Takayuki Yokota

Director, Representative Corporate Executive Deputy President
Remuneration Committee member
Section : assisting to president, corporate administration, management, corporate communication, sustainability (& azbil Group CSR), human resources & education

Takayuki Yokota has successively served as the head of Group Management Headquarters and the head of International Business Headquarters of the Company. He assumed the post of director in 2018 and has been responsible for overall corporate administrative functions, and he has worked on risk management, corporate governance, CSR initiatives, active returns to shareholders as well as appropriate compliance in accounting. Moreover, he is making use of his experience of global business and IR activities, gained at a financial institution, to improve the structure of overseas subsidiaries as well as develop a global management foundation for business growth. Also, as the chief officer in charge of Corporate Communications, he is actively promoting measures such as constructive communication with stakeholders. Moreover, he assumed the post of representative corporate executive following the Company’s transition to a company with a three-committee board structure, and has been serving as a deputy president responsible for overall corporate administrative functions, including sustainability. From April 2023, he was also responsible for promoting the Life Automation business and contributed to the enhancement of enterprise value by promoting the restructuring of the business portfolio to achieve further growth and even stronger financial standing.

Biography

April 1983 Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited (Present: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
November 2005 Chief IR Officer at Investor Relations, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
April 2010 Executive Officer and Head of the Investment Banking Business Management Department, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited (Present: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
June 2012 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. (Present: Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.)
April 2013 Joined the Company (Senior Director)
April 2014 Executive Officer, Head of Group Management Headquarters
April 2016 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Group Management Headquarters
April 2017 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Group Management Headquarters and Head of International Business Headquarters
April 2018 Managing Executive Officer
June 2018 Director and Managing Executive Officer
April 2020 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
June 2022 Director, Representative Senior Managing Corporate Executive
June 2023 Director, Representative Corporate Executive Deputy President (Present post)