Akane Yoshida

PwC Japan Group Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
PwC Japan LLC Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair
PwC Advisory LLC Executive Officer and Chair

Specialty

M&A, Post Merger Integration, Value Creation through business restructuring

Summary of expertise

Akane Yoshida is engaged in advisory services for execution of cross-border and domestic M&As and Post Merger Integration (PMI). She has extensive experience in reorganisation of domestic and overseas businesses and companies, providing advice to sellers or buyers in carve-out deals and supporting formulation of joint ventures and restructuring of a company group.

After being involved in statutory audits of companies listed on the first section of the TSE or registered with the SEC, internal control designing and IPO support at a major auditing firm, Akane assumed the role of group controller at a major foreign advertising company in 2005, engaging in the finance management operation for its 12 domestic group companies, and led the business integration project related to the group’s restructuring.

Akane joined the M&A practice at PwC in 2009. She provides hands-on support to domestic and foreign companies on their cross-border transactions, including development of M&A strategies, business/operational/governance due diligence, disposals/acquisitions relating to carve-out transactions, post merger business management integration, building of the organisational structure in a business reorganization and business divestiture. Considering Value Creation in Deals, which transforms corporate activities through M&As and business restructuring and maximises value,as the top priority issue, Akane focuses on giving advice on the optimum operational model and business governance throughout the entire process from strategy formulation to PMI.

Akane was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PwC Advisory LLC in July 2019 and Executive Officer and Chair in July 2024.

Awarded "TIGER WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2024".

Certificates

• Japan Certified Public Accountant

Lectures

• Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha’s forum: “Selection and Concentration Strategy at Conglomerates, Leveraging PE Funds" ‘Carve-out M&A Strategy, Leveraging PE Funds ~Operational Strategy to Enhance Value’ (December 11, 2017 Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha)
• Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha’s forum: “PMI for a Successful Cross-border M&A" ‘Cross-border M&A from the Perspective of Post-deal Management and Business’ (February 1, 2017 Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha)
• Panel discussion: “Expanding the Global Reach: Cross-border M&A by Japanese Companies” (October 7, 2014 Mergermarket, Allen & Overy, PwC)