This week, Yolanda Paulissen (53) will start as Chief Financial Officer at accountancy and consultancy firm KPMG. worked at LeasePlan for six fifteen years, including as a member of the board. She also fulfilled a role as an external director at Pels Rijcken.

Paulissen will combine her position as CFO with an active role as a partner at Deals within KPMG’s Advisory branch, where she will focus on Private Equity account management.

Wonderful combination

According to Paulissen herself, this is “a wonderful combination”, where she can connect her knowledge and skills in the field of numerical analysis with the outside world. “As CFO I get into the capillaries of KPMG and through my responsibilities at Deals I understand what our customers need. This way I can contribute to the growth of KPMG in two areas.”

In its fifteen years, LeasePlan Paulissen has always held financial positions. As a result, she has gained experience in capital and balance sheet management, designing the external reporting process, mergers and acquisitions. In addition, she is interested in change management and digitization within organizations. After her career, Paulissen studied Business Economics at the University of Maastricht.

Knowledge and experience

“We are very pleased that Yolanda will join our organization”, says Marc Broskij, member of the Executive Board of KPMG Netherlands. “She quickly sees what an organization needs to grow. Her knowledge and experience will be useful for both our organization and our customers.”

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