John Sams was appointed KPMG Australia's Chief Financial Officer on 1 October 2025.
He started his career with KPMG UK in 2003 as a graduate, where he worked in Tax and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. In 2006 he accepted a ‘two-year secondment’ to our Australian firm working in Tax, and ended up staying.
John moved into Corporate Finance in 2008, joining what was then known as the Infrastructure & Projects Group (now known as Commercial Advisory & Transactions) and has spent most of his career focused on providing commercial and financial advice to support the planning, procurement and delivery of major infrastructure projects.
He ultimately became Partner in Charge of that business in 2021, contributing to the establishment of the new Infrastructure, Assets & Places group.