Tesla's shareholder proxy vote had a Japanese name listed.
For a split second, I thought he must be an executive from Panasonic. I am glad I did not dismiss it as such and googled him instead.
Tesla Welcomes Hiromichi Mizuno (水野弘道) as New Independent Director to its Board...Hiro’s entire career has been in finance and investment... Most recently, Hiro served as Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, which is the largest pension fund in the world with approximately $1.5 trillion in assets under management.
During his time there, Hiro emphasized the importance of environmental considerations in portfolio management and became a global thought leader in sustainable and responsible investment. He also challenged many established market practices, including short-selling, to promote long-term value creation by corporations. ....We are excited that Hiro has joined our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
He is the only prominent Japanese who works with Tesla (well, other than Panasonic) I've come across in a decade I've been following Tesla.
He is also articulate. He sounds like he talks about what he believes, which, unfortunately, is rare in governments or corporations in Japan.
Here is a short talk he gave at Cambridge in January this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIlgTwqo2M (Short talk)It's possible someone like him is not that unusual in current Japan. I may just don't know as I have not been following anything of or about Japan for three decades. If that's the case, please excuse my ignorance.
Anyhow, I am glad that someone from Japan, who has an influence, joined Tesla to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. A piece of good news in a rather dark time.
#Tesla #sustainableenergy #HiromichiMizuno
P.S.
If you want to know what Tesla's mission is all about, in detail with background info and stories, read this. It's the best and easiest to understand among all I've come across. And, it's fun to read.
If you want to read the above in Japanese, I have translated it into Japanese and summarised, with the author's permission. It's 19 parts published in this blog in 2015. Hope you enjoy it.
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