Always go for the best: Taking legal career opportunities head on with Naoko Matsuzaki

Naoko Matsuzaki, a Managing Director at KPMG, shares her reflections on defining moments in her career, including how working with clients and colleagues can lead to offers to take up amazing study and job opportunities. Naoko has come across many challenges in her career, not to mention trying to start her career in the “hiring ice age”! But she always found a way. This is an inspirational story of what can happen when you give things a try and just do your best.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

How Naoko got her first position during the "hiring ice age" before the concept of DEI

Taking the chance to apply for the best US law schools with the help of a surprising ally

The reverse culture shock of returning to a Japanese corporation

The value of different career experiences and viewpoints that add value to a team

Her favourite book she recently read and other fun facts 


About Naoko
Naoko is a graduate of law from Keio University and is a managing director at KPMG. As a core member of the leadership of a new team, she assists clients on mitigating corporate misconduct, namely prevention, detection, and incident response and enhancement of a compliance program for her clients. Her team is currently like an internal startup, working on building this new practice within the next few years. 
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. Naoko also enjoys horseback riding.  She is a certified horseback rider of the Japan Equestrian Federation and sometimes participates in British style dressage competitions. 

Connect with Naoko 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naokomatsuzaki/

Links
Die with Zero: ​​https://amzn.asia/d/hNGWbLF  

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