Boost for KPMG’s Wealth & Asset Management practice with new Partner hire

Daniel Barry will lead the firm’s Risk and Compliance advisory capability

Daniel Barry will lead the firm’s Risk and Compliance advisory capability

KPMG in the UK has appointed Daniel Barry as a Partner within its Wealth and Asset Management regulatory practice. Daniel will lead the firm’s Risk and Compliance advisory capability in this sector as client demand continues to soar.

Daniel joins with more than twenty years’ experience in the field, having spent eight of those at Deloitte. Daniel’s early career was spent in the industry with Standard Life Savings, Pioneer Investments, and Baillie Gifford 'Pioneer Investments, and Baillie Gifford where he worked across a number of operational, investment and regulatory risk disciplines.

Rachel Hanger, Head of Asset Management at KPMG, comments: “Daniel’s appointment is a really important move for us and a huge boost to the growing team at a time when clients are facing increasingly complex challenges and frequent change. Clients tell us that keeping up with regulation and implementing the latest technology safely, is a top priority – but navigating the obstacles can be a minefield.

“Daniel brings outstanding risk and regulatory technical knowledge along with a positive and personable attitude, I am thrilled to welcome him to the team.”

Daniel adds: “This is a time of enormous opportunity for the UK wealth and asset management sector, firms are adapting to the new ways of working brought about the pandemic and regulators are adapting to life outside of the European Union. I’m excited to work with the wider team at KPMG to help firms digest, manage and capitalise on the changes afoot. KPMG has a great team of experts and I can’t wait to work alongside them.”

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KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, operates from 21 offices across the UK with approximately 16,000 partners and staff.  The UK firm recorded a revenue of £2.3 billion in the year ended 30 September 2020.

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