Arun M Kumar is making headlines as KPMG in India has announced his election as Chairman and CEO of the firm for a five-year term. Kumar succeeds Richard Rekhy, who led the firm as CEO for over four years. Even more, he has been elected by the KPMG India Board and ratified by India Partners. Having spent majority of his career with the company in the US, Kumar brings a wealth of international leadership experience to KPMG India, including his tenure in public service in the US, for the last three years, as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of US and Foreign Commercial Service in the Obama Administration. He has also worked to strengthen commercial ties between India and the US and played a key role in establishing the India-US Strategic & Commercial Dialogue and a renewed India-US CEO Forum.
