Neil is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years of experience at KPMG, having worked in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. Since August 2021, he has held the position of Global Head of Assurance and ESG Methodology at KPMG. Neil has been actively involved in sustainability assurance since 2010, when he was appointed as the Head of the Climate Change and Sustainability practice in South Africa. In 2017, he took on the role of Head of Audit Risk Management for KPMG South Africa, while continuing to deliver sustainability assurance engagements.
In January 2023, Neil was appointed to the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and is a member of the IAASB Sustainability Assurance Task Force responsible for the drafting of the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000. Prior to this, Neil was a member of the South African Integrated Reporting working group responsible for drafting the discussion paper “Framework for integrated reporting and the integrated report”. He is a past Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Council’s assurance technical collaboration group and a past Chairman of the South African Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) Sustainability Standing Committee.