PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC announces its commencement of operations and leadership team

1 December 2023
PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC

Tokyo, 1 December 2023 - PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takaaki Ino) is pleased to announce that on December 1st, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC and PricewaterhouseCoopers Kyoto merged and began operations as PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC. Please see below for corporate profile, leadership team, and others. The firm has adopted an executive system, and senior officers are as listed below chief officers.

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Corporate Profile (as of 1 December 2023)

Name of Organization PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC
Date of Establishment June 1 2006
Capital JPY 1,000 million
Representative Takaaki Ino

※Please see https://www.pwc.com/jp/en/about/member/assurance.html for details such as number of employees, firm history, office location, and others.

Leadership Team (effective 1 December 2023)

*Please see the table by scrolling horizontally.

Management Committee    
Chief Executive Officer Takaaki Ino
Acting CEO Keiichiro Kagi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(Assurance Leader/Assurance Transformation/Planning & Management)
Masataka Kubota
Executive Officer /
Chief Broader Assurance Service Officer
Masato Yamagami Executive Officer /
Chief Audit Service Officer
Kensuke Koda
Chief Quality Officer Takaki Suzuki Chief Kyoto Business Management Officer Katsuhiko Saito
Chief Human Capital Officer Masahiko Nara Chief Culture Officer/
Chief People Development Officer
Chikako Suzuki
Chief Client & Industry Officer Eiichi Yamanaka Chief Digital Officer/
Chief Information Officer
(Trust Service Development)
Kazuya Miyamura
Chief Group Company Management Officer Akira Kashima Chief Financial Officer Nobuki Otsude
Senior Officer
(Risk & Quality), Observer of Management Committee
Jamie Boynton Senior Officer
(Planning & Management Leader), Observer of Management Committee
Nobuhiro Nasu
Senior Officer
(Assurance OGC Leader), Observer of Management Committee
Takeshi Ishigami Senior Officer
(Risk Assurance Leader), Observer of Management Committee
Taiji Ayabe
Senior Officer
(Nagoya Leader, West Japan Collaboration Office Leader), Observer of Management Committee
Kenji Tezuka    
Assurance Operating Units  
Senior Officer
(Technology, Media and Telecom Leader)
Yoshihisa Chiyoda Senior Officer
(Financial Reporting Advisory Leader)
Hiroaki Naganuma
Senior Officer
(Consumer, Industrial Products and Services Leader)
Takeshi Shioya Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory Leader, Pharma Industry Leader)
Kazuto Takagi
Senior Officer
(Banking & Capital Markets Leader)
Ryutaro Ohtsuji Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory), Global Internal Audit Leader, Global Risk Markets Leader
Shaun Willcocks
Senior Officer
(Insurance Leader)
Yuko Harda Senior Officer
(Sustainability Advisory Leader)
Hidetoshi Tahara
Senior Officer
(Asset & Wealth Management Leader)
Takeshi Yamaguchi Senior Officer
(Trust Service Research & Development), Risk Service Leader (Japan), Forensic Lead (Japan)
Takuei Maruyama
Senior Officer
(Osaka Leader)
Masahisa Kinoshita Senior Officer
(Kyoto Assurance 1 Leader)
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
Senior Officer
(Fukuoka Leader)
Haruyasu Tanabe Senior Officer
(Kyoto Assurance 2 Leader)
Tetsuro Iwase
Industry  
Senior Officer
(Retail & Consumer Industry Leader), CMAAS Global Leadership Team (Japan)
Wei Ku Senior Officer
(Financial Service Industry Leader, Banking & Capital Markets Industry Leader, Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory)
Hideki Ishii
Senior Officer
(Energy, Utilities & Mining Industry Leader)
Takashi Kumada Senior Officer
(Insurance Industry Leader)
Koichi Uzuka
Senior Officer
(Private Equity / Trading House Industry Leader)
Hiroyuki Sawayama Senior Officer
(Asset & Wealth Management Industry Leader)
Dai Tsujita
Senior Officer
(Public Service Industry Leader, Community Co-creation Office Leader)
Nobuyuki Tsuji Senior Officer  
(Banking & Capital Markets), Special Missions

Trevor Tisseverasinghe

Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory), Special Missions
Masahiro Komai

 

Other Headquarter Functions  
Senior Officer
(Trust Insight Center Leader)
Yoshiyuki Kure Senior Officer
(Audit General Management Office Deputy Leader)
Hideaki Endo
Senior Officer
(Risk & Quality Deputy Leader)
Takahiro Nomura

 

※They are listed according to the order of the organizational chart. All are partners at the firm, with the exception of Jamie Boynton, a partner at PwC US in Japan.

Organization Chart

About PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC

PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC provides   audit and assurance services in Japan and is a member firm of the PwC global network. We provide high-quality audit services that meet global standards and are built on the trusted audit approaches and cutting-edge technologies that we have developed throughout the long history of the PwC network. We also leverage this knowledge to advise our clients through broader assurance services in a variety of fields, including accounting, internal controls and governance as well as cybersecurity, regulatory requirements, digitalisation and initial public offerings. Together with PwC Business Assurance LLC, PwC Sustainability LLC and PwC Research Institute LLC, we aim as trusted professionals to instill a newfound confidence in Japan's future with our Assurance Vision 2030. 

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