Partner, Audit, Department of Professional Practice

Paul Munter is a Partner in the Department of Professional Practice-Audit & Advisory with KPMG. He serves as the lead technical partner for the US firm's international accounting and IFRS activities and also serves on KPMG's Global IFRS Panel which is responsible for establishing KPMG positions on the application of IFRS.

He also is involved in the development of firm positions in response to proposals from the IASB, IFRIC, FASB, SEC and other standard setters as well as the development of the firm's guidance and publications including Comparison of IFRS to US GAAP and First Impressions: Business Combinations (joint IASB/FASB project).

He served as the Academic Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where he worked on many of the Commission's Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives and rule-making activities. Previously, he served as KPMG Professor and Chairman of the Department of Accounting at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He earned his PhD in accounting at the University of Colorado. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fresno State University. He is a CPA in New York, Florida, and Colorado.

Mr. Munter was honored by the Texas Society of CPAs as its first "Outstanding Discussion Leader." He has also been honored by the Florida Institute of CPAs as its Outstanding Educator and he was honored by Beta Alpha Psi as the National Business Information Professional of the Year.