Who is who in the Accountancy Profession?? Mr. Kunle Elebute ( National Senior Partner KPMG Nigeria)

Good day to you all. Today we would be celebrating an Accounting icon who has been steering the wheel of the Accountancy profession for over three (3) decades. I know you must have heard about the "Big 4" Accounting firm in the world. Guess what?? The icon we are celebrating today is the National Senior Partner of KPMG Nigeria.
Join me as I present to you
 Mr. Kunle Elebute



Kunle Elebute is the National Senior Partner (NSP), KPMG in Nigeria and Chairman, KPMG West Africa. He has over 34 years of professional experience advising clients in the private/public sectors in Nigeria, West and Sub-Sahara Africa. Prior to assuming the role of the NSP, Kunle served as Head of various sectors including the Financial Services Industry (FSI) and more recently Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare (IGH). Kunle qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and has led various strategic and transformational projects for local & global clients. He was admitted as a Partner in 1996 and over the years led the Financial Services Audit Practice; Financial Advisory Services and was the Head of Advisory Services with responsibility for Deal Advisory, Management Consulting, Risk Consulting and Information Technology Advisory.

He was also the Project Director to the World Bank as part of a multi-disciplinary team of consultants responsible for the comprehensive evaluation of the Nigerian petroleum sector.Also, he was a Project Partner on the facilitation of a study tour of major operating and regulatory institutions on non-interest banking in Malaysia. The study tour was organised by KPMG Nigeria and Malaysia for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Committee on Regulatory Framework for Non-interest Banking. The tour also incorporated capacity development for Central Bank officials on Islamic banking.
He was responsible for the privatisation and emerging markets practice in 1999. He led the Financial Advisory Services division which oversees corporate finance, transaction and forensic services for the West African sub-region from 2002 and became head of the Advisory Services Division in 2008.

He is a member of the KPMG Africa Board, as well as the KPMG Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMA) Board. He currently serves as an Executive Member of the KPMG Africa Global Infrastructure Group. Kunle serves on various not-for-profit Boards such as the Nigerian Economic Summit Group; Society for Family Health and American Business Council, amongst others.

Mr. Elebute serves as a director at Hygeia Nigeria Ltd; a member of the Governing Council of  Grange School, Lagos; and a member of the Board of Directors of PSI. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (“ICAN”).

Mr. Elebute attended the Advanced Management Programme at the Lagos Business School in 1996. He holds a BA (Econ) from the University of Manchester, UK (1982). He is also an Accredited KPMG Global Valuation Specialist.

Extracted from KPMG website