Tesla recruits Hiro Mizuno, ex-manager of Japan's $1.5tn pension fund

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Hiromichi (Hiro) Mizuno, the former executive managing director and chief investment officer of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, will join Tesla. (Source photos by Reuters)

YIFAN YU and ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writers

PALO ALTO, U.S./NEW YORK -- Tesla has brought in Hiromichi Mizuno, a veteran Japanese financier, as a new member of its board of directors and audit committee, according to company regulatory filings made Thursday.

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