Matthew Colquhoun

Director, Engineering & Asset Management, KPMG Australia

Matthew has traced a journey from military engineer and helicopter pilot, through to work as a strategy and operations consultant, working with executives to achieve transformational business outcomes with some of the largest global organisations.     
He is passionate about collaborating with stakeholders in asset intensive sectors, to navigate complexity from the board to the front-line maintenance and operating crews.

Matthew is a Director at KPMG - Engineering and Asset Management Advisory in the Brisbane office focused on the mining sector. After over 15 years in Defence, primarily in aviation, he has spent close to 10 years in management consulting, supporting advisory projects to achieve business transformation, capability development and asset optimisation outcomes. 

In addition, Matthew is an Admitted Lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland and a Chartered Professional Engineer in the Mechanical College (Aerospace Airworthiness). He is also a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) with the Asset Management Council of Australia. In this capacity he has focussed on fleet and asset intensive sectors to support advisory projects in Defence, Aerospace, Transport, Government and Mining sectors.