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Ex-KPMG boss Mary O’Connor joins insurance broker Howden to run new capital advisory business

Mary O’Connor was the first woman to lead a Big Four firm in the UK

Mary O’Connor is a qualified lawyer with stints at US law firm Shearman & Sterling and Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance
Mary O’Connor is a qualified lawyer with stints at US law firm Shearman & Sterling and Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance

Former interim chief executive at KPMG UK Mary O’Connor has joined insurance broker Howden to lead its new capital advisory business.

O’Connor became the first woman to lead a Big Four firm in the UK when she took over as interim CEO at KPMG following the shock resignation of Bill Michael in February 2021.

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