KPMG has appointed three new associate directors – Charmaine Baldacchino and Kevin Mifsud in the audit section, and Jan Grech in the advisory services section.

Charmaine Baldacchino joined KPMG in 1997 after obtaining her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in accountancy. She is a registered auditor and a fellow of the Malta Institute of Accountants. Ms Baldacchino has worked with the financial services sector audit team since joining the firm and has been involved in advisory work to banking and fund management clients. She has also worked in the audit and regulatory advisory departments for KPMG practices in London, Ireland and Iceland. She is responsible for the local firm’s audit and IFRS training and has been working on various KPMG International Quality Review programmes across Europe.

Jan Grech joined the firm in 1999 and has over 20 years experience in the field of Information Technology. He holds a post-graduate diploma in management from Henley Management College and a practitioner certificate in project management from the APM Group. He is also a member of the Malta Institute of Management and the British Computer Society. Mr Grech provides advisory services to a wide range of clients. His primary focus is business process improvement and project management. He has over the years led various advisory engagements both locally and overseas, in a diverse range of assignments. These assignments covered a variety of business issues, addressed primarily both from a management and a technology perspective.

Kevin Mifsud joined KPMG in 1998 after graduating Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from the University of Malta. He is a registered auditor and is mainly responsible for the management of the firm’s audit engagements in the fields of communications and software development. Mr Mifsud has provided advisory and audit-related services to clients operating in these sectors. He also worked for a short time at the firm’s office in Ireland, where he was responsible for audit engagements on financial services. Mr Mifsud has delivered training on the firm’s audit methodology and International Financial Reporting Standards to the firm’s staff as well as to clients. In 2008, he also participated in a quality review programme organised by KPMG International.