Exhibit 23.4

                                      KPMG

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We hereby give our consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in this
Registration  Statement  on  Form  F-3  of  Cordiant  Communications  Group  plc
("Cordiant") of our report dated April 1, 1999 with respect to the  consolidated
financial  statements of Financial  Dynamics Holdings Limited for the year ended
December  31,  1998 and our  report  dated  April 1,  1999 with  respect  to the
financial  statements of Financial  Dynamics Limited for the year ended December
31, 1998, which reports are included in the Form 6-K of Cordiant dated September
25, 2000.

Yours faithfully

KPMG



London, England

September 25, 2000