NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Steven Hill, KPMG LLP's NationalAdvisory Services Leader, was named to Consulting Magazine's list of theTop 25 Consultants for 2007, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm hasannounced. Billed as a list of the "most influential practitioners," the magazinesaid Hill "presaged the rise of enterprise risk management and strategicrisk initiatives currently under way at numerous corporations." "Steve has been instrumental in evolving the strategic perspective forKPMG's Advisory practice to create a balanced portfolio of services thatcombines our existing strength in value preservation services with anexpanded focus on value creation services," said Mark A. Goodburn, KPMG'sVice Chair for Advisory Services. "Steve helped develop a framework to look beyond control and complianceissues that arose in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and envisioned howrisk management could be applied holistically to an enterprise's decision-making process to create shareholder value," said Goodburn. "He was one ofthe first in our profession to recognize that the expanded role of the CFO-- what we call the CFO Agenda -- increasingly included integration ofgrowth and operational initiatives along with the more traditionalfinancial reporting and compliance responsibilities." Notified of his selection, Hill said, "It is an honor to be includedamong such a distinguished list of consulting professionals. It's truly atestament to KPMG's vision to define a new category of advisory serviceslinking risk and control to business transformation. I share this honorwith my colleagues at KPMG who helped create that vision and who aresuccessfully putting it into practice." Based in Dallas, Hill joined KPMG in 1995, leaving in 1997 to becomesenior vice president at Bearing Point (previously KPMG Consulting). Hereturned to KPMG in 2003. Prior to KPMG, Hill held positions at SHLSystemhouse and McKinsey & Company. He completed an executive master of business administration program inVevey, Switzerland while a manager at McKinsey. He received his Bachelor ofScience degree in nautical science from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax andAdvisory services. We operate in 148 countries and have 113,000 peopleworking in member firms around the world. The independent member firms ofthe KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International, a Swisscooperative. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity anddescribes itself as such. KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm
KPMG LLP Principal Steven Hill Named to Consulting Magazine's Top 25 Consultants
August 08, 2007, 1:21 a.m. EDT 2 Min Read
