Akio Mimura (三村明夫, Mimura Akio, born 2 November 1940) AC 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]
Mimura is 19th Chairman of Japan Chamber of Commerce of Industry(JCCI) since 2013, which is the largest small and medium business association with 1,250,000 corporate members[3] in Japan.
Biography
editAkio 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.[4]
Board and committee positions
edit| Period | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| November 2013 - current | Chairman | Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry[7] |
| November 2013 - current | Chairman | Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry[6] |
| October 2012 - current | Advisor Honorary Chairman | Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation[5][6] |
| April 2008 - October 2012 | Chairman | Nippon Steel Corporation[5][6] |
| April 2003 - April 2008 | President | Nippon Steel Corporation[5][6] |
| April 2000 - April 2003 | Executive Vice President | Nippon Steel Corporation[5] |
| April 1997 - April 2000 | Managing Director | Nippon Steel Corporation[5] |
| June 1993 - October 2012 | Director | Nippon Steel Corporation[5] |
| ? - current | Vice Chairman and Director | Nippon Keidanren[5] |
| ? - ? | Vice Chairman | World Steel Association[5] |
| ? - current | Director | Nisshin Seifun Group Inc[5] |
| ? - current | Outside Director | Development Bank of Japan Inc[5] |
| ? - current | Committee Member | Innovation Network Corporation of Japan[5] |
| June 2010 - current | Outside Director | Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.[5] |
| ? - current | Member, Advisory Board | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc[5] |
| ? - current | Member, Advisory Board | Development Bank of Japan[5] |
| ? - current | Member, International Advisory Board | Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.[5] |
Honours and awards
edit- September 2012: Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia[1][2]
- October 2012: Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Australian National University[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)". It's an Honour. Australian Government. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
For eminent service to strengthening and advancing the Australia-Japan bilateral trade and economic relationship
- ^ "About JCCI - 日本商工会議所". www.jcci.or.jp. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Akio Mimura". Speaker Profile. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo: 13th Nikkei Global Management Forum. 24–25 October 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Akio Mimura, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal". Executive Profile. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Jiji Kyodo (15 March 2013). "Chamber of Commerce appoints Nippon Steel's Mimura as next head". The Japan Times.
- ^ a b Masaaki Kameda (21 November 2013). "New JCCI chair seeks to learn why 'Abenomics' not helping small firms". The Japan Times.
- ^ Prof Ian Young (10 October 2012). "Citation for Honorary Degree" (PDF). Australian National University.
External links
edit- Sandra M. Larkin. "Biography: Akio Mimura 1940—". Encyclopedia of Business, 2nd ed. Reference for Business. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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