Forvis Mazars is an international, integrated and independent organisation, specialising in audit, accountancy, tax, legal and advisory services. Jean-François joined Mazars in 1992. He build up his professional experience in France and Germany, before taking the responsibility for Mazars office in Czech Republic in 1998. After having opened Mazars office in Slovakia in 2000, he became monitor for Mazars activities in Central Europe. In 2010, he became managing partner for Mainland China. Since 2022, he is in charge of Forvis Mazars activities in Northern Asia including operational management of Forvis Mazars in Japan. He is also a member of the Forvis Mazars Asian board with a focus on Financial advisory, development of SSC and roll out of international ERP.Jean-François is a French CPA (Expert Comptable). With almost twenty years’ professional experience, he has deep knowledge in international accounting, tax and business regulations as well as the best practices of business operations. He has assisted a large number of companies to set up their businesses in emerging markets and provided ongoing advisory services to their business operations, including audit assurance service, corporate merger and acquisition advisory service, tax advisory service, internal control and corporate governance compliance advisory services. Jean-François has furthermore coordinated audit assignments for large groups and acquired awareness in service, industry; insurance and banking sectors.Feel free to contact me for any information about doing business in Japan or consulting requests.