Kola Olaleye
Director, CFO Advisory
KPMG Australia
Kola has more than 11 years’ experience providing technical accounting advisory, deal structuring and better business reporting services to business clients on financial reporting issues across Australia and Africa. He currently leads IFRS and Deals and the Better Business Reporting (Integrated Reporting) services within the KPMG CFO Advisory group in Brisbane.
Kola has a deep understanding of accounting issues and hands-on experience with working on commercial deal transactions both in the public and private sectors. Kola brings an understanding of financial reporting issues relating to commercial transactions and works with multidisciplinary teams. His areas of focus include accounting and deal advisory, financial reporting, risk consulting, conversion and accounting change services, IFRS accounting standards, financial reporting training and integrated reporting.
Prior to joining KPMG Australia in 2015, Kola was a technical accounting consultant with PwC Nigeria and South Africa where he provided accounting consulting services to business clients across West, East and Southern Africa.
Education and qualifications
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Masters of Business Adminstration – University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Bachelor of Economics – University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Accreditation
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Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
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Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants