Alison Kitchen

National Chairman

KPMG Australia

Alison is the National Chairman of KPMG Australia and a member of KPMG’s Global and Regional boards. She is responsible for the overall governance and strategic positioning of the firm.

For more than 30 years, Alison has held a variety of management and governance roles within the KPMG partnership, as well as serving as External Audit Partner for a range of five ASX Top 50 companies with global operations.

Alison has worked in geographically diverse and complex operating environments and provided advice on a range of topics including audit, risk, management, internal controls, business processes and regulatory change. Her experience spans across a wide range of industries.

She has acted as lead audit partner on five ASX Top 50 companies with global operations, and has significant transaction experience with those clients.

  • Audit
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Financial Services
  • Infrastructure
  • Large corporates
  • National Markets
  • Power and Utilities
  • Transaction accounting
  • Transactions
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business (Hons), University of Sheffield

  • Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

  • Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

  • Registered Company Auditor

  • Member of Business Council of Australia

  • Member of Chief Executive Women