KPMG recruits from CFSGAM
Audit and tax services provider, KPMG, recruited former Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) head of property and alternative investments James O’Leary as a specialist adviser, as the company looks to expand its alternative investments advisory service.
O’Leary will play a strategic role in the development of KPMG’s service offering across the property, infrastructure and investments sectors, as well as providing specialist support to the company’s mergers and acquisitions advisory team.
During his time at CFSGAM, O’Leary was responsible for a $22 billion portfolio, while his other roles also included executive director in the corporate and finance division of Gresham Partners, and a solicitor in the merger and acquisitions team at Clayton Utz.
Announcing the role, national managing partner, KPMG Advisory, Gary Wingrove, said developing the firm’s advisory capabilities were an important strategic objective for KPMG.
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