Anne Collins has been practicing as a lawyer for 30 years and has broad experience across the various arms of the profession including private practice, at the Bar and now in-house. Before starting in the role of KPMG International General Counsel in January 2016, Anne was the General Counsel to KPMG in Australia for 6 years. She gained experience dealing with a range of professional services firms in private practice and understands the many diverse and challenging legal issues which arise for global organisations at both the local and international level.Anne is known as a champion of diversity, and for building and sustaining teams of commercially astute and capable lawyers, focused on delivering business outcomes.