Chris Ayres

Partner, Finance Advisory

KPMG Australia

Chris has worked in the banking and financial services sector in Sydney and London for two decades. Leveraging his background and skillset as an external auditor, Chris has worked extensively with his clients to build and embed robust governance frameworks and control environments to support the delivery of compliance finance, risk and business outcomes.

In his work across the financial services sector, Chris supports clients to establish and run robust data management practices, particularly in response to APRA's growing expectations around the quality of data being used within organisations for critical decision making and reporting provided to external stakeholders.

Chris joined KPMG in 2007 in our External Audit practice in London. He transferred to our Australian firm in 2012 when he moved into our Advisory practice. He became a Partner in 2022.

  • Big data governance
  • Data management
  • Finance operations and governance
  • Financial Reporting
  • Financial Services
  • Financial governance, controls, risk and compliance
  • Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • BA Economics (Hons) – University of Manchester, UK

  • Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales

  • Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand