Leading London accountant appoints UK head of people

People in accounting jobs are learning that leading London-based firm KPMG has appointed a new UK head of people.

Michelle Quest, who has been with the firm for 13 years, will take over the role from Rachel Campbell. Ms Campbell was recently appointed global head of people.

Her duties will include overseeing a substantial increase in graduate intake in September with more than 750 students set to join the company.

Ms Quest, who has been advising on corporate transactions for 17 years, moved to KPMG in 1997 and was a mergers and acquisitions tax partner for KPMG for the last seven years. She was also part of the private equity group between 2003 and 2007.

Before joining KPMG, Ms Quest worked for Robson Rhodes, which is now a part of Grant Thornton.

John Griffith-Jones, a senior partner in the UK arm of the firm, believes hiring people of the quality of Ms Quest can only benefit the company's finance and accounting output.

"We know that to deliver the best service to clients we need to have the best people - our people philosophy is geared to enable us to achieve this, creating an environment where talent can flourish," he said.

Updated: 08 March 2010.
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