Photographic portrait of Hitoshi Matsuoka

Hitoshi Matsuoka

EY Japan Assurance Leader

Managing Partner. Opinion former with good balance. Lover of mystery books.

Areas of focus Assurance
Office Tokyo, JP

Hitoshi is Japan Assurance Leader, serving on the Global Assurance Executive Committee overseeing compliance with quality control system for the service line’s performance. He has been associated with EY for close to three decades and became a Partner in 2003.

Hitoshi has conducted assessments of service quality, interviewed key executives and audit committee members of EY Global 360 and other priority accounts.

He has been engaged in the audits of a diverse range of companies in Japan. Over the years he has served as Deputy Director for Professional Practice in Japan, EMEIA Japan Business Services Assurance Leader based in London and a member of Accounting Principles Committee (JICPA) for consolidation, revenue recognition and IFRS.

Hitoshi holds a  BA in Economics. from Keio University.

How Hitoshi is building a better working world

“As Assurance Leader, I take initiative to enhance audit quality and drive digital audit so that we can meet different expectations of our clients and societies by continuing to provide the highest quality services to them. The only way for us to create trust and confidence in the capital market is to consistently provide high-quality audits. Using the digital audit by leveraging the leading-edge technology allows us to better execute and monitor our audit.”

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