Marketa Simkova is a Partner and the Head of People, Performance & Culture at KPMG Middle East, where she leads the firm’s people strategy across the region. In this role, Marketa is responsible for shaping the employee experience, advancing leadership and talent development, driving cultural transformation, and building a future-ready workforce.

A passionate advocate for people-led transformation, Marketa focuses on aligning the firm’s structure, workforce, and culture to its strategic goals—enabling performance, inclusion, and sustainable growth. She has been playing a pivotal role in the evolution of KPMG’s leadership model, and embedding wellbeing, DEI, and capability building into the core of the organization.

Prior to her current role, Marketa spent over a decade advising senior executives across the region on workforce transformation, business design, and the future of work. She has led numerous human capital transformations that positioned HR as a strategic enabler of performance and innovation.

Marketa holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Relations from the Prague University of Economics and Business. She is also certified in change management, psychometric assessments, and business culture transformation.