Jay Sapsford
  • Senior Vice President, Global Risk Analysis, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Jay Sapsford is Senior Vice President for Global Risk Analysis. In a newly created role, Sapsford leads the Chamber’s efforts in assessing broad geopolitical and economic risks that impact the business community, and helps identify global trends, risks and opportunities on behalf of the Chamber’s membership. 

A former journalist, Sapsford brings over 20 years of reporting and editing in Tokyo, Beijing, and New York, writing extensively on the economy, finance, trade, industry, and security for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Reuters.

Sapsford also previously served as the chief administrative officer for Japan at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for policy positions, communications, counter-party risk analysis, crisis management, advocacy, and project management.