K P M G Inc | MSC Hse 1 Mediterranean St, Cape Town, Cape Town, 8001, Western Cape

The origins of KPMG in South Africa go back to 1895. Through organic growth and strategic mergers, the firm has grown into one of the largest Audit, Tax and Advisory firms in the region, offering a wide array of services to clients within the public and private sectors. The core of KPMGs genealogy is made up of two main firms, Aiken and Carter and Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. Before their merger in 1987, these two firms were among the foremost firms in the country. In September 1986 the merger between PMM and A and C was announced, arising out of the envisaged merger between Peat Marwick International and KMG. The new company, known as KPMG Aiken and Peat, spent the rest of the 1980s bedding down the merger of people, skills and offices as well as developing a strategic plan. The following years saw the formation and growth of a number of specialist departments and industry groups. In 2002, accounting firms Andersen and KMMT, the latter being co founded by our former Chief Executive, intergrated with KPM