Hiroto Koda Non-Executive Director

Mr. Koda joined The Industrial Bank of Japan (currently Mizuho Bank) in 1982. Primarily engaged in financial system reform, securities business, investment banking planning, and strategy planning. He has served as Managing Executive Officer and in charge of Planning since April 2011 at Mizuho Securities and also appointed as Representative Director and Executive Vice President since May 2016. Currently, he serves as CEO of Innovation Intelligence Research Institute Inc. He is also Professor of the Graduate School of Business Management at Kyoto University, Professor at SBI Graduate School, and Professor at Hitotsubashi Graduate School, specialized in corporate finance, private equity investment, and trends in the financial system and capital markets. Since 1992, he has consistently engaged in financial system reforms, institutional researches and market analyses for capital market reforms, and supported innovation including FinTech. He was appointed Director of Polaris in 2009, and also serves as Director of Japan Investment Corporation.