John Bennett

Chief Risk Officer and Ethics Partner

KPMG in the UK

John is responsible for the effective governance of risks facing KPMG. He oversees its risk transformation programme and risk management framework, including Quality and Risk Management and the Legal function. 

Prior to this, John was Chief Operating Officer for the UK Audit business. He’s worked with some of the UK’s most important public companies and private equity-backed organisations. In recent years, John specialised in the audit of media and technology companies. 

John joined KPMG in 2005 having gained a PhD from Cambridge University.

  • BSc Hons - Biology, University of Bath

  • MSc - Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leicester

  • PhD, University of Cambridge