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Taichi Murakami
Managing Director, Deputy Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (Asia Pacific)
MUFG Bank
Mr. Taichi Murakami was appointed Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB) for Asia Pacific at MUFG Bank Ltd in April 2024. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for managing MUFG’s global corporate and investment banking client portfolio and oversees all governance and control aspects of this business across the region.
A 26-year veteran with MUFG, Mr. Murakami has accumulated an extensive background in corporate & investing banking. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Managing Director and Head of Aviation, Shipping & Transportation Finance of the bank’s Solution Products Division in Tokyo, a position he held since January 2021. Prior to that, he was the Head of Global Subsidiary Banking Japan in the bank’s GCIB Planning Division.
Mr. Murakami also held roles with the Structured Finance Division where he oversaw clients in the aviation sector, and ECA Finance and Commodity & Structured Trade Finance in the Asian Investment Banking Division. He then became Director of the same function at the Investment Banking Division for the Americas.
Mr. Murakami began his career in 2000 with Sanwa Bank’s Sakai Branch in Osaka, before transferring to the International Credit Division in Tokyo, followed by his first overseas assignment in 2004 in London.
Mr. Murakami holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kobe University.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:45–2:15pmFri 20 NovCatalyst StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Others
The Collective Business of Going Green: Insights from Singapore's Green 100 National Movement
About this session
For businesses, particularly SMEs in value and supply chains, the case for sustainability is often difficult to translate into action. Costs and complexity are immediate while commercial benefits tend to feel distant and uncertain. · Singapore’s Green 100 movement seeks to change the equation. By converging government agencies, trade associations, financial institutions and the private sector around common pathways, Green 100 makes sustainability simpler to start, scale, and unlock value for businesses that take action. The launch of Green 100 Bronze marks an important shift from recognition to reward. Procurement is singled out as the first major “value unlock”, with Singapore’s public and private sectors working to harmonise recognition of Green 100 in supplier selection and incentivisation. What will it take to translate such recognition into sustained market demand? And how can green procurement be reinforced by green financing, market access, grants, and other economic incentives? Singapore’s 2027 ASEAN chairmanship also raises a wider opportunity. Are there Green 100 learnings that other ASEAN Member States can leverage? Which elements – common pathways, trusted credentials, “queen bee” mobilisation, or value unlocks – can be replicated in other markets? And could these different national approaches become increasingly interoperable over time? This panel brings together leaders from the government, business, procurement and finance sectors to examine the choices, challenges, and next steps for Green 100; and how Singapore’s experience might contribute to broader activation of the ASEAN green economy.
