Responsible CEO
Schooling the Workforce
John Veihmeyer, CEO of KPMG, is devoted to
educating his employees—about a devotion to education.
By Dirk Olin
John Veihmeyer is the chairman and CEO of KPMG in the U.S. and
College Business Advisory Council of the University of Notre Dame,
chairman of KPMG International's Americas region, which includes
from which he graduated.
Canada, South and Central America, and Israel.
Veihmeyer champions a high-performance culture at KPMG, which
With more than 35 years of experience advising some of the
places a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion as foundational
world's leading companies, Veihmeyer is an influential voice on
for being a great place to work and build a career. He is a member
ethical leadership, diversity, financial reporting, audit quality, risk,
of the board of Catalyst, whose mission is to expand opportunities
governance, and education. He has consistently been named as
for women and business. In 2011, he received the CEO Leadership
one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" by
Award from Diversity Best Practices. And along with his wife Beth,
Accounting Today magazine. He is a member of the Mendoza
he is a driving force behind KPMG's commitment to education and
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CR MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2013
