Nana Yasuda

In 2014, Nana Yasuda founded iProfess Partners LLC in Tokyo, offering translation/interpretation and IR consulting services mainly to Japanese organizations, including the Japanese Institute of CPAs, major audit firms and listed companies, and to foreign investment funds seeking investment opportunities in Japan. The organization is dedicated to using clear and concise language with a goal to improve communication is supported by a strong background in accounting and finance. Since November 2020, Ms. Yasuda has also closely supported Mr. Kohei Kan in his role as an IFAC Board member.

Ms. Yasuda has over 10 years of working experience with Deloitte Touche in Japan and the U.S. She has extensive knowledge in the field of auditing, M&A financial due diligence, and IFRS, underpinned by her professional background, which includes:

• Provided audit service mainly to IT companies in Silicon Valley in the US

• As a project manager in corporate finance, providing cross-border financial due diligence and evaluation services to more than 20 multi-national companies (Tokyo, Japan)

• Spent three years in IFRS research center, offering technical advice to firm members (Tokyo, Japan)

• Established an in-house translation department and rendered English/Japanese translation/interpretation services to more than 50 clients over three years (Tokyo, Japan)

Ms. Yasuda started her professional career as an analyst at a Japanese venture capital firm, Japan Asia Investment Co. Ltd. She has a bachelor of arts in economics from KEIO University in Japan.