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Please find an overview of the leadership team of KPMG Europe LLP

Rolf Nonnenmacher, Joint-Chairman

Rolf Nonnenmacher, Joint-Chairman
Rolf Nonnenmacher joined KPMG in Germany in 1981. He was appointed audit partner in 1987, and became Managing Partner of the Banking and Finance practice in 1998. In 2001, he was appointed Head of KPMG in Germany's Audit practice, and also Head of Audit for KPMG's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMA) region. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer in Germany in 2004, and acted as Senior Partner from 2005 to 2011

John Griffith-Jones, Joint-Chairman

John Griffith-Jones, Joint-Chairman
John Griffith-Jones began his career at KPMG in the UK in 1975, working in the Audit practice until 1986. He joined KPMG's UK Corporate Finance practice in 1987 as Partner, becoming Head of Corporate Finance in 1998. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of KPMG in the UK in 2002, and became Chairman and Senior Partner on October 1, 2006.

The function heads for KPMG Europe LLP are:


  • Richard Bennison, Chief Operating Officer
  • Ernst Gröbl, Head of Tax
  • Tim Payne, Head of People
  • Jaap van Everdingen, Head of Finance & Infrastructure
  • Graeme Ross, Head of Markets
  • Joachim Schindler, Head of Audit
  • Aidan Brennan, Head of Management Consulting
  • Simon Collins, Head of Transactions & Restructuring
  • Carsten Schiewe, Head of Risk Consulting

The national senior partners are:


  • UK - John Griffith-Jones
  • Germany – Klaus Becker
  • Netherlands – Herman Dijkhuizen
  • Switzerland – Hubert Achermann
  • Luxembourg – Karin Riehl
  • Belgium – Patrick Simons
  • Spain – John M Scott
  • CIS and Russia – Andrew Cranston
  • Norway – Stein-Ragnar Noreng
  • Gulf Holdings – Abdullah Al Fozan