Michael Faulkner

Member of a core team of 25 risk professionals selected from KPMG member firms to perform global compliance reviews within the KPMG International network of 150+ member firms. Assessment of the compliance of KPMG member firms with key Quality & Risk Management policies and procedures, professional standards, regulatory and legal requirements, tone at the top, partnership matters, financial strength & risk profile, adherence to KPMG Global's information protection standards.

Provision of Risk Management, Ethics & Independence leadership and promotion of adherence to Risk Management, Ethics & Independence policies and professional standards within the firm. Application of the requirements of ISQC1, the IESBA Code of Ethics and KPMG Global Quality & Risk Management policies and procedures. Liaison with external authorities and regulators, e.g. Luxembourg CSSF, U.S. PCAOB. Leadership of the Central Quality & Risk Management and Ethics & Independence team.

Senior Audit Manager for a variety of companies operating in the Commercial & Industrial sector, mainly indigenous public & private companies and Irish based subsidiaries of MNEs.

Audit Manager for a variety of clients in both the Financial Services (mainly UCITS) and Commercial & Industrial (Luxembourg based subsidiaries of MNEs) domains.

Audit Senior responsible for the audit fieldwork of mainly SMEs operating in the commercial and industrial sectors.