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Akio Mimura, Chairman,Nippon Steel Corporation

Akio Mimura

Chairman
Nippon Steel Corporation

Born on November 2, 1940 in Gunma Prefecture.

 

Education:

March 1963
B.A., Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
 
July 1972
MBA, Harvard Business School
 

 

Professional Experience:

April 1963
Joined Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
(Nippon Steel Corporation was organized by the merger of Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. in March 1970)
 
November 1982
Group Manager, Sales Control Dept., Sales Control Division
 
June 1985
Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Division
 
June 1987
Assistant General Manager, Sales Administration Division
 
June 1989
General Manager, Automobile Plate & Sheet Sales Division
 
November 1991
General Manager, Sales Administration Division
 
June 1993
Director, Member of the Board
General Manager, Sales Administration Division
 
June 1995
Director, Member of the Board
Sales of Plate and Bar & Wire Rod; Structurals Group
 
April 1997
Managing Director, Member of the Board
Sales Administration & Planning; Sales of Plate, Bar & Wire
Rod and Pipe & Tube; Structurals Group
 
April 1998
Managing Director, Member of the Board
Sales Flat Products Group Administration & Planning;
Sales of Electrical Sheet; Export & Overseas Project
 
April 2000
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
 
April 2003
Representative Director and President
 
April 2008
Representative Director and Chairman