Anna Purchas

London Office Senior Partner & Regional Chair

KPMG in the UK

Anna is the London Office Senior Partner and Regional Chair. Her focus is on Private Enterprise in London, where she convenes client discussions in this critical growth area. She was previously the UK’s firm’s Head of People. 

Anna became COO for Deal Advisory in 2009, before becoming COO for the firm’s newly formed Advisory function. From 2014 to 2016, Anna relocated to Denmark to set up a new KPMG member firm and as its COO drive a strong private enterprise focus. She returned to the UK in July 2016 to take on the Head of Learning role, encompassing technical and core skills learning programmes, including the knowledge, professional qualifications and coaching functions. 

  • Strategy

  • BA (Hons) Cambridge University, Economics

  • Executive MBA, École Nationale des Ponts et Chausées/ Bristol University

  • Chartered Accountant

  • Member of the ICAEW

  • HR and Learning

  • Culture

  • Strategy and Transformation