Hiromichi Mizuno

Hiromichi Mizuno (水野 弘道) is a financial executive who served as chief investment officer of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest asset owner in the world, from January 2015 until March 2020. He is currently United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments.

Early life and education
Mizuno was born in Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He received his BA of law at the Osaka City University, before gaining an Master of Business Administration at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.

Career
Earlier in his career, Mizuno worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings from April 1988 to January 2003. He then became a partner of Coller Capital from 2003 until January 2015.

Mizuno then became executive managing director and CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF), the largest pension fund globally with AUM of $1.5 trillion.

Mizuno is currently a director of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Association. On 30 December 2020, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments.

Corporate boards

 * Tesla, Inc., Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)
 * Danone, Member of the Mission Committee (since 2020)

Non-profit organizations

 * The B Team, Member
 * CFA Institute, Member of the Future of Finance Advisory Council
 * Global Business Coalition for Education, Member of the Advisory Board

Controversy
In September 2020, the Financial Times reported that Mizuno had intervened personally to influence the Harvard University endowment fund – one of Toshiba's largest investors – in what it described as "campaign" to ensure the reappointment of Nobuaki Kurumatani as Toshiba chief executive against the opposition of activist shareholders.