Akihiro has been working on maritime affairs for 20 years, including shipbuilding policy, technology development policy and its project management, regulatory issues.

Since April 2014, he is been working for Japan Ship Centre JETRO London, covering maritime issue in general and sometimes attending IMO, OECD and other international meetings as a Japanese delegation.

Akihiro Tamura graduated from the Naval Architecture Course in Yokohama National University in 1994 and joined the Ministry of Transport the same year. He studied Economics at Queen Mary College, London 2001-2002.