Reason 1: Over 20 years in accounting and tax

Around six years of audit experience at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, followed by roughly ten years of corporate accounting and tax experience in industry — solid grounding in IFRS as well as Japanese GAAP and Japanese tax. Registered since 1 October 2023 with Japan’s International Accounting and Sustainability Disclosure Talent Network, an independent confirmation of that IFRS experience. Broad industry coverage, with particular depth in the luxury and pharmaceutical sectors.

Reason 2: Genuinely strong in English

Fully bilingual in English and Japanese. At Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, in charge of several Japanese subsidiaries of international groups; at luxury companies, head of finance and logistics, using English every day in writing and in conversation. Holder of an Executive MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — English at full business level.

Reason 3: Client-centred, practical advice

Accounting firms have a reputation for being hard to approach, or for advice that is technically correct but too far from the day-to-day business to put into practice. Having spent many years inside operating companies as well as in audit, the principal offers realistic solutions seen from the client’s side of the table.