Ex-KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie Adds Another Board Seat Notch to Her Belt
Lynne Doughtie has been busy padding the “Corporate Board Experience” portion of her résumé. A little more than a month after joining the Board of Advisors of NovaSignal Corp., the former KPMG CEO joined her first corporate board of directors on Jan. 15 where she’ll have to learn all things jumbo jet. And she’ll be […]
Ex-KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie Is Following the Post-Big 4 Playbook
This post is ONLY for those of you at KPMG who have been losing sleep thinking about which company board Lynne Doughtie would be joining now that her Big 4 career is over. Here’s the answer: NovaSignal Corp., a medical technology and data company specializing in assessing cerebral blood flow, announced today that Lynne Doughtie […]
KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie Assures Employees No Layoffs Are Coming
We got a tip this morning which we were able to confirm with two other sources that in an internal firm video we think was sent to employees last night, KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie said protecting KPMGers during the crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak was her first priority and that layoffs would be an […]
Kamp KPMG’s Head Counselor Is Running the Winter Interns Ragged
Lynne Doughtie is building up the KPMG recruits’ stamina for those marathon, 16-hour days during busy season. View this post on Instagram A post shared by KPMG U.S. Careers (@kpmg_us_careers) Not shown is the winter interns drinking a large glass of Kool-Aid to quench their thirst after their morning jog. Related articles: What Do You […]
Let’s Speculate About Why Lynne Doughtie Is Leaving KPMG
When we got a tip Friday mid-morning that Lynne Doughtie had told KPMG U.S. staff in a video message that she wouldn’t seek another term as chairman and CEO, I wasn’t all that surprised. I figured she’d be one and done. Doughtie seems like a nice, hardworking, intelligent woman. I don’t think KPMG would have […]
Exclusive: Lynne Doughtie Is Not Seeking a Second Term as KPMG Chairman and CEO
Another Big 4 firm will soon have a new person residing in the corner office. First, Cathy Engelbert was not renominated late last year for a second four-year term as Deloitte CEO. She was succeeded by Joe Ucuzoglu and took over as the new commish of the WNBA. Then Mark Weinberger announced last December that […]
Clearly Not Everyone at KPMG Got the Memo About the ‘Raise-Your-Hand Culture’ at the Firm
Photo: A higher proportion of hand raising than at KPMG.
What Do We Think Is Going Through KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie’s Mind During This Interview?
If you’re a Big 4 CEO, part of your job includes bopping around lavish business events like the World Economic Forum. KPMG U.S. CEO Lynne Doughtie is no exception, but given this week’s events, you can’t help but wonder if she’s doing so with a raging fire atop her head. Not that you would know […]
KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie Knows Your Golf Game Sucks
Here’s another insufferable profile of a Big 4 executive that we dutifully read on your behalf. This one features KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie and, sure, go ahead and read it if you have nothing better to do. She has a nice story; believe it or not, she “loved being an auditor”; she wanted to become […]
What Should Lynne Doughtie Do First as KPMG’s CEO?
As you know, KPMG has elected Lynne Doughtie as its next Chairman CEO, the first woman to lead the firm. She is only the second woman to lead a Big 4 accounting firm, the first being Cathy Engelbert, who took the helm at Deloitte just last month. SO! This is all very exciting. LD will […]