Todd Kropp

Todd Kropp is a Partner in the Deal Advisory practice of KPMG FAS in Tokyo where he is focused on serving both private equity and corporate clients. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Kropp was the General Manager of a private equity owned specialty chemical manufacturing company with responsibility over operations in Japan and Korea. Before he was appointed General Manager, Todd was CFO for North America and Asia. In his roles within the company, Todd focused primarily on implementing improvements both in financial reporting as well as the operational side of the business to drive top line and profitability growth. Prior to his role within the portfolio company, Todd was a partner with a Big Four accounting firm in New York and Tokyo where he worked with private equity and corporate clients advising on transactions in various sectors. As a Partner in the KPMG Deal Advisory practice, Todd is responsible to support clients execute M&A transactions involving Japanese companies as buyer or seller. In this capacity, Todd has advised a number of private equity clients on transaction in various sectors including retail, financial services and the chemicals sector. In addition Todd has worked on various transactions around the world with large Japanese corporate buyers and trading houses. In his role as a transaction professional Todd has also worked closely with his Japanese clients in identifying synergies and developing roadmaps and actions action plans to achieve the identified synergies. Todd is the global lead partner for a large Japanese trading company and the relationship leader in Japan for a global private equity firm.