Hiromasa Mizushima

CEO, CIO, Simplex Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Mr. Mizushima was a founding member of Nikko Citigroups successful joint venture in 1999, which he led to become very profitable and highly recognized.    Through August of 2005 he was head of Nikko Citigroups equity division,responsible for global sales, trading, capital markets, derivatives and research.  Mr. Mizushima joined Nikko Securities in 1977.  He graduated from Waseda University and holds a B.A. in Finance.

He is a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Committee on Management Reforms, Committee on Political and Administrative Reforms, Committee on Financial and Capital Markets, Committee on Asia-Japan Relations), and he is a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Directors.