Big Four accountancy firm KPMG UK has elected two new female board members, giving the board gender parity for its first time.

The firm’s partners elected Melissa Geiger and Linda Main to join the UK board.

Ms Geiger has over 20 years’ business, finance and tax experience, and has worked in the firm’s financial services, corporates and national markets businesses over the course of her KPMG career. She has been partner and head of international tax and tax policy since 2017, when she re-joined the firm from GlaxoSmithKline.