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One of the world’s “Big Four” accounting companies has selected a new leader to guide its global operations, according to a Wednesday report from the Financial Times.<\/p>

KPMG has appointed Gary Wingrove, who previously served as the head of the firm’s Australian division, to take over as the company’s worldwide chief executive officer. The Financial Times cited sources with knowledge of the decision in their reporting.<\/p>

The news agency Reuters noted they were unable to independently confirm the appointment at the time of their report on March 4th.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the world’s largest accounting firms, KPMG, has chosen Gary Wingrove, who previously led their Australian operations, to serve as their new worldwide CEO. The appointment was reported by the Financial Times based on sources with knowledge of the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772947100431.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-8N0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76984,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/australian-financial-watchdog-probes-kpmg-partners-in-data-misuse-scandal\/","url_meta":{"origin":33790,"position":0},"title":"Australian Financial Watchdog Probes KPMG Partners in Data Misuse Scandal","author":"Admin","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Australia's securities regulator has opened a formal investigation into three KPMG partners following whistleblower claims that the accounting firm improperly used confidential client information to secure profitable audit deals. 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