Kazuhiro Matsuo

As EY Asean Japan Business Services Leader, Kazuhiro provides a wide range of solutions to Japanese companies across Southeast Asia. He broadly communicates with their management to understand their agendas, share insights and identify solutions. He is also an assurance partner at Ernst & Young LLP in Singapore conducting audits for Japanese companies from various sectors, especially consumer products, real estate and diversified industrial products.

Kazuhiro previously worked at the Tokyo office of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC where he mainly provided business services to leading Japanese trading companies and US multinational corporations. He also provided accounting, tax, M&A and other consulting services to Japanese companies across central China at Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP in Shanghai.

Kazuhiro is a Certified Public Accountant (Japan), The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

How Kazuhiro is building a better working world

“Companies expanding into foreign markets or those planning to do so may face regulations and ways of doing business that are vastly different from those of their home country. Adding to the challenge is a dynamic foreign environment shaped by local and international developments.

With my vast audit and consulting experience in Southeast Asia, I am well-placed to help Japanese companies realize long-term value as they expand into the region, while enhancing trust in the business and capital markets. I also assist them in consulting engagements to help lower compliance and operational costs, drive digitalization, enhance agility in responding to market changes, achieve effective governance and deliver superior customer experiences.”