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President and chief executive officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: 1939, in Japan.

Education: Osaka University.

Career: Sumitomo Bank, 1997–2001, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, 2001–, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, 2002–, president and chief executive officer.

Address: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, 1-2 Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan;