Reflecting continued strong demand for its wide range of services, KPMG has announced the appointment of 10 new partners as follows: Terence Coveney (audit), Jackie Hennessy (consulting), Rio Howley (audit), Stephen King (audit), Cian Liddy (tax), Philip Murphy (tax), Emer O’Brien (deal advisory), Jean Rae (consulting), Cristian Reyes (audit) and Sean Sheridan (tax).
Announcing the new partners, managing partner Seamus Hand says; "I'm delighted to welcome our 10 new KPMG Partners and congratulate them on their achievement. These appointments reflect our optimism in the economy, our continuing commitment to deliver the very best for our clients whilst also providing exciting career opportunities for our people. Our new partners are already leaders in their fields and are joining the KPMG Partner Team at a time of significant change for our clients. I am confident that they will bring their exceptional capabilities and expertise to provide trusted support to our clients as they face into this period of unprecedented transformation."
Terence Coveney
Terence is a partner in the financial services group. He has over 14 years’ experience of providing audit and advisory services clients in the aviation finance, leasing and banking sectors. Terence has significant experience in technical accounting matters and advises clients on the application of international financial reporting standards. He has been closely involved in the listing of securities by aircraft lessors on various stock exchanges and supporting aircraft lessors on transaction projects. Terence has also worked with Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Central Bank on a number of areas, including the development of guidance on Client Asset Regulation assurance engagements. Terence has a BComm from University College Dublin and is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Jackie Hennessy
Jackie is a partner in risk consulting and has over 15 years’ experience gained across both industry and practise. She works with a range of clients across in retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services and the public sector. Jackie leads the firm’s technology risk services providing strategic advice and support across a range of technology risk areas including technology risk strategy and governance, technology risk assessment, technology controls and compliance, risk based IT audit and IT attestation. She leads a team of technology risk specialists managing diverse technology risk issues including regulatory compliance, design and implementation of IT risk management frameworks, IT governance, third party risk management, SOC 1 and SOC 2 reporting. Jackie has a degree in Biomedical Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Rio Howley
Rio is an audit partner in KPMG’s financial services group. She has extensive experience providing audit and advisory services to asset managers and investment vehicles in multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on UCITS and AIFs. She has also assisted banking and asset management clients in risk, governance & regulatory reviews. Rio is a member of the Irish Funds (IF) Financial Reporting working group, and also works with the 30% Club in Ireland in support of increased gender diversity at board and senior management levels. Rio has a BComm from University College Dublin.
Philip Murphy
Philip is a tax partner focused on financial services with specific expertise in the asset management and aviation finance sectors. His clients include private equity firms and asset managers focused on a broad range of strategies including aviation, credit, renewable energy and infrastructure. Philip has extensive domestic and international experience advising on aspects such as mergers and acquisitions, investment structuring, taxation of financial products, debt issuance, securitisations, redomiciliations and structured cross-border transactions. Philip has a BA in Accounting and Finance from Maynooth University. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland (FCA) and a member of the Irish Taxation Institute (CTA).
Emer O’Brien
Emer is a partner in our managed solutions business. She has over 20 years’ experience across audit, transaction services and managed business and legal solutions. Emer has extensive experience in leading large teams through complex and multi-faceted programmes of work and providing managed services to her clients. She has spent a large portion of the last 10 years working in the financial services industry but also has significant experience in the technology, life sciences and medtech sectors. Emer also spent many years working on capital markets transactions on Nasdaq, ISE and the London Stock Exchange. Emer has a BA in Economics from University College Dublin and a Professional Diploma in Accounting from Dublin City University.
Cian Liddy
Cian is a tax partner advising a broad range of Irish and international businesses. His clients include privately owned groups, Irish and multinational public companies, and high net worth individuals. Cian has broad experience across a wide range of sectors, including property, technology, pharmaceutical, retail, and aviation, with a particular focus on family business transitions and inter-generational management of wealth. A member of both Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Irish Tax Institute, Cian has a BA in Law and Accounting from the University of Limerick.
Stephen King
Stephen is a partner in our audit practice having joined the firm in 2005. He has extensive experience providing a wide range of audit, assurance and advisory services to both listed and privately owned Irish and international clients across a range of sectors. These include energy and natural resources, technology, distribution, life sciences, aviation and manufacturing. In addition to audit and assurance, Stephen has also worked with clients on various capital market transactions including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, vendor due diligence and regularly provides accounting advice on the application of international financial reporting standards. Stephen has a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Trinity College Dublin.
Cristian Reyes
Cristian is a partner with over 15 years of experience working in financial services, mainly in the structured finance and asset management sectors. He has worked on capital market transactions, regulatory exercises and accounting advisory assignments. Cristian specialises in structuring, transaction and accounting advice in relation to structured products/S110 vehicles and is one of the firm’s leading experts in financial instruments. Cristian is a member of KPMG’s Global Accounting Team for asset management and structured finance. Cristian has a Masters in Audit and Financial Risk from IEB Madrid and a degree in Business Administration & Finance from CUNEF Madrid.
Jean Rea
Jean is a consulting partner in our actuarial and applied Intelligence practices. She advises domestic and international insurance and reinsurance companies in the areas of financial and regulatory capital reporting, capital optimisation, risk management, M&A and process improvement. Jean also works across all sectors leveraging her deep understanding of data science, applied intelligence and related technologies with her commercial experience to help clients solve complex business problems. Jean is a Fellow of Society of Actuaries in Ireland and has a BSc in Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science from University College Cork and a MSc in Data Analytics from University College Dublin.
Sean Sheridan
Sean advises a diverse range of Irish headquartered and multinational clients on all aspects of tax. His clients include Irish and multinational public companies, privately owned groups, and high net worth individuals. Sean has extensive M&A experience, advising on due diligence, complex financing transactions and structuring of Irish and international acquisitions and expansion. Sean regularly leads multi-jurisdictional teams in delivering solutions for clients on large scale transactions. Sean also has significant experience advising multinational groups on their foreign direct investment into Ireland having spent a year on the firm’s Irish tax desk in the US. Sean has a BBL in Business and Law from University College Dublin.
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