Theshan Goonewardene
Director, Advisory
Theshan is a Director in the New York Advisory practice at KPMG and brings more than twelve years’ experience providing ESG, audit and transaction-related advisory services to many of the world’s largest and most prestigious organizations. He is a leader in the KPMG ESG team and specializes in sustainability, financial reporting and plays an integral role in some of the most significant engagements at KPMG.
Theshan is a Chartered Accountant and received Sustainability Leadership credentials from Harvard University, NYU Stern Center of Sustainable Business and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
Theshan has extensive international experience having worked in offices throughout Australia, Europe and the United States which has enabled him to provide technical corporate reporting advice under US GAAP, IFRS and also in consideration of the evolving sustainability-reporting landscape. He serves global companies and SEC registrants in the manufacturing, life sciences, energy, retail, and technology industries.
Theshan serves as Board Member for a variety of humanitarian organizations across the globe.