Speaker

Maura Hodge

Maura is the KPMG IMPACT Audit Leader, assisting clients with understanding how ESG reporting can lead to value creation while still mitigating risks and complying with rapidly evolving regulation.

With more than 15 years of experience providing financial statement audit, audit of internal control, performance improvement advisory, and related assurance services to clients, and over a decade of experience with ESG information, Maura has developed the KPMG U.S. approach to ESG assurance and has led some of the Firm’s largest ESG engagements, which include assurance of use of proceeds of green bonds, social impact of private equity funds, standalone greenhouse gas emissions reports, and full corporate responsibility reports. In addition to serving clients, Maura is developing infrastructure to scale our ESG capabilities across the Firm.

Maura has served as KPMG’s liaison to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). She contributes to KPMG’s views with respect to responses to the SEC, standard setting for the IFRS Foundation’s ISSB, FASB and the AICPA Sustainability Task Force and supports KPMG International member firms with ESG assurance of U.S. components.