John Veihmeyer is Americas Regional Chairman of KPMG International, the Big Four public accounting firm that provides audit, tax and advisory services, and Deputy Chairman of KPMG LLP, its U.S. member firm. John is a member of KPMG International’s Board of Directors and Management Committee, and in his role as U.S. Deputy Chairman, John has responsibility for enterprise-wide risk management and for Professional Practice matters for the Firm. KPMG International’s member firms have more than 120,000 professionals in 144 countries.

John has held key leadership positions during his 30-year career with KPMG. He joined the Washington DC office of KPMG in 1977 and was elected to the partnership in 1987. For two years through September 2007, John was the Global Head of Risk Management & Regulatory, and a member of the International Executive Committee. Prior to becoming U.S. Deputy Chairman, he was the Managing Partner of KPMG’s Washington, DC office as well as the Mid-Atlantic Area Managing Partner for Audit and Risk Advisory Services. In 2003, he was elected to KPMG’s Board of Directors and was named Chairman of the KPMG Foundation. He previously served as the partner-in-charge of KPMG’s Audit practice in Washington/Baltimore and was the lead SEC partner and professional practice partner for the Mid-Atlantic Area. In this role he served on the Firm’s Risk Management Committee, responsible for setting firm policy for professional practice matters. John also currently serves as client service partner for several of KPMG’s largest clients.

John is on the board of trustees of Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. As of January 2008 John became a member of the Governing Board of the Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Business Roundtable. Previously, he served on the Center Executive Committee of the Center for Audit Quality. John is also a board member of the Partnership for New York City (PFNYC), a nonprofit membership organization comprised of a select group of two hundred CEOs (“Partners”) from New York City’s top corporate, investment and entrepreneurial firms. For two years, through October 2007, John was a member of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund Committee. John is past-chair of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, and of the Leadership Washington’s board of directors. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Federal City Council and the board of the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

John received his B.B.A., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).