Incoming KPMG chief Bill Michael shakes up leadership with focus on core skills

Bill Michael, who takes over from Simon Collins as KPMG’s chair from 1 October has shaken up the firm’s top team, bringing seven new members on to the executive committee.

The executive committee will be expanded from 11 to 14 members with three new service lines represented at the ‘top table’ for the first time – tax, consulting and advisory.

Reflecting the huge impact of technology on clients and the firm, a new role of head of digital transformation will also be created to oversee technology strategy from 1 October. Aidan Brennan, head of solutions and an executive committee member, will take on this wider remit, overseeing the firm’s technology strategy.