• Over 20 years of experience in internal audit, governance and risk management in Japan and the United States, serving both as a practitioner at a major Japanese bank and as an advisor at professional firms
• Concurrent engagement in research activities since 1999

• Supporting organizations’ sustainable value creation through global perspective and academic insights

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (Since 2003)
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) (Since 2008)
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) (Since 2012)
• Accreditation in Internal Quality Assessment/Validation (2007)
• SA8000 Introduction & Basic Auditor Certificate (2024)

• Specialized in: Internal Audit, Risk Management (including Internal Control), and Fraud Prevention

• Member of the Global Guidance Council (GGC）, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global Headquarters（Since July 2023）
  https://www.theiia.org/en/standards/2024-standards/governance-process-and-due-diligence/global-guidance-council/

• Member of the Translation Committee, Institute of Internal Auditors（IIA）-Japan（Since December 2024）

• Co-author: “Advanced Internal Audit Guidebook for Post-Implementation of the Internal Control Reporting System [J-SOX]” (September 2009), edited by PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata and PwC Advisory LLC, published by Seibunsha.
• Author “Practical Handbook” (In progress).
• Co-author: “Practical Handbook”

• COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework（refreshed in May 2013）

• Internal Auditor Magazine October 2023: “Training Tomorrow’s Internal Auditor”
• Internal Auditor Magazine December 2021: “Trusted Advisors in Times of Uncertainty”
• Internal Auditor Magazine October 2018: “In any kind of weather”

• Auditing Culture 2nd Edition, Global Practice Guide by IIA (July 2024).
  https://www.theiia.org/en/content/guidance/recommended/supplemental/practice-guides/auditing-culture/

• Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University (2014)

• Master’s Thesis in Business Administration: “A Study on the Mechanisms Behind Unethical Behavior” (March 2019)

＜CIA Forum Research Group, The Institute of Internal Auditors Japan＞

• No.z7: “Internal Audit Consultation Research Group (Problem Solving for Internal Auditors and Internal Audit Function)” (Ongoing)
• No.30: “Methods for Developing Internal Auditors Research Group” (Completed)

＜IIA Global Audit Practices Introduction Course, hosted by Institute of Internal Auditors（IIA）Japan＞

• “Trusted Advisors in Times of Uncertainty”（May 2023）
• “Training Tomorrow’s Internal Auditor”（February 2024）

＜Skill Enhancement Training, hosted by Institute of Internal Auditors（IIA）Japan＞

• “Role-Playing Internal Audit Case Studies (Financial Edition)” (February 2024)

• “Management Expectations for Internal Audit Function: Roles and Practices” USCPA CPE Seminar hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata Japan（PwC Japan）(November 2012)
• ”Internal Control Roundtable” hosted by Japan Association of Corporate Directors（July 2013）
• “Fraud Prevention through Overseas Group Governance and Audit/Monitoring” hosted by Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Japan (January 2014)
• “Risk-based Internal Audit Practices in Japanese Financial Institutions” hosted by Seminar Info Co.,Ltd. (May and August 2022)

• Institute of Internal Auditors（IIA）-Japan（Since November 2003）
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Japan（Since May 2008）
• Japan University Auditors Association（Since May 2024）

• Japan Society of Monetary Economics（Since September 2012）
• Academic Association for Organizational Science（Since April 2019）