Kirill began his career at CERN in Geneva, helping build a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider. Physics taught him the science of decision-making: evidence, probability and honesty about what you don't know. Nearly two decades in risk and assurance have taught him the art: how leaders decide when the evidence runs out, the clock is ticking and everyone is watching.

His career has taken him from Geneva to Moscow to Wellington, where he now leads KPMG's risk consulting practice.

Kirill helps senior leaders make better decisions under pressure, using risk and assurance insight to bring clarity when the stakes are highest. He works with executives, boards and audit and risk committees across New Zealand's public sector to agree the rules before a crisis hits: how much risk to accept, who decides and when the usual rules can bend.