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| Tuesday, 01 April 2008 | |
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KPMG has announced the appointment of Richard Reid as its London chairman, as of 1 April 2008.
He will take over from Ian Barlow, who is retiring having held the role since January 2002. Reid, who joined KPMG in 1980, will continue to build on Barlow’s work in increasing links with business leaders and communities across London and helping to promote the City as a leading international centre for professional services. He takes on the role at a time when KPMG is preparing to move 4,000 of its 6,000 London staff to new, purpose built headquarters in Canary Wharf, due to be completed in 2010. A third of staff will remain in two of KPMG’s current offices in the City of London. His term will also see the opening of the City of London’s City Academy in Hackney in 2009, in a joint sponsorship by KPMG and the Corporation of London. Reid is currently UK vice chairman and chairman of the UK Big Four firm’s consumer and industrial markets group. During his term in the role, Barlow has been heavily involved in London’s business community, chairing the London Business Board, Think London and the 2012 London Business Network. This reflects his view that as a leading employer in London KPMG should pay its full part in supporting the growth and prosperity of London. He is also a board member of London First and is the founder chairman of the Safer London Foundation, the charitable arm of the Metropolitan Police. Barlow will continue as an adviser to KPMG and plans to remain involved in London’s business community through his external chairmanships. Related links |
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