*anese businessman

Akio Mimura (三村明夫, Mimura Akio, born 2 November 1940) is a prominent *anese businessman notable for his positions at the head of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, and as Chairman of the *an-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.

Mimura is 19th Chairman of *an Chamber of Commerce of Industry(JCCI) since 2013, which is the largest small and medium business *ociation with 1,250,000 corporate members in *an.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Board and committee positions
• 3 Honours and awards
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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.

Board and committee positions

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Honours and awards

• September 2012: Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
• October 2012: Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Australian National University

References

External links

• Sandra M. Larkin. "Biography: Akio Mimura 1940—". Encyclopedia of Business, 2nd ed. Reference for Business. Retrieved 21 March 2014.