Seiya Takahashi

He joined KPMG London in 1983 and performed financial statements audit for major UK financial institutions. After joining KPMG Century Audit Corporation (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) in 1987, he has performed various advisory services relating to enterprise risk management and establishment of internal controls in addition to audit for major foreign financial institutions. Such advisory services included various types of due diligence reviews on large-scale acquisitions by UK and US companies and fraud investigations on foreign financial institutions for foreign governments and supervisory bodies concerned. In 2001, at KPMG Business Assurance Co., Ltd. (currently KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.) he has established risk related consulting services covering enhancement on internal controls environment, internal audit support, and external evaluation of internal audit function. He was appointed and acted as the Head of Risk Consulting services for KPMG in the Asia-Pacific region for the 10 years from 2011 to 2021. In July 2018, he was appointed as a representative director and CFO of KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.