Tokiko Shimizu

is a Japanese banker. In 2020, she was appointed an executive director at the Bank of Japan, becoming the first woman to hold such a position.

Early life Shimizu was born in Tokyo in 1965. She attended a University of Tsukuba affiliated high school, but chose to enter the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo to study urban engineering. She graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1987,

Shimizu played tennis from junior high school until University.

From 2016 to 2018 she was the general manager of the Bank of Japan's Chief Representative Office for Europe located in the City of London.

In May 2020 she started a four-year term as executive director at the bank. She will also continue as the head of the bank's Nagoya branch, a position she has held since 2018.

Recognitions Forbes ranked Shimizu as the 56th most powerful woman in the world in 2023.