KPMG in the UK has announced the appointment of 29 new partners and 88 new directors from within the firm. The promotions took effect from 1 October – KPMG’s new financial year.
Across KPMG Europe LLP as a whole*, there have been 102 new partners appointed from within the firm, effective from 1 October.
In the UK, 24 percent of the new partners and 30 percent of the new directors are women. This compares to a figure of 14 percent women across the firm’s existing partners.
The promotions come as KPMG also continues to recruit widely from outside the firm. In the UK, KPMG expects to recruit approximately 3,000 graduates and school leavers over the next three years and around 7,500 new hires over the next five years.
Richard Bennison, CEO of KPMG in the UK, said: “We are delighted to be able to make these new appointments and congratulate all the individuals involved. We depend on the high quality of our people, which is why we are committed to recognising and rewarding high performance.
“We are also very pleased to be able to improve the gender balance amongst our partners. We are genuinely committed to enabling more women to reach senior positions.”
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* KPMG Europe LLP consists of the following countries: UK, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, CIS, Turkey, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Jordan.
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Mark Hamilton, KPMG Corporate Communications 020 7694 2687
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KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, is a subsidiary of KPMG Europe LLP and operates from 22 offices across the UK with nearly 11,000 partners and staff. The UK firm recorded a turnover of £1.6 billion in the year ended September 2010. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We operate in 150 countries and have more than 138,000 professionals working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. KPMG International provides no client services
