KPMG chair, audit partners to leave amid whistleblower fallout (opens original article in a new tab)

KPMG chair Martin Sheppard resigns amid scandal over misuse of confidential client information and whistleblower mistreatment, with two audit partners also leaving. The firm will appoint an independent chair and implement governance reforms.

• KPMG chair Martin Sheppard resigns amid scandal over misuse of confidential client information and whistleblower mistreatment.
• Two audit partners, Paul Rogers and Eileen Hoggett, also leave KPMG.
• KPMG will appoint its first independent chair and add independent directors to its Australian board as part of governance reforms.