With strong leadership, Takashi Goto contributed to the growth of the company and its group through management reform, leading to it being successfully re-listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2014. Now he is promoting corporate value improvement as part of his aims to make the group the center of “tourism-oriented Japan”.
Education
Bachelor of Economics, University of Tokyo in 1972.
Experience
1972 – Joined Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank (now part of Mizuho Bank).
1997 – Worked in divisions including corporate planning. As a senior manager at the bank he helped steer it through a crisis involving accusations of illegal loans to gangsters.
2000 – Managing Officer, Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank.
2000 – Managing Officer, Mizuho Holdings.
2001 – Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Holdings.
2003 – Executive Managing Officer, Mizuho Financial Group; Executive Managing Director, Mizuho Corporate Bank.
2004 – Vice President and Director, Mizuho Corporate Bank.
2005 – President and CEO, Seibu Railway.
2006 – President and CEO, Seibu Holdings.
