PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan announces FY2025 Leadership Team

Tokyo, 1 July 2024 - PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masataka Kubota) today announced its FY2025 Leadership Team. 

Leadership Team (effective 1 July 2024)

*Please see the table by scrolling horizontally.

Management Committee
Chief Executive Officer Masataka Kubota
Acting CEO Keiichiro Kagi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(Assurance Leader / Assurance Transformation / Planning & Management / Chief Investment Officer)
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Executive Officer /
Chief Broader Assurance Service Officer
Masato Yamagami Executive Officer /
Chief Audit Service Officer
Kensuke Koda
Executive Officer /
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 Financial Officer Nobuki Otsude Observer of Management Committee Takaaki Ino
Observer of Management
Committee (Subsidiary Management)
Akane Yoshida Observer of Management
Committee, Senior Officer (Risk & Quality Co-Leader)
Neil Weingarten
Observer of Management
Committee, Senior Officer (Planning & Management Leader)
Kazuyuki Tsujimura Observer of Management
Committee Senior Officer (Assurance OGC Leader)
Takeshi Ishigami
Observer of Management
Committee, Senior Officer (Risk Assurance Leader) 
Taiji Ayabe Observer of Management
Committee, Senior Officer (Nagoya Leader, West Japan Collaboration Office Leader)
Kenji Tezuka
Observer of Management
Committee, Officer (Regular Recruitment)
Naoko Mori Observer of Management
Committee, Officer (Public Policy)
Kenichi Hayashi
Operating Units Senior Officer
Senior Officer
(Technology, Media and Telecom Leader)
Yoshihisa Chiyoda Senior Officer
(Kyoto Assurance 2 Leader)
Tetsuro Iwase
Senior Officer
(Consumer, Industrial Products and Services Leader)
Takeshi Shioya Senior Officer
(Financial Reporting Advisory Leader)
Hiroaki Naganuma
Senior Officer
(Banking & Capital Markets Leader)
Ryutaro Ohtsuji Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory Leader, Healthcare Industry Leader)
Kazuto Takagi
Senior Officer
(Insurance Leader)
Yuko Harada Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory, Global Internal Audit Leader, Global Risk Markets Leader)
Shaun Willcocks
Senior Officer
(Asset & Wealth Management Leader)
Takashi Sato Senior Officer
(Sustainability Advisory Leader)
Hidetoshi Tahara
Senior Officer
(Osaka Leader)
Masahisa Kinoshita Senior Officer
(Trust Service Research & Development, Risk Service Leader (Japan))
Takuei Maruyama
Senior Officer
(Fukuoka Leader)
Haruyasu Tanabe  Senior Officer
(Financial Reporting Advisory, Japan Business Network US Leader)
Shintaro Sakamoto
Senior Officer
(Kyoto Assurance 1 Leader)
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto    
Industry Senior Officer
Senior Officer
(Financial Service Industry Leader, Banking & Capital Markets Industry Leader, Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory) 
Hideki Ishii Senior Officer
(Insurance Industry Leader)
Koichi Uzuka
Senior Officer
(Asset & Wealth Management Industry Leader)
Dai Tsujita Senior Officer
(Consumer Markets Industry Leader)
Daisuke Sugita
Senior Officer
(Government & Public Services Industry Leader, Community Co-creation Office Leader)
Nobuyuki Tsuji Senior Officer
(Energy, Utilities and Resources Industry Leader)
Takashi Kumada
Senior Officer
(Private Equity Industry Leader)
Ryo Shimakata Senior Officer
(Transportation & Logistics Industry Leader)
Hiroyuki Sawayama
Senior Officer
(Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory, Special Missions)
Masahiro Komai Senior Officer
(Banking & Capital Markets, Special Missions)
Trevor Tisseverasinghe
Other Headquarter Functions Senior Officer
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    

※All are partners at the firm, with the exception of Neil Weingarten, a partner at PwC US in Japan.

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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, PwC Risk Advisory 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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About the PwC Japan Group

The PwC Japan Group is a collective name for the member firms of the PwC global network in Japan and their affiliates. Each firm within the PwC Japan Group conducts its business as a separate, independent business entity.

In response to our clients' increasingly complex and diverse corporate management issues, the PwC Japan Group has put in place a system that consolidates our knowledge in the fields of auditing and assurance, consulting, deal advisory, tax and legal services, and encourages organic collaboration among our professionals in each field. As a professional services network with approximately 11,500 certified public accountants, tax accountants, lawyers and other professional staff, we strive to provide services that more accurately address our clients' needs.
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