Chair's Office

Chair: Alberto Tamura

Alberto Tamura is Chair of the International Bankers Association of Japan and a member of the Executive Committee. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.

Alberto Tamura is the Representative Director, President & CEO of Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd and Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. , and Director and Chairman of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. He is also a member of Morgan Stanley’s Management Committee.

Alberto joined Morgan Stanley in November 1996 and was promoted to Managing Director in December 2003. He served as the Head of the Institutional Equity Division from April 2008 for 11 years before assuming his present role in April 2019.

Alberto serves as a Director of the U.S.-Japan Business Council.

Alberto was born and raised in Cali, Colombia. After graduating from high school in Colegio Bolivar (American School) in 1984, Alberto attended Brown University in the U.S. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988, and took residence in Japan immediately thereafter.

Vice-Chair (Member Affairs): Zenji Nakamura

Zenji Nakamura is UBS Group’s Japan Country Head. He additionally serves as Chairman and Representative Director of UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Representative in Japan and Japan Country Head of UBS AG, Tokyo Branch, as well as President of UBS SuMi TRUST Wealth Management Co., Ltd.  He is also Vice-Chair for Member Affairs and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Bankers Association of Japan.

Nakamura joined UBS in 2010 as head of the firm’s Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities unit in Japan. Two years later he was named Japan Country Head, as well as President and Representative Director of UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. He also sits on UBS's Asia Pacific Executive Committee.

Nakamura launched his career with Nomura, serving in its Tokyo, London, and New York offices in an array of senior roles, including Head of Global Fixed Income and International Head in its Global Markets division. He was appointed an executive officer of that firm in 2006 and senior managing director in 2008.

He holds a master’s degree from Waseda University.

Vice-Chair (Finance & Administration): Benjamin Lamberg

Benjamin Lamberg is Crédit Agricole Group Senior Country Officer for Japan since October 2023. The Group is made of Credit Agricole CIB – bank and securities business, Amundi and CA Life Japan.

Prior joining Japan, he served as CEO of Crédit Agricole CIB's Taipei branch from December 2020 to March 2024. From 2012 to 2020, Benjamin was based in Hong Kong as Head of Global Debt Markets for APAC and Global Head of MTNs & Private Placements (2008-2020) for Credit Agricole CIB. He began his career at Dresdner Kleinwort in London (2001-2007).

In Taiwan, he chaired the French Chamber (CCIFT) and served as Vice-Chairman of Taiwan French Trade Advisors (CCEF). He previously chaired ASIFMA's Credit Committee (2015-2017) and served as vice-chair of its China Capital Market Committee (2017-2020).

His education includes Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership's Business & Sustainability Programme (2022), INSEAD's Leadership Executive Programme (2003), an MBA from the University of Wales (2000), and a Maîtrise in Economics & Finance from Université de Paris, Pantheon-Assas (1999).