Doug Ferguson is Chairman, NSW and Head of Asia and International Markets at KPMG. Doug has positioned himself as a bridge between Australia and other countries for major investment and trade advisory projects. Doug’s extensive regional knowledge – and conversational Mandarin Chinese – is built on a decade of living and working in greater China as a Transactions and Restructuring specialist between 2001-2011. He is a Reference Group member and Business Champion of the New Colombo Plan, an Adjunct Professor at University of Sydney and served as Chairman of Asia Society Australia from 2015 to 2020.