FOUNDERS OF KPMG

KPMG was formed in 1987 with the merger of Peat Marwick International (PMI) and Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG) and their individual member firms. Spanning three centuries, the organization's history can be traced through the names of its principal founding members — whose initials form the name "KPMG."

K stands for Klynveld. Piet Klynveld founded the accounting firm Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. in Amsterdam in 1917.P is for Peat. William Barclay Peat founded the accounting firm William Barclay Peat & Co. in London in 1870.M stands for Marwick. James Marwick founded the accounting firm Marwick, Mitchell & Co. with Roger Mitchell in New York City in 1897.G is for Goerdeler. Dr. Reinhard Goerdeler was for many years chairman of Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft and later chairman of KPMG. He is credited with laying much of the groundwork for the KMG merger.

In 1911, William Barclay Peat & Co. and Marwick, Mitchell & Co. joined forces to form what would later be known as Peat Marwick International (PMI), a worldwide network of accounting and consulting firms.In 1979, Klynveld joined forces with Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft and the international professional services firm McLintock Main Lafrentz to form Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG).In 1987, PMI and KMG and their member firms joined forces. Today, all member firms throughout the world carry the KPMG name exclusively or include it in their national firm names.

KPMG FamilyNearly 23,000 people work at KPMG LLP. In the past year KPMG recruited more than 5,000 campus hires and experienced professionals. KPMG International is a network of member firms operating in 152 countries and 87 U.S. offices. At KPMG we seek truly outstanding people and provide them with opportunities for global experiences, leadership development, a great work environment and more. See for yourself why KPMG is a Great Place to Build Your Career!

Type Swiss CooperativeIndustry Professional servicesFounded 1987; 29 years ago (merger of Peat Marwick

International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler)

Headquarters Amstelveen, NetherlandsArea served WorldwideKey people J. B. Veihmeyer (Chairman)Services •Actuarial

•Assurance•Financial / Legal / Tax advice•Management consulting

Revenue  US$24.44 billion (2015)Number of employees 173,965 (2015)Website www.kpmg.com

John VeihmeyerChairmanKPMG International

With more than 35 years of experience building and directing high-performing teams and advising some of the world’s leading companies, Veihmeyer is an influential and sought-after voice on business and financial issues, including ethical leadership, diversity, financial reporting, audit quality, risk, governance, and education. He has previously held numerous leadership roles at KPMG, including Deputy U.S. Chairman; managing partner of KPMG’s Washington, D.C. operations, and Global Head of Risk Management and Regulatory.

Veihmeyer has been consistently named as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” by Accounting Today magazine, and one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance by Directorship Magazine

Veihmeyer champions KPMG’s internationally-recognized high performance culture, with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion as a foundation for being a great place to work and build a career. He is a member of the board of Catalyst, whose mission is to expand opportunities for women in business, and in 2011 he received the CEO Leadership Award from Diversity Best Practices for his commitment to diversity.

In 2013 Veihmeyer was honored as “Responsible CEO of the Year” by Corporate Responsibility Magazine.

Veihmeyer previously served as a member of Chairman Christopher Cox’s SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies; Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees; Board Chairman of the Cultural Alliance of Washington DC; Executive Committee of the boards of the Federal City Council and Greater Washington Board of Trade.

John VeihmeyerChairmanKPMG International                                                    

John M. ScottDeputy ChairmanKPMG International

•Seyi Bickersteth Africa

•Shaun MurphyIreland

•Peter NashAustralia

•Domenico FumagalliItaly

•Pedro MeloBrazil

•Tsutomu TakahashiJapan

•Bill ThomasChair - KPMG's Americas Region, Canada

•Kyo Tae KimRepublic of Korea

•Richard CysarzCEE

•Abdullah Al FozanMESA

•Honson To China

•Guillermo Garcia-NaranjoMexico

•Oleg GoshchanskyCIS

•Sai Choy ThamChair - KPMG's ASPAC Region, Singapore

•Jay NirsimlooFrance

•Stefan PfisterSwitzerland

•Klaus BeckerGermany

•Simon CollinsUnited Kingdom

•Richard RekhyIndia

•Lynne DoughtieUnited States

•Sikander SattarChair of KPMG’s EMA region

The Global Board is the principal governance and oversight body. The key responsibilities of the Board include approving long-term strategy, protecting and enhancing the KPMG brand, and approving policies and regulations. 

GLOBAL LOCATIONS OF KPMF

Current KPMG head office in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

HEAD QUARTERS OF KPMG

UK NEW YORK CITY West Jefferson in Detroit

British Columbia Building at Frankfurt Airport

West tower in Toronto

MISSION STATEMENT : KPMG is the global network of professional services firms whose aim is to turn knowledge into value for the benefit of our clients, our people and the capital markets.

VISION STATEMENT : We are committed to creating a working environment where people can flourish and find the freedom to fulfil their potential. As part of our People strategy, we examine our approach to a number of areas such as recruitment and retention, personal development, flexible working, overall reward, people management, leadership, diversity and inclusion. Our progress in these areas is reviewed regularly by the Board. We are committed to developing people’s skills and have implemented a number of programmes to do this. Our programmes ensure that our people get the right support from talented leaders who can motivate, coach and lead by example. We want KPMG to be the best choice for talented people and our online recruitment service helps us to identify the people who we think will thrive within KPMG. We have over 10,000 people who work at KPMG and we recruited 780 graduates in 2006 and almost 2,000 experienced staff. Our people are the key to our success and a talented workforce will make KPMG stand out in a highly competitive marketplace and enable us to provide the best service to our clients.

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF KPMG

KPMG Capital: portfolio of investments Astrus: third-party risk management Bottlenose: trend intelligence Customer compass: customer insights Financial microscope

KPMG CAPITALEnabling the next wave of disruption and innovation

THE FIVE CORNERSTONES TO DELIVERING OUR STRATEGY

There are five building blocks of our business, which are the cornerstones of how we deliver our strategy: Our ClientsWe strive to understand our clients’ needs, to exceed those needs and to consistently add value whilst doing so.Our expertiseWe aim to invest significantly in our business to make sure we have the right expertise to meet the demands of our clients.Our organisationWe are determined to continue our development at pace during the year.Our peopleWe aim to create a High Performance Culture – a virtuous circle in which the opportunity to help our clients overcome their most complex challenges motivates and develops our talented people.Our communitiesWe aim to be the ‘best firm to work with’ which means mobilising our business skills to reduce the impact we have on the environment and inspire innovative thinking on responsible business practice.

AWARDS OF KPMG

KPMG INTERNATIONAL SWOT ANALYSIS

INDUSTRIES OF KPMGKPMG can provide an informed perspective on issues faced by the global business community.

AUTOMOTIVEFOOD,DRINK&CONSUMER GOODS FINANCIAL SERVICES ENERGY

CHEMICALS INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING GOVT & PUBLIC SECTOR TELECOMBANKING&CAPITAL

TRANSPORT&LOGISTICS

SPORT RETAIL TECHNOLOGY REAL ESTATE

PRIVATE EQUITYMINING MEDIALIFE SCIENCES

INSURENCEHEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Audit & Assurance Tax Advisory Enterprise

KPMG SERVICESKPMG combines our multi-disciplinary approach with deep, practical industry knowledge to help clients meet challenges and respond to opportunities

GLOBAL GOALS OF KPMG