At the 164th GRIPS Forum on 22 April, 2019, Ms. Izumi Kobayashi, Director and a member of the Board, ANA Holdings, Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Mizuho Financial Group, gave a lecture titled “Corporate Governance – Progress in Japan”.

abstract:

Tokyo Stock Exchange introduced Japan’s Corporate Governance Code into its listing rule in 2015 and first revision was made last year. Izumi Kobayashi will talk how governance at the board has changed from her experience as a member of the board of several Japanese companies.

Speakers’ Profile:

Izumi Kobayashi is Director and a member of the Board, ANA Holdings, Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Mizuho Financial Group. In 2008–13, she was CEO and Executive Vice President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group.　From 2001 to 2008, she was in the position of Representative Director and CEO of Merrill Lynch in Japan. She also served on the Osaka Securities Exchange as a Non-Executive Board Member from 2002–08. From 2007-2009 she was in the position of Board Member of Japan Association of Corporate Directors and in the same position from 2015.