Last three tussle for top KPMG job
CORPORATE financier Simon Collins has emerged as one of the three short-listed candidates to become chairman elect at KPMG, the auditing and consulting group.
Collins, who is the firm’s global head of transactions and restructuring, joined KPMG from the investment bank Warburg. He is said to be outgoing, part of one of the better performing businesses, and a popular choice to follow in the footsteps of John Griffith-Jones, who steps down at the end of September.
The other two candidates are Alan Buckle, who has been overseeing a lot of the firm’s European and global activities, and early favourite Oliver Tant, who is UK head of audit. Richard Bennison never applied.
KPMG said last night that it expected to announce a chairman elect within the next couple of weeks.
The decision will be made by the firm’s near 600 UK partners.