John Veihmeyer

Current public company boards: Ford Motor Company

Prior public company boards: Eve Holding Inc.

Executive experience: John retired as the global chairman of KPMG International in 217. He previously held numerous leadership roles at KPMG, including US chairman and CEO and managing partner of KPMG’s Washington, DC operations.

Additional information. John has served as a member of the Business Roundtable, as well as the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He served on the boards of Catalyst, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the U.S.-India Business Council, and Saint Mary’s College, as well as the executive committee of the Business–Higher Education Forum (BHEF). He has been named one of the Top 1 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today magazine and one of the Top 1 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance by Directorship Magazine. In 211 he received the CEO Leadership Award from Diversity Best Practices for his commitment to diversity, and in 213 was honored as “Responsible CEO of the Year” by Corporate Responsibility Magazine.

Along with his wife Beth, John was a driving force behind KPMG’s “Family for Literacy” (KFFL) program. In its 1-year history, KFFL has provided more than 4 million books to children in need in the US and has now expanded to 17 countries.

John received a BBA in accounting (cum Laude) from the University of Notre Dame in 1977.