Elkins joins KPMG
Colonial First State (CFS) executive general manager, Linda Elkins has been named as the new National Sector Leader for Asset and Wealth Management at KPMG.
KPMG has announced that Elkins, whose departure from CFS was announced yesterday, would be taking up her new role on 5 August.
It said Paul Howes who is currently Head of Asset and Wealth Management, had become National Managing Partner of KPMG Enterprise and would continue to lead the Asset and Wealth Management practice and transition responsibilities to Elkins who would take over as sector leader on 1 October.
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