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Hiro Mizuno

UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments

About Hiro

Hiromichi Mizuno 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.

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Earlier in his career, Mizuno worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings from 1988 to 2003. Prior to joining GPIF, he was a partner of Coller Capital from 2003 to 2005.

Mizuno is currently a Director of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Association. On 30 December 2020, he was appointed as United Nations Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments.