Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. Career Summary
Directors
As of June 21, 2024
Director Toru Takakura
(March 10, 1962)
- April 1984
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Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking CO., Ltd. ("STB")
- June 2010
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Appointed Executive Officer, Head Office Executive, General Manager of Integration Promotion Department of STB
- April 2012
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. ("SuMi TRUST Group")
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited ("SuMi TRUST Bank") - July 2013
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - January 2014
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2017
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Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2017
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Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- June 2019
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Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2021
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Appointed President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position) - June 2021
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Appointed Director, President of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director Atsushi Kaibara
(July 4, 1961)
- April 1985
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Joined The Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (“MTB”)
- July 2011
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Integration Promotion Department of The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (“CMTB”)
- April 2012
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2013
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Department I of Head Office of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2015
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Life Support Department of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2016
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2017
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2017
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2019
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Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - March 2021
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Retired from his position as Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2021
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Appointed Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank
- March 2023
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Retired from his position as Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2023
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Appointed Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- June 2023
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Appointed Director, Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director Yasuyuki Suzuki
(February 21, 1965)
- April 1987
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Joined MTB
- April 2019
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2021
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2023
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Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2023
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Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
- April 2024
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Appointed Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)
Director Kazuya Oyama
(June 7, 1965)
- April 1988
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Joined STB
- April 2015
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Department IV of Head Office of SuMi TRUST Bank
- January 2016
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (shukan) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (shukan) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2016
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (bucho) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (bucho) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2017
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2017
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2019
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2021
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Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position) - June 2021
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Appointed Director, Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director Tetsuo Ohkubo
(April 6, 1956)
- April 1980
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Joined STB
- June 2006
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of STB
- June 2007
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Appointed Executive Officer, Head Office Executive of STB
Appointed Executive Officer of STB - January 2008
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of STB
- June 2008
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Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of STB
- April 2011
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Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2012
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Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2013
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Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2016
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Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2017
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Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position) - June 2017
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Appointed Director, President of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2021
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Appointed Chairman of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director Masaru Hashimoto
(April 2, 1957)
- April 1980
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Joined MTB
- October 2007
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Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. ("CMTH")
- July 2010
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of CMTH
- February 2011
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department and Financial Planning Department of CMTH
Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Financial Planning Department of The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited ("CMTB") - March 2011
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Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of CMTH
- April 2011
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Treasury Department of CMTB
- April 2012
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2013
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2013
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Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2015
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Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2015
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Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- October 2016
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Appointed Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2017
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Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Bank - June 2017
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Appointed Director, Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- April 2021
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Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Appointed Chairman of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)
Director Toshiaki Nakano
(November 30, 1964)
- April 1988
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Joined STB
- April 2017
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of SuMi TRUST Bank - April 2021
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank - March 2023
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Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
- June 2023
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Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director Kouichi Kato
(January 19, 1966)
- April 1990
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Joined MTB
- April 2019
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Business Department V, Tokyo of SuMi TRUST Bank
- April 2022
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Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
- June 2024
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Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director (External Director)
Chair of the Board
Chair of the Nominating Committee
Isao Matsushita
(April 3, 1947)
- April 1970
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Joined Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. (currently, ENEOS Corporation ("EC"))
- September 2002
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Appointed Director of Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. ("NMH") (currently, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. ("EH")), in charge of the finance of the Financial Group
- June 2003
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Appointed Director, Senior Vice President of NMH (currently, EH)
- June 2004
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Appointed Director (Senior Vice President and Executive Officer) of Japan Energy Corporation ("JEC") (currently, EC)
- April 2005
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Appointed Director (Senior Executive Officer) of JEC (currently, EC)
- June 2006
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Appointed Representative Director and President of JEC (currently, EC)
Appointed Director of NMH (currently, EH) (Part-time) - April 2010
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Appointed Director of JX Holdings, Inc. ("JXH") (currently, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. ("EH")) (Part-time)
- July 2010
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Appointed Representative Director (Executive Vice President and Executive Officer) of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (currently, EC)
- June 2012
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Appointed Representative Director and President (President and Executive Officer) of JXH (currently, EH)
- June 2015
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Appointed Senior Executive Advisor of JXH (currently, EH)
- June 2016
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Appointed Director of INPEX Corporation
Appointed Director of Matsumoto Kiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently, MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.) - June 2017
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Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
- June 2019
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Retired from his position as Senior Executive Advisor of JXH (currently, EH)
Retired from his position as Director of INPEX Corporation
Director (External Director)
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Hiroko Kawamoto
(February 13, 1957)
- July 1979
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Joined All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. ("ANA")
- April 2009
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Appointed Senior Vice President (shikkoyakuin), Inflight Services of ANA
- April 2010
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Appointed Senior Vice President (joseki shikkoyakuin), Inflight Services of ANA
- November 2012
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Appointed Senior Vice President (joseki shikkoyakuin), Operation Division, Inflight Services Center of ANA
- April 2013
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Appointed Executive Vice President (torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Operation Division, Inflight Service Center of ANA
- April 2014
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Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, Operation Division, Inflight Services Center of ANA
- April 2015
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Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, ANA Brand Inflight Services Division
- January 2016
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Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, ANA Brand Inflight Services Division, Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- April 2016
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Appointed Executive Vice President (torishimariyaku senmu shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity of ANA; and Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- June 2016
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Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
- March 2017
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Retired from her position as Executive Vice President, Director for Promotion of Diversity of ANA; and Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- April 2017
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Appointed Executive Vice President and COO of ANA Strategic Research Institute Co., Ltd. ("ANASRI")
- June 2017
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Appointed Director of Renaissance Incorporated ("RI")
Retired from her position as Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position) - April 2020
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Appointed Chairperson of the Board of ANASRI
- June 2020
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Appointed Director of East Japan Railway Company ("EJR") (Current Position)
- April 2021
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Appointed Adviser of ANASRI
- March 2023
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Retired from her position as Adviser to ANASRI
Appointed External Director of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. (“CMJ”) (Current Position) - June 2023
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Retired from her position as Director of RI
Director (External Director) Nobuaki Kato
(November 3, 1948)
- April 1971
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Joined Nippon Electrical Equipments Co., Ltd (currently, DENSO CORPORATION ("DC"))
- June 2000
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Appointed Director of DC
- June 2004
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Appointed Executive Director of DC
- June 2005
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Appointed President & CEO of DENSO INTERNATIONAL EUROPE B.V. ("DIE")
- June 2007
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Appointed Senior Executive Director, Member of the Board of DC
- June 2008
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Appointed President & CEO (torishimariyaku shacho) of DC
- June 2011
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Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION ("TB")
- June 2015
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Appointed President & CEO (torishimariyaku kaicho) of DC
- June 2016
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Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of KDDI CORPORATION
- May 2017
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Appointed Chairperson of Aichi Employers' Association
- June 2017
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Appointed Director of TB
Appointed Corporate Auditor of Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated - June 2018
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Appointed Adviser of DC
- June 2019
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Retired from his position as TB
Retired from his position as Adviser of DC - June 2020
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Retired from his position as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of KDDI CORPORATION
Retired from his position as Corporate Auditor of Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated - May 2021
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Retired from his position as Chairperson of Aichi Employers' Association
- June 2021
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Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director (External Director) Kaoru Kashima
(January 20, 1958)
- November 1981
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Joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC ("EY"))
- April 1985
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Registered as certified public accountant
- June 1996
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Appointed Partner of Showa Ota & Co. (currently, EY)
- June 2002
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Appointed Senior Partner of ShinNihon & Co. (currently, EY)
- September 2010
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Appointed Managing Director in charge of Corporate Culture Promotion Office and Public Relations Office of EY
- July 2012
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Appointed Managing Director, General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters of EY
- July 2013
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Appointed Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd.
- February 2016
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Retired from her position as Managing Director, General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters of EY
- August 2016
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Retired from her position as Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd.
- June 2019
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Retired from her position as Senior Partner of EY
Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION ("NTT") (Current Position)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank - March 2020
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Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited ("KHC") (Current Position)
- June 2021
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Retired from her position as Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director (External Director) Tomonori Ito
(January 9, 1957)
- April 1979
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Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (currently, MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
- March 1995
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Joined Union Bank of Switzerland (currently, UBS)
- April 2011
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Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University
- May 2012
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Appointed External Director of PARCO CO., LTD.
- October 2012
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Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University
- July 2013
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Appointed External Corporate Auditor of Ain Pharmaciez Inc.
- June 2014
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Appointed External Director of Aozora Bank, Ltd.
- July 2015
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Retired from his position as External Corporate Auditor of Ain Pharmaciez Inc.
- June 2016
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Appointed External Director of Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (“EPD”) (Current Position)
- April 2018
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Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University
- May 2019
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Retired from his position as External Director of PARCO CO., LTD.
- April 2020
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Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University
- August 2021
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Retired from his position as Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University
- September 2021
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Appointed Professor of the Institute of Business and Finance of Waseda University (Current Position)
- April 2022
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Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Global and Transdisciplinary Studies of Kyoto University of Advanced Science (Current Position)
- June 2022
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Appointed External Director of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited ("MSI”) (Current Position)
- June 2023
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Retired from his position as External Director of Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director (External Director) Hajime Watanabe
(October 31, 1958)
- April 1981
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Joined The Japan Development Bank (currently, Development Bank of Japan Inc. (“DBJ”))
- June 2009
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Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of DBJ
- June 2011
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Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of DBJ
- June 2015
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Appointed Deputy President of DBJ
- June 2018
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Appointed President and CEO of DBJ
- June 2022
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Appointed Adviser to DBJ
- January 2023
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Appointed Adviser to DBJ REAL ESTATE Co., Ltd.
- April 2023
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Appointed Chairman of Japan Economic Research Institute Inc. (“JERI”) (Current Position)
- June 2023
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Appointed External Corporate Auditor of Japan Freight Railway Company (Current Position)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Retired from his position as Adviser to DBJ
Retired from his position as Adviser to DBJ REAL ESTATE Co., Ltd.
Director (External Director) Hirokazu Fujita
(May 12, 1956)
- April 1980
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Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (“TMN”))
- August 1988
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Completed course at University of Southern California (MBA)
- June 2011
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Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Accounting Dept. of TMN
Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Accounting Dept. of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (“TMH”) - June 2012
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Appointed Managing Director of TMN
Appointed Managing Director of TMH - April 2016
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Appointed Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of TMH
- April 2017
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Appointed Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of TMH
Appointed Senior Managing Director of TMN - June 2020
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Retired from his position as Senior Managing Director of TMN
Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) of TMH - November 2020
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Executive Director of The Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association
- June 2024
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Retired from his position as Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) of TMH (Scheduled)
Retired from his position as Executive Director of The Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association (Scheduled)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Director (External Director) Kazuo Sakakibara
(August 6, 1958)
- April 1984
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Public Prosecutor of Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office
- February 2018
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Superintending Prosecutor of Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office
- January 2020
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Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office
- July 2021
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Retired from his position as Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office
- October 2021
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Registered as an attorney-at-law
- November 2021
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Appointed Of Counsel of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (Current Position)
- April 2022
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Appointed Auditor of Tokyo Dental College (Current Position)
- June 2022
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Appointed Member of the Board of Governors of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (“NHK”)
Appointed Outside Company Auditor of Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. (“TTE”) - June 2023
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Appointed Outside Director of TTE (Current Position)
Appointed External Director of SuMi TRUST Bank - March 2024
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Appointed Acting Chairman of the Board of Governors of NHK (Current Position)
- June 2024
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Retired from his position as External Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
- *1Mr. Isao Matsushita, Ms. Hiroko Kawamoto, Mr. Nobuaki Kato, Ms. Kaoru Kashima, Mr. Tomonori Ito, Mr. Hajime Watanabe, Mr. Hirokazu Fujita and Mr. Kazuo Sakakibara are external directors defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.
- *2All eight external directors are independent directors required by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.