FUMIKO HAYASHI Mayor of the City of Yokohama PROFILE
Date of Birth
- May 5th, 1946
Hometown
- Tokyo,Japan
Education
| 1965 |
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Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School |
Employment History
| 1965-1976 |
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Toyo Rayon, Co., Ltd. (currently: Toray Industries, Inc.) |
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Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd. (currently: Panasonic Corporation) etc. |
| 1977 |
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Entered Honda Cars Yokohama, Inc. Transferred to Honda Clio Kanagawakita, Inc. |
| 1987 |
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Entered BMW Tokyo Division (currently: BMW Tokyo, Corp.) |
| 1993 |
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Manager, BMW Tokyo, Corp. Shinjuku Branch |
| 1998 |
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Manager, BMW Tokyo, Corp. Central Branch |
| 1999 |
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President, Fahren Tokyo K.K. (currently: Volkswagen Tokyo K.K.) |
| 2003 |
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President, BMW Tokyo, Corp. |
| 2005 |
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Chairperson and CEO, The Daiei, Inc. |
| 2007 |
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Vice Chairperson, The Daiei, Inc. |
| May 2008 |
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Operating Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| June 2008 |
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President, Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales Co., Ltd. |
| August 2009 |
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Mayor of the City of Yokohama |
Other Offices Held
Affiliate Professor, Tokyo Jogakkan College
Awards and Honors
| 2004 |
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Selected as one of Wall Street Journal’s “50 Women to Watch” |
| 2005 |
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Selected as one of Forbes Magazine’s “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” |
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Selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: International” |
| 2006 |
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Selected as 1st Place in the Career Create category in Nikkei Woman Magazine’s “Women of the Year 2006” |
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Recipient of the Harvard Business School Businesswoman Award |
| 2008 |
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Selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: International” |
Publications
- “I’m sorry, but you won’t get many sales using that sales method” AkiShobo Co., Ltd
- “It’s wonderful to try one’s best” Soshisha Publishing Co.
- “One more secret phrase to making work go mysteriously well” Soshisha Publishing Co.
September 2009