As managing partner of professional services firm KPMG, Seamus Hand has spent the last three months helping his clients – and his own firm – navigate through the crisis. In this interview, he talks about the impact of the lockdown on different sectors of the economy and called for innovative policies to get liquidity to cash strapped businesses – including a zero Vat rate for some firms. Hand, who took over as managing partner last year, also spoke about why consumer confidence is key to a quick economic recovery, the opportunities for Ireland in a post-Covid-19 global landscape and the…

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“Sometimes change can be hard to implement. You need a shock to make it happen at times, and there is no doubt that we have had that”

Seamus Hand, the managing partner of KPMG, believes that policymakers and business leaders have shown resilience in the crisis. But, with a bird’s eye view of the Irish economy, he also believes a range of tax and non-tax supports could be implemented to assist the recovery.

22nd Jun, 2020 - 16 min read

Ian Kehoe

Executive Editor

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