SMBC Group advances its operations in more than 40 countries and regions worldwide, and these overseas businesses are driving the growth of the Group. To support these businesses, we are developing talent management framework to enable optimal assignments and promotions, regardless of their location of hire.
Another area of focus is personnel exchanges between Japan and overseas, global training programs, helping employees gain experience in cross-cultural communication, and building a corporate culture that treats diversity as a source of competitiveness.
Globalization of human resources by in figures
Major initiatives for the active efforts of global human resources
Global HR Depatment
SMBC and SMBC Nikko Securities have established Global Human Resources Department in FY 2014 and FY 2017 respectively, and the SMFG Global Human Resources Department was established in FY 2017.
The Global Talent Management Council has been established as a framework for formulating strategic appointment plans for locally hired employees ("LH") as well as for increasing the transparency of promotion of LHs, and a database is being developed to centrally manage talent information on both Group-wide and global basis . To support overseas businesses that drives the Group's growth, we will keep developing for maximizing our talents' capability through systematic human resource management regardless of hired location.
Various training systems
Participants of a global Japan program
For talent development, we offer various training programs for employees from offices around the globe, including the leadership training for management-level employees delivered in partnership with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Another area of focus is personnel exchanges, promoted through programs, under which, employees from overseas offices are assigned to departments in Japan for up to one year.
In addition, we promote overseas trainee programs and financial support for language skill improvement for employees working in the domestic dept., and branches. The cumulative total number of participants in these global training programs has reached 1,950.
Promoting Local Employment
SMBC Group is actively promoting local employment in our overseas offices, with the aim of becoming more familiar with local market expertise for global success. We are strengthening our talent management framework that allows us to support the career development of our employees regardless of the location of hire.
Employee Resource Groups at our overseas offices
At SMBC Group's overseas offices, there are several Employee Resource Groups. Our Women's Inclusion Network and Balance cover gender topics; NIJI Pride and NIJI EMEA advance enlightenment of the LGBTQ+ community, and UNIQUE supports and advocates for people with disabilities.
SMBC Group employees work together to appropriately address their own biases and to promote true DE&I, which enables them to be active in their own right while become more accepting of each other.
In Japan as well, we are accelerating collaborations that transcend regions, e.g., using online tools to co-organize and participate in events with overseas employee resource groups.
