Mizuno () is a financial executive who served as chief investment officer of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest asset owner in the world, from January 2015 until March 2020. He is currently United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments.

Early life and education

Mizuno was born in

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in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He received his BA of law at the

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, before gaining an

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at the Kellogg School of Management of

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Career

Earlier in his career, Mizuno worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings from April 1988 to January 2003. He then became a partner of Coller Capital from 2003 until January 2015. Mizuno then became executive managing director and CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF), the largest pension fund globally with AUM of $1.5 trillion. Mizuno is currently a director of the United Nations

Principles for Responsible Investment Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI or PRI) is a United Nations-supported international network of financial institutions working together to implement its six aspirational principles, often referenced as "the Principles". Its goal is to u ...

Association. On 30 December 2020, he was appointed by

United Nations Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-g ...

António Guterres as United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles (electric cars and trucks), battery energy storage from home to grid- ...

, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020) *

Danone Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are ...

, Member of the Mission Committee (since 2020)

Non-profit organizations

* The B Team, Member *

CFA Institute The CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit professional organization that provides investment professionals with finance education. The institute aims to promote standards in ethics, education, and professional excellence in the global investme ...

, Member of the Future of Finance Advisory Council * Global Business Coalition for Education, Member of the Advisory Board

Controversy

In September 2020, the ''

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'' reported that Mizuno had intervened personally to influence the Harvard University endowment fund – one of

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's largest investors – in what it described as "campaign" to ensure the reappointment of Nobuaki Kurumatani as Toshiba chief executive against the opposition of activist shareholders.Leo Lewis and Billy Nauman (15 September 2020)
Harvard pressured to support Toshiba chief in ‘dark arts’ campaign
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''.

References

External links

Hiromichi Mizuno
(@hiromichimizuno), on Twitter Tajimi, Gifu People from Gifu Prefecture Investment in Japan Tesla, Inc. people Kellogg School of Management alumni Osaka University alumni 1965 births Living people Special Envoys of the Secretary-General of the United Nations {{Japan-business-bio-stub