Author Bios

Ian leads KPMG’s relationship with people and organisations across several different industry sectors; working with family owned, entrepreneurial, private equity and publicly listed and international groups.

Ian joined the Leeds office of KPMG LLP in 2014. Prior to joining KPMG LLP he was the Yorkshire region managing partner of BDO LLP having joined them in 2004 to help set up offices in Leeds from a greenfield start. Ian has more than 25years’ experience working in the Yorkshire region helping regional and international businesses. He is a business assurance partner with experience in due diligence and listed company reporting.

Ian leads on KPMG's cross discipline focus on building relationships with mid-market corporates in the Yorkshire region. As a result, he is a great point of contact with KPMG for connections onwards to the wider firm and to our mid-market clients and targets.

Ian has also spent time at Chicago Business School and Harvard Business School studying leadership and strategy.