Fumitaka Nakahama (Hama)

Hama was promoted as Senior Managing Corporate Executive at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Senior Managing Executive Officer at MUFG Bank on April 1, 2024, remaining the post of Group Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB), MUFG and Chief Executive of GCIB, MUFG Bank since April 1, 2022, of which he is responsible in leading the GCIB activities across MUFG entities. He also became a Member of the Board of Directors at the Bank on June 28, 2022.
He was serving as Deputy Chief Executive of GCIB since April 2021. Prior to that he was Head of GCIB Planning Division, MUFG Bank, since July 2018 as well as General Manager, O&D Planning Division, MUS Holdings, since June 2019 where he was responsible for leading the strategy management team within MUFG’s banking and securities’ arm in developing and achieving MUFG’s overall GCIB growth and objectives.
In addition to his role in strategy, Hama has ~30 years of experience within structured finance space which is comprised of, inter alia, project financing, equity & fund investment, insurance underwriting, both in origination and credit as mentioned below. He has been situated in London, New York, Washington D.C. and Tokyo through the course of his career.
He was the Head of Investment Banking for the Americas, a role he assumed in April 2016 after serving as Deputy Head of Investment Banking Credit Division from November 2014. Prior to that he was serving Investment Banking Division for EMEA from March 2011 to November 2014 where he was initially acting as Managing Director but was promoted to Deputy Head over the course.
Aside from his career in MUFG, Hama has also pursued his professional career at AIG as well as GE Capital where he acted as one of the senior managers and played a key role in their equity investment, infrastructure fund and underwriting various type of insurance products for corporate clients. He was also seconded to IFC, World Bank Group, when he was employed at MUFG as a junior banker.