KPMG Partners Nominate Operations Chief to Lead Global Firm (1)

March 4, 2026, 7:46 PM UTCUpdated: March 4, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC

The KPMG partner driving the Big Four firm’s international consolidation plans and AI investments is poised to lead the accounting and consulting giant’s global arm as its next chief executive.

Gary Wingrove, the global firm’s chief operating officer, was nominated by top partners to succeed Chair and CEO Bill Thomas in October, according to a person familiar with internal firm deliberations.

Wingrove spearheaded the firm’s efforts to consolidate dozens of its smallest affiliates into larger regional hubs and to pool the firm’s investments. He also oversees the firm’s technology investments, which include billions to put advanced artificial intelligence into ...

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