Stephen Dabney is an audit partner in the Houston office of KPMG with more than 25 years of experience, primarily serving public-energy-related clients. He is also leader of the KPMG Audit Committee Institute (ACI), which is part of the KPMG Board Leadership Center. In this role, Dabney leads ACI initiatives to provide directors with practical insights and resources related to boardroom challenges specific to the audit committee. He is a frequent speaker on board-governance and audit-committee issues - including strategy, risk oversight, financial reporting, internal controls, and environmental, social, and governance.

He serves as the global lead audit partner for Halliburton Co. and the account executive for many others. He is also an engagement-quality reviewer for public companies, a designation given to the firm’s most technical partners, providing objective review of significant auditing, accounting, and financial-reporting matters.

Prior to leading the ACI, Dabney served as the audit partner-in-charge of the Houston business unit. In that role, he was responsible for operational, financial, personnel, and client-care matters.

Dabney previously completed a two-year assignment in the firm’s national office in New York where he advised clients and engagement teams on a variety of accounting and financial-reporting matters. He also completed a three-year assignment in Bogota, Colombia, serving large US multinational clients doing business in the country.