Mitsuru Chino
President and CEO
Itochu International Inc.
About
Mitsuru "Claire" Chino is Managing Executive Officer of ITOCHU Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in Japan, and she is President and CEO of ITOCHU International Inc., a subsidiary of Itochu in New York, overseeing North America. Before assuming her position in New York, she was General Counsel of Itochu, and prior to that, a partner with an international law firm. In 2013, she became the first female executive officer of any major trading company in Japan. Claire has received several recognitions, including from the World Economic Forum (Young Global Leader), Asia Society (Asia 21), and the U.S. Japan Foundation (USJLP Fellow), and is a Smith Medalist.
The California Lawyers Association recognized her as the 8th Annual Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year in 2018. Claire is a graduate of Smith College and Cornell Law School, where she serves on the advisory board. She is a classically trained singer and gives solo performances from time to time, most recently at the Weill Carnegie Recital Hall.