Marie Guillemot

Marie Guillemot
BornApril 1968 (age 57)[1]
NationalityFrench
Alma materEDHEC Business School, INSEAD
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleCEO of KPMG France
Term2021–present
PredecessorJay Nirsimloo

Marie Guillemot is a French businesswoman who has been CEO of KPMG France since May 2021.

Biography

Marie Guillemot was born in 1968. She graduated from EDHEC Business School and completed an executive program at INSEAD. Before joining KPMG, she worked in audit and consulting, in sectors such as technology, media, and telecommunications. She joined KPMG in 2005.[2]

In 2016, Guillemot was put in charge of developing KPMG France’s large client market and joined the firm’s executive committee in 2017. On 23 September 2021, she was elected CEO of KPMG France, succeeding Jay Nirsimloo. She also became a member of the Global Board of KPMG International and Chair of the KPMG Foundation.[2][3] In May 2022, under her tenure, KPMG France adopted the legal status of mission-driven company (entreprise à mission), becoming the first audit and consulting firm in France to do so.[4][5]

She launched a strategic plan in 2021 aimed at making the Consulting division the firm’s primary business in France.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Marie Lénaïck Anne Amélie Louise GUILLEMOT". gov.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Marie Guillemot". KPMG France.
  3. ^ "Marie Guillemot prend ses fonctions de présidente de KPMG France". Le Monde du Chiffre.
  4. ^ "KPMG : le plan secret de Marie Guillemot pour vendre l'expertise comptable". La Lettre.
  5. ^ "Marie Guillemot (KPMG) : « Le modèle pyramidal classique n'est plus adapté »". Le Figaro.
  6. ^ "KPMG France affirme ses ambitions dans le conseil". Les Echos.