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Utilizing her legal/in-house counsel background, Naoko advises clients mitigate corporate misconduct -- namely prevention, incident response and remediation of corporate wrongdoing. As ESG/sustainability becomes crucial for enhancing corporate value, she advises clients prevent ESG fraud, and elevate GRC (governance, risk management & compliance) to the next level. Prior to joining KPMG, Naoko was a Director in PwC's Forensic Services group. She focused her practice in transnational regulatory matters such as the FCPA, anti-corruption regimes of MDBs (e.g. World Bank), antitrust/competition law, and other white collar crime investigations. Naoko joined PwC from Hitachi Ltd.’s Legal Department, where she handled complex foreign regulatory matters in multiple jurisdictions, international litigation, and cross-border business/contract negotiations. During her tenure, she obtained an LL.M. degree from Stanford Law School and worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, where she handled IP litigation. Naoko speaks at global conferences and lectures at universities related to her expertise, on themes such as anti-corruption, white collar crime investigations, crisis management, and ESG/sustainability. Naoko holds an LL.M. from Stanford Law School and an LL.B. from Keio University in Tokyo, is natively fluent in Japanese and English, and has lived and worked in Japan and the U.S. She is a member of the American Bar Association and has lectured on international panels regarding anti-corruption.