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.
[1] He is currently United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments.
[3] Earlier in his career, Mizuno worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings from April 1988 to January 2003.
[4] Mizuno is currently a director of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Association.
[6][3][7] 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.