The luxury car of a missing partner at Big Four accounting firm KPMG has been found, as his colleagues join the police search.
David Ibels, 43, went missing early on Saturday morning in the Mount Tamborine region, south of Brisbane.
A family friend last heard from him around 4:45 a.m., but hasn’t heard a word since.
Police sources said a black Porsche Cayenne station wagon in which Ibels was driving was found on Monday. However, the father of one child is still missing.
Mr Ibels normally lives with his wife and young daughter in New Farm, near Brisbane’s CBD.
He has been a valued, high-level employee at KPMG’s Brisbane office for twelve years.
In the photo: David Ibels enjoys football with friends in 2021. He is from Sydney, but lives in Brisbane
A KPMG spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that some of its colleagues are taking part in the search.
“We are in close contact with his family and are providing support to his family during this difficult time of uncertainty,” they said.
‘Many of our people are participating in the police investigation.
“We are all hopeful that David will soon be found and safe, and we send our thoughts especially to his family.”
Over the past three years, Mr Ibels has been a key figure in the development of KPMG Australia’s $800 million Brisbane headquarters at Heritage Lanes in the city’s CBD.
Developed by real estate giant Mirvac, the building is powered by renewable electricity and has net zero carbon emissions.
Just a month ago, Mr. Ibels proudly posted about this achievement on LinkedIn.
It is clear that Mr Ibels’ black 2015 Porsche Cayenne station wagon has been found
“Roll out the blue carpet… Several years of hard work culminated this week in the opening of KPMG Australia’s new headquarters in Brisbane at Heritage Lanes,” he wrote.
“This is a great place to work with exceptional amenities for our employees and customers to connect, collaborate, grow and make a significant impact.”
Friends and colleagues were quick to congratulate him, with one saying: ‘Congratulations to you and the team – I know you played a key role in determining the result.’
According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr. Ibels has had a long and successful career in the field of finance and business consulting.
He studied at Sydney University of Technology before working at business consultancy Capgemini Invent.
Mr Ibels subsequently became a director at Barclays Wealth in London, before moving to KPMG in 2011.
On Sunday, the day after Mr Ibels was last seen, a close friend asked Mount Tamborine locals on Facebook to keep an eye out.
KPMG Australia partner David Ibels (pictured), 43, has been missing in Brisbane since Saturday morning
“We are very concerned for his well-being and would like your assistance in locating him,” he wrote.
“This has been reported to local police, but we would like your community’s help in finding him.”
‘His wife and young daughter are very concerned and would like to speak to him.’
Mr. Ibels is described as 6 feet tall with strawberry blonde or red hair, a beard and blue eyes.
Police and his family are concerned for his well-being as his behavior is out of character.
In a statement shared via Queensland Police on Sunday morning, Mr Ibels’ family said they were “concerned for his welfare as his behavior is out of character”.
They called on anyone with information to contact police immediately.