Tetsuo Ito
Managing partner of Phoenix Accounting Group/JICPA member, JFCPTAA member and CA (Singapore)
Mr Ito started his career as an accounting professional at KPMG Tokyo in 1997, where he was primarily engaged in statutory audits following Japan/USA accounting standards mainly for financial institutions. He had further engagements in consulting for IPO support, stock valuation, organizational restructuring and privatization of public institutions. After gaining further professional experience as a locally hired accountant at KPMG LLP New York, he returned to Japan in December 2005 to set up his own independent accounting firm: Phoenix Accounting Group Co Ltd. The company aims to provide comprehensive consultancy services in accounting, finance and tax affairs. Since May 2012 he has been regularly engaged in SGX IPO projects and personally oversees facilitating various Japanese client companies in their business expansion efforts across Asia through Phoenix Accounting Singapore Pte Ltd.