KPMG adds to Houston practice

September 12 2012

KPMG has hired Chetan Vagholkar as a partner in the International Corporate Services practice.

He will work out of the firm’s Houston office and will be primarily responsible for providing advisory services to clients in the oil and gas industry.

Vagholkar has experience working with energy companies on a variety of international tax issues, and before moving to KPMG he was a partner at fellow big 4 firm, Ernst & Young. During his time with Ernst & Young, he specialised in serving clients in the energy sector.

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