KPMG Switzerland Names Banking Expert as CEO
KPMG Switzerland is changing leadership: Pascal Sprenger will take the helm from Stefan Pfister this fall, who has run the consulting firm for twelve years. Pascal Sprenger. (Image: KPMG Switzerland)Thursday,. . .
KPMG Switzerland is changing leadership: Pascal Sprenger will take the helm from Stefan Pfister this fall, who has run the consulting firm for twelve years. Pascal Sprenger. (Image: KPMG Switzerland)Thursday, 18 June 2026 11:41The partners ofKPMG Switzerlandhave electedPascal Sprengeras their new CEO. The company announced the moveon Wednesday. Sprenger takes office on October 1, 2026. He succeedsStefan Pfister, who has led KPMG Switzerland for twelve years. Pfister will remain engaged in a senior role within the KPMG network until March 2027, before taking on external board mandates, the statement said. A Banking Expert With a Long Track RecordSprenger, 46, is a KPMG veteran. He has worked at the firm for more than 20 years, becoming partner in 2015. Since October 2024, he has headed the Financial Services division and sat on KPMG Switzerland's executive board. Sprenger is no stranger to finews readers. He discussed the state of the financial center after the demise of Credit Suisse in a finews podcast (German only). Last June, together with study authorChristian Hintermann, he also presented KPMG'sannual studyon Swiss private banks, with a new edition due shortly. Successor in the Division Still OpenPfister is considered a key architect of the merger between KPMG Switzerland and KPMG UK, which made the firm the second-largest unit in the KPMG network after the US. KPMG Switzerland employs more than 2,600 people and generated net revenue of 561. 6 million francs in the 2025 financial year. Commenting on his election, Sprenger said, «Stefan Pfister is handing me a successful, high-performing, and future-oriented company. I am all the more pleased to continue on the path we have taken and to actively shape the future of KPMG Switzerland. »Newsletter SubscriptionGet the latest stories as they happen: Free e-mail alerts from finews. com.