Director
Jude Fernandes is a Partner in KPMG Chicago’s Asset Management practice. He has more than 15 years of experience providing audit and accounting advisory services to clients in the investment management and banking industries. Jude has deep industry experience with business development companies, community banks, investment advisers and managers and their broker/dealers. Jude has spent most of his career in Chicago where he has led audits of public and private companies.
Prior to his role in KPMG’s Asset Management practice in Chicago, he was in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice (DPP) in New York, NY. In his role in DPP, he spent three years as a firm resource on various auditing, technical accounting, and SEC related issues including consolidation, fair value, SEC reporting, investment company accounting, and internal controls.
Jude moved to the United States from India as a teenager to attend Marquette University, where he received a bachelor’s and master’s in accounting. Jude lives in Lakeview with his wife Diana and their two-year-old son Ethan.