March 11, 2022
To whom it may concern,
Company name:

Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited

Representative:

President and CEO

Shusaku Tsuhara(Code number: 8425 Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section)
Contact:

Managing Director,
General Manager ofCorporate Planning
Department

Phone:+81-3-5253-6511

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Announcement Regarding Change of Officers, Personnel Change, and Organizational Change
Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited (the “Company”) hereby announces that on March 11, 2022, its
Board of Directors informally decided on the following change of officers and personnel change, as
well as passed a resolution on the following organizational change.
1. Change of Director(1) Details of change (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name(New position)(Current position)

Daisaku Abe

DirectorDirector and Chairman

Daisaku Abe will retire from directorship at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders to be held in June of this year and assume the position of the Executive Advisor of theCompany.
2. Change of Executive Officers(1) Promotion (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name

Yasuhiko Hashimoto

Kazuomi Funakawa(New position)(Current position)

Managing Executive Officer

Executive Officer(Areas of responsibility: Sales(Areas of responsibility: Sales

Departments and Branches)

Departments and Branches)

Managing Executive Officer

Executive Officer

General Manager of Environmental

General Manager of Environmental

Energy Business Department

Energy Business Department

(2) New appointment (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name(New position)
Executive Officer

Nobufusa Takeuchi

General Manager of Strategic
Investment Department

Masashi Takahata

Executive Officer
Deputy CIO
Executive Officer

Naoto Moriya

General Manager of Credit Risk
Management Department
Executive Officer

Naoyuki Machinaga(Areas of responsibility: specialprojects)
Executive Officer

Kazuma Ohe(Areas of responsibility: specialprojects)(Current position)
General Manager of Strategic
Investment Department

Deputy CIO

Senior General Manager of Credit
Risk Management Department

AdvisorMizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

(3) Change in responsibility (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name(New position)
Deputy President
Deputy President Executive Officer(Areas of responsibility: Secretariat

Akira Nakamura

Division, Real Estate Business
Coordination Department,
Innovation Co-Creation
Department, Sales Departments andBranches)(Current position)
Deputy President
Deputy President Executive Officerand CFO(Areas of responsibility: Secretariat
Division, Accounting Department,
Treasury Department, Sales
Departments and Branches)

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Hiroshi Nagamine

CFO

Senior Managing Executive Officer(Areas of responsibility:

CRO

International Administration(Areas of responsibility: Risk

Department, International Business

Management Department,Promotion Department, Accounting

International Administration

Department, Treasury Department,

Department, International BusinessCorporate Communications

Promotion Department)

Department)

Managing Director
Chihiro Tokiyasu

and Managing Executive Officer(Areas of responsibility: Personnel
Department, General Department)Managing Director
and Managing Executive Officer(Areas of responsibility: Personnel
Department, GeneralAdministration Department)

Managing Executive Officer

Nobuhisa Zama

CRO

Managing Executive Officer

CCO

CCO

(Areas of responsibility: Legal &(Areas of responsibility: Legal &Compliance Department, Credit

Compliance Department, Credit

Risk Management Department,

Risk Management Department)

Risk Management Department)
Executive Officer
Yutaka Sato

General Manager of Personnel
Department

Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate
Business Department (Metropolitan
Area No.3)

Executive Officer
Hirohide Ishiyama

General Manager of Real Estate

Executive Officer

Business Coordination Department

General Manager of Real Estate

General Manager of Real EstateBusiness Department

Business Department (No.1)
Executive Officer
Kensuke Sato

General Manager of Business

Executive Officer

Promotion Department

General Manager of Business

General Manager of Innovation Co-Promotion Department

Creation Department(4) Retirement (effective as of March 31, 2022)
Name(New position)(Current position)
Managing Executive Officer

Hironobu Yamaguchi

Resigned(Areas of responsibility: Sales
Departments and Branches)
Managing Executive Officer

Tetsuya Norimatsu

Resigned(Areas of responsibility: Sales
Departments and Branches)
Executive Officer

Asao Tsumuji

Resigned

General Manager of Personnel
Department

Executive Officer
Yasushi Hara

ResignedGeneral Manager of Corporate
Business Department (MetropolitanArea No.5)

Hironobu Yamaguchi will assume the position of Advisor of the Company on April 1, 2022 and theposition of auditor of ML Estate Company, Limited in June 2022.
Tetsuya Norimatsu will assume the position of president of Mizuho Auto Lease Company, Limitedon April 1, 2022.
Yasushi Hara will assume the position of president of ML Shoji Company, Limited on April 1, 2022.
3. Appointment of Corporate Directors (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name(New position)
Senior General Manager ofToshiya Matsuo

Corporate Business Department(No.4)
Senior General Manager ofYoichi Ninomiya

Construction Equipment
Department

Tadahiko Ueda

Kozo Maede

General Manager of Construction
Equipment Department

Department

Department

Senior General Manager of General

General Manager of General

Affairs Department

Administration Department

International Business Promotion

Senior General Manager
On secondment
Representative Director andPresident, ML Estate Company,
LimitedSenior General Manager
Konosuke Mizuta

Business Department (No.4)

General Manager of Audit

Department

Masato Matsui

General Manager of Corporate

Senior General Manager of Audit

Senior General Manager ofToshiaki Ito(Current position)

On secondment
President Director, PT. Verena
Multi Finance Tbk

General Manager of International
Business Promotion Department

On secondment
Representative Director andPresident of ML Estate Company,Limited

On secondment
President Director, PT. Verena
Multi Finance Tbk

4. Personnel change (effective as of April 1, 2022)
Name
Yasuyuki Yamaji(New position)(Current position)

General Manager of Corporate

General Manager of FinanceBusiness Department (No.1)

Business Department

General Manager of Corporate
Haruhisa Koyama

Business Department (MetropolitanArea No.3)

General Manager of Toyama
BranchGeneral Manager of Corporate
Hideki MachidaBusiness Department (Metropolitan―Area No.5)
Hideki Takano

Masayuki Ando

Kiichi Masui

Katsuya Noto

Kazuyuki Kani

General Manager of DX Business
Department
General Manager of Aviation
Business Department
General Manager of Real EstateBusiness Department (No.2)
General Manager of FinanceBusiness Department
General Manager of Toyama
BranchSenior General Manager of

Tomoko Take

Corporate Communications
Department

Seiichi Miyata―――――

Senior General Manager of
Sustainability Management
Division (in Corporate PlanningDepartment)

General Manager of Business

General Manager of DX BusinessOperations Department

Department

5. Organizational change (effective as of April 1, 2022)(1) Reorganization of Real Estate Business Department
The Company’s real estate business is expanding rapidly, especially through the cooperation
with Mizuho Financial Group. In addition to expanding the existing business as a continued
focus area, the Company will reorganize the Real Estate Business Department into thefollowing three departments to make a foray into new areas, with an eye on cooperation withgroup companies, and strengthen the management structure, as well as to promptly respond todiverse customer needs.
•Real Estate Business Coordination Department
The department will engage in the overall planning of the real estate business and thepromotion of new businesses related to real estate.

•Real Estate Business Department (No.1)
The department will engage in business activities centered around finance projects.

•Real Estate Business Department (No.2)
The department will engage in the management of existing projects during the contract
period and the overall refinancing business.

(2) Establishment of Innovation Co-Creation Department
To accelerate new business development and commercialization of specific ideas, theCompany will review the current framework for new business development from a
constructive perspective and establish a dedicated department.

By concentrating resources (human resources, knowledge, networks, and energy) in the newdepartment, the Company will collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders acrossorganizational boundaries and create new businesses.

(3) Establishment of Corporate Communications Department
To strengthen the stakeholder engagement function which has become increasingly important,
the Company will separate the Sustainability Management Division and the Corporate
Communications Division in the Corporate Planning Department and establish the Corporate
Communications Department as an independent department.

The Sustainability Management Division will be established within the Corporate
Communications Department, with the mission to hold dialogues, build relationships, andcooperate with stakeholders, as well as to continuously create value through these efforts.

(4) Establishment of Financial Planning Division in Accounting Department
The Financial Planning Division will be established due to the necessity of a moresophisticated financial planning function that can keep up with the Company’s expanding
business areas and diversifying business assets, among other developments.

The Financial Planning Division will centrally take charge of the planning and monitoring ofprofits and the overall budget, for which the Corporate Planning Department and theAccounting Department are jointly responsible at the moment.

(5) Establishment of General Administration Division in Corporate Planning Department
The Corporate Planning Department and the General Administration Department currently
share duties related to the management base, such as shareholders meetings, internal control,and management of internal rules. The General Administration Division will be established touse resources effectively by concentrating the responsibilities in the Corporate Planning
Department.

(6) Reorganization of General Division in General Administration Department into General
Department
Following the transfer of part of the General Administration Department’s duties to theGeneral Administration Division in the Corporate Planning Department, the General Divisionin the General Administration Department will be reorganized into an independentdepartment.
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