Mizuho Securities' new female wealth management head targets sixfold growth in asset advisory business.

Tomoko Hama, the first female head of wealth management at Mizuho Securities, aims to increase the value of assets advised by MiRaI Wealth Partners to over ¥100 billion ($652 million) within five years. This represents a sixfold growth from the current ¥16 billion. Hama's appointment is notable in Japan's finance sector, where female senior managers are rare.