KPMG's US Business Elects New Chair, CEO

Editorial Staff

4 March 2020

KPMG in the US has elected 36-year firm veteran Paul Knopp to serve as its next chair and chief executive for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2020.

Separately, Laura Newinski has been elected to serve as the firm's next deputy chair. She serves as vice chair of operations and has worked in a variety of leadership roles in the firm's tax practice.

Knopp and Newinski will succeed Lynne Doughtie and P Scott Ozanus who have served as US chair and chief executive and deputy chair, respectively, since 2015. Doughtie previously announced that she would not seek a second term, and both she and Ozanus will retire from the firm later this year.

Knopp joined KPMG in 1983. He has focused on serving global companies in the manufacturing, life sciences, transport, professional services, and technology industries. He has served on KPMG's board of directors, including serving as lead director. Knopp holds BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Texas in Austin; is a licensed CPA in New York, Missouri, and Texas; and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Newinski joined KPMG in 1988. As a member of the KPMG US management team, she is responsible for technology and financial matters for the firm and oversees its operations. She also serves as chief operating officer for KPMG's Americas region. Prior to her current role, Newinski served as the national managing partner of KPMG's US tax practice and also served in other regional leadership roles for the practice. Newinski holds a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Iowa and a MBT degree from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

She is a licensed CPA in New York and Minnesota and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants.