Teiko Kudo

KIYOSHI OTA—BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES
  • Title
    Director Deputy President and Executive Officer
  • Company/Affiliation
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
  • Country/Territory
    Japan

Teiko Kudo is deputy president of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. She also sits on the diversity committee of the Japan Business Federation, an influential business association. Earlier this year, Kudo lobbied the Japanese government to allow women to choose their own surname; Japan remains the only country in the world that legally requires married couples to pick the same family name, frustrating female executives.