National Managing Partner-Audit Quality & Professional Practice, KPMG US
Christian Peo
National Managing Partner-Audit Quality & Professional Practice
Christian Peo, National Managing Partner – Audit Quality and Professional Practice and Americas Audit Quality and Professional Practice Leader, is responsible for the strategic oversight of audit quality control and technical accounting and auditing leadership of the audit practice for both KPMG LLP and KPMG Americas Ltd. Over his career at KPMG, Christian has served as Lead Audit Engagement Partner or SEC Reviewing Partner for a variety of clients, both public and private.
With the Vice Chair of Audit and the rest of the Audit Leadership Team, he leads a team of more than 900 Audit partners and 7,000 Audit professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, integrity, and ethics, while driving audit quality.
Prior to taking his current role, Christian was the Deputy National Business Leader (NBL) in the KPMG Department of Professional Practice (DPP) in New York where he assisted the National Business Leader in maintaining a positive, constructive relationship with regulatory agencies, as well as overseeing several national office initiatives.