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Timothy Flynn, Chairman of KPMG, visits Carnegie Mellon Qatar
Flynn's visit is part of the Making the Connection Lecture Series
DOHA, QATAR -Timothy Flynn, Chairman of KPMG , visited Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Making the Connection Lecture Series. The Office of Professional Development at Carnegie Mellon Qatar coordinates the series to expose undergraduate students to a variety of career paths and business professionals.
Flynn has been a finance professional for more than 25 years. He has written two books and was featured in the May 2007 issue of Financial Executive speaking about changes in the accounting profession and the regulatory and reporting environment. He was named chairman of KPMG International in October 2008, and elected Chairman and Chief Executive of KPMG in the U.S. in June 2005.
Flynn is dedicated to creating a values-driven culture that helps fulfill KPMG 's 'Promise of Professionalism' to its people, its clients and the capital markets its member firms serve. He has given talks on leadership, ethics and integrity at a number of colleges and universities including Howard, Fordham, Yale and the Wharton School of Business. This is his first visit to a Carnegie Mellon campus.
Flynn is one of many highly successful business professionals who are scheduled as part of the Making the Connection Lecture Series this academic year.
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With more than a century of academic excellence and innovative research, Carnegie Mellon University is a global leader in education with real-world applications. Consistently top ranked, Carnegie Mellon offers a distinct mix of programs to its 10,000 students at campuses around the globe. Core values of innovation, creativity, problem solving and collaborative teamwork provide the foundation for everything we do.
At the invitation of Qatar Foundation, Carnegie Mellon joined Education City in 2004. Here, Qatar Foundation has created a world-class center for scholarship and research that is the ideal complement to Carnegie Mellon's tradition of innovation through collaboration. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar offers its highly regarded undergraduate programs in business administration, computer science and information systems to students in Qatar and the Gulf Region.
Noha Al Afifi
+974 454 8491
nohaa@qatar.cmu.edu
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