Michelle Thornton

Michelle is a Partner at KPMG in Canada, with 25 years of experience in tax. She is the current National Tax Leader for Tax Accounting Services, where she works with teams and clients across Canada on compliance and advisory services for complex tax accounting issues. 

Michelle has extensive experience in a broad range of Canadian tax compliance and tax advisory matters. In addition to over 20 years of experience with KPMG, Michelle was also a senior tax professional at a large multinational company, where she was responsible for the tax compliance, planning and advisory work for a portfolio of entities within the group. 

Prior to her current role, Michelle led KPMG’s internal and external tax publications for Canada, among other tax knowledge-sharing initiatives within the firm.