KPMG’s UK boss Jon Holt and the Big Four accounting firm’s global chief operating officer Gary Wingrove are in a two-person race to lead the organisation, according to people familiar with the matter.
The $40bn-in-revenue firm is due to pick a successor to current global chief executive Bill Thomas by the end of the first quarter, at a time when it has been growing its revenues more quickly than its larger Big Four rivals Deloitte, EY and PwC.
The winning candidate will need to demonstrate a return on billions of dollars in investments in technology, including AI, and manage a tricky consolidation of the KPMG International network begun under Thomas.