Myles Thompson is the current President of Accountancy Europe and has held this role since 2021. He is an audit director at KPMG having joined the firm in 1985. From 2003 to 2013, Myles headed up KPMG UK’s technical audit group and KPMG ELLP’s technical audit group as of 2007. He was an engagement partner for the firm’s listed audit clients in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors across Europe. In 2013 he was seconded to KPMG’s Global Audit center in the US. He moved back to the UK in 2018 to be involved with its UK Audit Quality initiatives. Myles was Chair of Accountancy Europe’s Audit & Assurance Policy Group for 9 years and a board member until the end of 2020.