Clay Gilge
Practice Leader, Major Projects Advisory
Clay leads the KPMG Major Projects Advisory practice with years of practical experience and research, giving him a deep understanding of how organizations can improve the performance of their construction portfolios, programs and projects by empowering their teams, enabling technology and rationalizing governance and oversight. He has been at the forefront of the KPMG efforts to advance industry-leading methods and tools to objectively benchmark project management controls and overall project readiness. Additionally, Clay is also on the cutting-edge of applying advanced data and analytics to improve transparency, and make better use of the vast data sets associated with major construction portfolios, programs and projects. A recognized industry thought leader, Clay has published over 30 papers on topics ranging from portfolio optimization, governance & project controls, construction risk mgmt., data and analytics, mega-project management to so-called ‘black swans.’