Bio

Hirokazu Funahashi joined The Daiwa Bank, Limited (now Resona Bank, Limited). He worked on consolidated settlement and bank integration projects in the Finance Department and the Planning Department in the head office after handling financing in the branch offices. He was seconded to Resona Capital Co., Ltd. in 2003. In 2004, he joined Global Management Directions Limited (now KPMG FAS Inc.). He was involved in projects including business restructuring, PMI and JV setup support in addition to business revitalization in regions other than Tokyo. He was stationed at the London office of KPMG from 2009 to 2012. He subsequently handled a number of cross-border projects. In 2019, he joined Frontier Management Inc. He was appointed as an independent outside director of Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd. in 2021.