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FUMIKO HAYASHI Mayor of the City of Yokohama PROFILE

Date of Birth

May 5th, 1946

Hometown

Tokyo,Japan

Education

1965 Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School

Employment History

1965-1976 Toyo Rayon, Co., Ltd. (currently: Toray Industries, Inc.)
Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd. (currently: Panasonic Corporation) etc.
1977 Entered Honda Cars Yokohama, Inc. Transferred to Honda Clio Kanagawakita, Inc.
1987 Entered BMW Tokyo Division (currently: BMW Tokyo, Corp.)
1993 Manager, BMW Tokyo, Corp. Shinjuku Branch
1998 Manager, BMW Tokyo, Corp. Central Branch
1999 President, Fahren Tokyo K.K. (currently: Volkswagen Tokyo K.K.)
2003 President, BMW Tokyo, Corp.
2005 Chairperson and CEO, The Daiei, Inc.
2007 Vice Chairperson, The Daiei, Inc.
May 2008 Operating Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
June 2008 President, Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales Co., Ltd.
August 2009 Mayor of the City of Yokohama

Other Offices Held

Affiliate Professor, Tokyo Jogakkan College

Awards and Honors

2004 Selected as one of Wall Street Journal’s “50 Women to Watch”
2005 Selected as one of Forbes Magazine’s “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
Selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: International”
2006 Selected as 1st Place in the Career Create category in Nikkei Woman Magazine’s “Women of the Year 2006”
Recipient of the Harvard Business School Businesswoman Award
2008 Selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: International”

Publications

September 2009

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