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Based in Hong Kong, Michael is the first global chairman of a Big Four accounting network to be based in the Asia Pacific region. Before becoming Global Chairman, Michael was Chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific and Chairman of KPMG Australia from 2007 to 2011. In these roles he has also been a member of KPMG International's Board and Global Executive Team.

Previously, he served 6 years as Managing Partner of KPMG Australia's Melbourne office and was Deputy Chair of KPMG Australia from 2001 to 2007. He was Managing Partner of KPMG Australia's Tax Practice from 1997 to 2001. Michael has been actively engaged in shaping the future direction of KPMG's member firm network. He has been a member of the Global Board and Global Council since 2007.

Alan Buckle's personal focus areas are Strategy Development and Implementation, Market Development and High Growth Markets. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, Alan was global head of KPMG's Advisory practice. He led the rapid growth of KPMG's Advisory practice around the world focusing it into three core business areas: Transactions & Restructuring, Management Consulting and Risk Consulting.

He joined KPMG in the UK in 1981 and became a partner in 1993. Alan ran the UK firm's Financial Management Consulting business from 1996 to 1998. Beginning in 1998, he led KPMG's Consulting business in Europe for 4 years.

Alan is Deputy Chairman of the The British Council. He has done pro bono work over the years for a wide range of organizations including: NACRO; The Social Exclusion Unit and Oxford University.

Isabelle is responsible for developing and strengthening client relationships with the member firms' largest multi-national accounts. She is also a full-time member of KPMG's Global Executive Team. Prior to taking on her global responsibilities, Isabelle was Head of Markets for KPMG in France and the Lead Partner on a number of global clients.

Having joined the UK firm in 1991, Isabelle has deep experience managing a variety of financial audit engagements and advisory projects for major international groups, including coordinating global audits, internal audit engagements, internal control reviews and in the setting up of shared service centers. She is a qualified chartered accountant in both the United Kingdom and France and has recently relocated with her family from Paris to London.

Michael joined KPMG in 2006 and represents KPMG International on the Global Corporate Citizenship Committee of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and is a Board Director of the Global Reporting Initiative.

Since 2009, he has served on several of WEF's Global Agenda Councils, including Diversity and Talent, the Next Generation and the Role of Business. In 2012, he was named Vice Chairman of the Global Agenda Council – the Future of Civil Society.

Michael is Chairman of Millennium Promise UK and a member of the global Millennium Promise Board. He also represents KPMG on BiTC's International Leadership Board. Michael is a non-executive Director of British Telecom and a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation.

He was a leading advisor to the Chatham House enquiry into the Future Role of the UK in Foreign Affairs. Michael sits on the Council of the Overseas Development Institute in the UK and the Centre for Global Development in the US. In 2011, he became a Vice President of UNICEF and is President of ZANE - a development aid agency focused on Zimbabwe.

Rolf joined KPMG in 1981 and became an Audit Partner in 1987. In 1998, he was named the Head of the German Banking and Finance practice. He was then promoted to Head of Audit in Germany and EMA in 2001. Rolf was appointed Senior Partner in Germany in 2005 and became a member of the Global Executive Team and Global Board. Since 2007, he has co-chaired the Board of KPMG Europe LLP.

His clients have covered a wide range of sectors, including financial services, media, automotive, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Rolf is member of the Board of the Accounting Standards Committee of Germany (GASB). He has been an Honorary Professor of Auditing at University of Frankfurt since 2001. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Museumsinsel, Berlin, Schirn Kunsthalle and Städel-Museum, Frankfurt and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.

John B. Veihmeyer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG LLP, the US member firm of KPMG International. John is the chair of the Board of Directors and is a member of the Management Committee. John also serves as the Chairman of KPMG's Americas Region, which includes the US, Canada, Central and South American countries, and Israel.

He is a member of the Governing Board for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and previously served as a member of Chairman Christopher Cox's SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies. In the community, he is a member of the Partnership for New York City (PFNYC), Board member of Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), serves on the Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Advisory Council and 2009-2010 Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board, is a member of Business-Higher Education Forum (BFEH), Co-Chair of CEOs Against Cancer and former Board of Trustees member of Saint Mary's College.