Nicola Stone

Audit Technology & Innovation

KPMG Australia

Nicola leads the delivery of data analytics, AI and emerging technology capabilities in the Audit Technology & Innovation team and is a Responsible AI SME for the Australian firm.

As a champion for the responsible use of emerging technologies and innovation, she has been supporter of KymChat (KPMG's generative AI agent) from its launch, and is committed to ensuring its continued development in alignment with our Trusted AI framework through her work as part of the Trusted AI Council.

She spent more than 6 years with KPMG’s Global Services Centre, where she was a technology SME in the Product Development team, building the data analytics capabilities of KPMG’s smart audit platform, KPMG Clara.

Prior to joining KPMG in 2011, Nicola was a researcher in the fields of space weather and complexity science at a national UK environmental research centre.

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Assurance
  • Audit
  • Audit data and analytics
  • Tech Innovation
  • Technology

  • PhD Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Lancaster University, 2007

  • MSc Satellite Communication and Space Environment, Lancaster University, 2004

  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales

  • Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society