John Munnelly

Chief Digital Officer | Global Microsoft Business Applications Lead

KPMG Australia

John has over 25 years’ experience in helping businesses with front, middle and back-office technology-led transformation. He is passionate about using digital and modern technologies to create business value and empower users and provides quality business solutions to customers. John assists his clients to streamline operations, get real time visibility across their entire business, and gain a holistic view of their organisation to help them make well informed business decisions, and support them through transformational change processes.

As the partner responsible for KPMG Australia’s Management Consulting Ignition Centre, John managed the Alliances Business and Insights Centre teams. He was the Global KPMG Microsoft Business Applications Lead role, where he had oversight of more than 3000 people who implemented Microsoft-based digital transformation solutions across 21 countries.

In 2010, John held the role of CEO of Hands-On Systems. After KPMG’s acquisition of Hands-On Systems in 2015, John joined KPMG and led the successful integration of their business into KPMG. John is the Founder and an Executive Director of Wiise Software which provides Microsoft-based business solutions to small and medium sized businesses.

A long-serving member of the Global Microsoft Partner Advisory Council, this role provides John and KPMG firms the opportunity to participate in shaping future Microsoft initiatives with Microsoft Business Applications Solutions and program development.

Active in the community, John is Chair of the Board of the Fair Fight Foundation, helping sick children to feel like heroes when they most need to.

  • Cloud hosting
  • Digital-driven transformation
  • Emerging Technology
  • IT Advisory in Management Consulting
  • Microsoft
  • Technology Enablement Lifecycle
  • Masters of Management, Macquarie Graduate School of Management

  • Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney