Akio Mimura

Akio Mimura (三村明夫 Mimura Akio, born 2 November 1940) is a prominent Japanese businessman notable for his positions at the head of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, and as Chairman of the Japan-Australia Business Cooperation Committee, for which the Australian government awarded him their highest civilian award for a foreigner, Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia.[1][2]

Biography

Akio Mimura was born 2 November 1940 in Gunma Prefecture and was educated at the University of Tokyo (B.A. 1963) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A. 1972). In April 1963 he joined Fuji Iron & Steel Co Ltd which became part of Nippon Steel in 1970, which in turn became part of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal in 2012. He rose through various senior management positions in the 1980s, becoming a board member in 1993 and Managing Director in 1997.[3]

Board and committee positions

Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Period Position Organisation
November 2013 - current Chairman Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry[6]
November 2013 - current Chairman Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry[5]
October 2012 - current Advisor Honorary Chairman Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation[4][5]
April 2008 - October 2012 Chairman Nippon Steel Corporation[4][5]
April 2003 - April 2008 President Nippon Steel Corporation[4][5]
April 2000 - April 2003 Executive Vice President Nippon Steel Corporation[4]
April 1997 - April 2000 Managing Director Nippon Steel Corporation[4]
June 1993 - October 2012 Director Nippon Steel Corporation[4]
? - current Vice Chairman and Director Nippon Keidanren[4]
? - ? Vice Chairman World Steel Association[4]
? - current Director Nisshin Seifun Group Inc[4]
? - current Outside Director Development Bank of Japan Inc[4]
? - current Committee Member Innovation Network Corporation of Japan[4]
June 2010 - current Outside Director Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.[4]
? - current Member, Advisory Board Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc[4]
? - current Member, Advisory Board Development Bank of Japan[4]
? - current Member, International Advisory Board Rolls Royce Holdings plc.[4]

Honours and awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Honorary appointment and award within the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Special issue No. S152. Governor-General of Australia. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)". It's an Honour. Australian Government. 28 September 2012. For eminent service to strengthening and advancing the Australia-Japan bilateral trade and economic relationship
  3. ↑ "Akio Mimura". Speaker Profile. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo: 13th Nikkei Global Management Forum. 24–25 October 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Akio Mimura, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal". Executive Profile. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Jiji Kyodo (15 March 2013). "Chamber of Commerce appoints Nippon Steel’s Mimura as next head". The Japan Times.
  6. 1 2 Masaaki Kameda (21 November 2013). "New JCCI chair seeks to learn why ‘Abenomics’ not helping small firms". The Japan Times.
  7. ↑ Prof Ian Young (10 October 2012). "Citation for Honorary Degree" (PDF). Australian National University.

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