Zurich-based GAM has announced the appointment of a new president of Japan.
GAM has appointed Takakiyo Iwamoto as representative and director of GAM Japan Limited, according to a statement. In the role, he will lead all distribution activities and GAM’s Japan office. Masato Tojima, former representative director and president of GAM Japan, will leave after working at the Swiss asset manager for six years.
Iwamoto first joined GAM as head of distribution in Japan in October 2023. Prior to that, he also worked at Barclays Securities Japan Limited, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., JPMorgan Securities Japan, Ltd., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Tokyo and Mitsui & Co, Ltd.
