KPMG appoints Callum Licence as Head of Advisory for the UK and Switzerland

KPMG has appointed Callum Licence as Head of Advisory for the UK and Switzerland. He takes over from Lisa Fernihough, who has been elevated to Advisory Vice Chair.

Callum Licence has been with KPMG since 2020, serving as lead associate on a number of international accounts and a pacesetter in the Monetary Providers observe. He’s a member of the Board and holds a number of governance roles inside the agency’s management construction.

In his shopper work, Licence specialises in enterprise transformation, pre-deal planning and post-merger integration inside the monetary providers business.

The appointment sees Licence lead the Advisory enterprise in the two international locations. The award-winning arm helps organisations enhance efficiency, handle danger, and rework operations throughout areas such as technique, transactions, know-how, and enterprise processes. It helps its purchasers with providers together with digital transformation, monetary and danger consulting, deal advisory, and operational enchancment.

“I’m delighted to be moving into this function at such an thrilling time. Our purchasers are navigating a fast-changing and more and more complicated surroundings; reworking how they function, adapting to AI, and responding to international uncertainty. I’m wanting ahead to working with our gifted folks to carry the full energy of our advisory observe to assist our purchasers obtain their ambitions and develop.”

Earlier than KPMG, Licence constructed his profession at Accenture, the place he labored on large-scale enterprise transformations and integrations, and UBS, the place he served as Chief Working Officer for the Wealth Administration enterprise in the UK and latterly labored in Asia and Switzerland.

“It has been a privilege to construct our Advisory enterprise over the previous two years. I’m extremely proud of the whole lot we’ve achieved,” stated Fernihough, who has been with the Large 4 agency for greater than three a long time. She has led the Advisory enterprise in the UK, and then performed a key function in integrating the UK and Swiss practices – which merged in 2024.

“Main this enterprise by means of such an necessary interval of change has meant an important deal to me, and none of it will have been potential with out the expertise, dedication and teamwork of our folks,” Fernihough stated.

Jon Holt, Chief Government and UK Senior Companion at KPMG, stated: “Lisa has accomplished an excellent job bringing collectively and main our Advisory enterprise. I’m wanting ahead to working with Callum as he takes on this vital function; he brings deep experience, robust management, and actual perception in the energy of our folks to drive the subsequent chapter of development.”