Global audit, tax and advisory services giant KPMG has joined Leaseurope as an associate member.

One of the largest professional services providers worldwide, KPMG counts among the ‘Big Four’ auditors, and the company’s experience within the leasing industry is particularly valued by Leaseurope.

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Tanguy van de Werve, Leaseurope’s director general, said: "By welcoming firms with a demonstrated expertise in servicing the leasing industry, we are ensuring that Leaseurope stays ahead of the game and remains ‘the’ knowledge and networking platform for the leasing and automotive rental industry at European level."

Evelyn Vinke-Smits, partner and Dutch segment lead for Leasing KPMG, said: "By joining Leaseurope as an Associate Member we underline the importance of active knowledge-sharing and a valuable networking platform in the leasing industry.

"We consider leasing as an important market in stimulating the economic growth in Europe by financing key assets for both large and SME companies."

By joining as an associate member, KPMG is following in the steps of other significant players in European leasing and, alongside PwC and Deloitte, is the third of the Big Four accountancy firms to join.

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In January 2013, Acquis Insurance Management and Challenge Consulting also joined as associate members and KMPG’s involvement will take associate membership to 11.

The firm’s participation will consolidate its existing relationship with the leasing and automotive representative body, according to Leaseurope chair Jukka Salonen, formalising a cooperation which dates back to the organisations’ co-publishing the ‘European Leasing’ research paper in 2007.

"We obviously look forward to working even more closely with KPMG now that they have become Associate Member," he added.

The other associate members are, Cassiopae, CHP Consulting, Deloitte, Invigors EMEA, Linedata, PwC, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and TotalSoft.