Director, PwC Risk Advisory LLC
Forensic services
Prior to joining PwC Japan, Akiko Hirao was a regional controller for a US-based real estate investment fund.
In addition to fraud investigations, she works primarily in the fields of anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance program development, bribery and corruption due diligence and license agreement compliance control.
Akiko has assisted clients, both foreign and domestic, in a variety of industries that include the electronics manufacturing, medical and healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial institution, food processing, trading house and telecommunications industries.