Kana Odawara
Audit & Supervisory Board Member at mc21 Audit
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolKana Odawara is an experienced finance and governance executive with over 20 years in senior roles across multinational corporations, currently serving as Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Marubeni and partner at mc21 Audit. She has led finance, transformation and strategy functions across APAC for firms including Akkodis, The Adecco Group and Coca‑Cola, combining hands‑on operational CFO experience with board‑level oversight. Kana is known for driving profitable growth through strategic transformation, building strong relationships with senior management, and translating complex financial challenges into practical, auditable solutions. Her background spans Big Four audit, corporate finance, and private equity analytics, giving her a rare blend of technical rigor and commercial judgement. A multilingual professional based in Chiyoda, Japan, she augments corporate roles with non‑executive directorships and consulting/coaching work, indicating a commitment to governance and leadership development. Notably, her continuous executive education from institutions like Harvard Business School and IESE underscores a habit of lifelong learning applied to large‑scale organizational change.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
IESE Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Hosei UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at 武蔵野大学Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at University of FloridaBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at 同志社大学
English, Japanese
Github Skills (4)
internationalization9
localization9
translation9
angular8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
knts0/dotfiles
Jan 2019 - Aug 2023
Contributions:64 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
knts0/google-calendar-clone
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:102 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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