Kenji Okamura
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Current position
- Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
- Assumed office as Deputy Managing Director on December 3, 2021.
Previous senior roles in Japan
- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan on International Economic Policies.
- Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs from 2020-21, Japan’s highest civil servant position in international finance.
- Oversaw all international finance work of the Ministry of Finance.
- Participated in IMFC, G7, G20, ASEAN + 3, and other meetings, representing Japan as the Finance Minister’s Deputy.
- Director-General of the International Bureau in the Ministry of Finance.
- Deputy Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.
International and multilateral experience
- Vice Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee at the OECD.
- IDA Deputy at the World Bank for the successful IDA18 replenishment.
Education
- Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo.
- Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.