Akio Mimura

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]

January 2024

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

Akio 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

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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

• September 2012: Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia^[1][2]
• October 2012: Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Australian National University^[8]