Taizo Nishimuro
Overview
On July 29, 2008, IBM announced that the IBM Board of Directors elected Taizo Nishimuro to the Board effective September 22, 2008. Mr. Nishimuro, 72, is chairman of the board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. Mr. Nishimuro was named chairman of the board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in June 2005. He also concurrently served TSE as president and chief executive officer from December 2005 to June 2007, during which time he accelerated internationalization of TSE"s activities. Mr. Nishimuro also currently acts as an adviser to the board of Toshiba Corporation. He was president and chief executive officer of Toshiba Corporation between June 1996 and June 2000 and subsequently served as chairman of Toshiba between June 2000 and June 2005. Mr. Nishimuro is also chairman, Fiscal System Council, which advises Japan"s Ministry of Finance, and a member of the International Advisory Council to the Economic Development Board of Singapore. Mr. Nishimuro received his B.S. in economics from Keio University.
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