KPMG: Telstra Exec appointed as COO

By Rob Starr, Content Manager, Big4.com

Wayne Treeby has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of KPMG Australia. He is a former  Telstra executive and has   held a variety of senior roles during his twenty-year career at Telstra encompassing Mobiles, Sensis, BigPond, Media, Wholesale, International, Network & Technology, Wireless, Service Delivery, Information Technology and head office.

Wayne is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and the CFO Advanced Program developed by The University of Chicago (Booth School) and CPA Australia. He obtained a Master of Practicing Accounting from Monash University, has a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School and an Architecture degree with Honours from Deakin University. Wayne is also a Certified Practising Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow of FINSIA.

He was head of the Float Secretariat which led T1 & T2; Director, Telstra Investor Relations; Group General Manager, Financial & Business Development and General Manager, Strategy, Planning and Business Development. Before joining Telstra, Wayne was an investment banker, working initially as an analyst and then in a variety of corporate finance roles.