Tokiko Shimizu
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Tokiko Shimizu (清水 季子, Shimizu Tokiko) is a Japanese banker. In 2020, she was appointed an executive director at the Bank of Japan, becoming the first woman to hold such a position.[1][2]
Shimizu was born in Tokyo in 1965.[3] She attended a University of Tsukuba affiliated high school, but chose to enter the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo to study urban engineering.[4] She graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1987,[3] having completed a bachelor's degree in urban engineering. She also holds a master's degree in international policy studies from Stanford University.[5]
Shimizu played tennis from junior high school until University.[4]
Banking career
Shimizu joined the Bank of Japan in 1987, working in foreign exchange operations for 14 years,[3] and also in the financial markets division. In 2010, she was appointed chief of the Takamatsu branch, becoming the first woman branch chief at the bank.[6][7]
From 2016 to 2018 she was the general manager of the Bank of Japan's Chief Representative Office for Europe located in the City of London.[1][8]
In May 2020 she started a four-year term as executive director at the bank. She will also continue as the head of the bank's Nagoya branch, a position she has held since 2018.[2]