KPMG appoints chair who claimed leak allegations were ‘completely false’ and called senator’s actions ‘inappropriate’

According to the Guardian, Australian professional services firm KPMG has appointed Michael Ebeid as its new chair. The appointment raises questions about the firm's commitment to reform: Ebeid previously dismissed leak allegations as completely false and called a senator's whistleblowing actions inappropriate and unfair. The appointment follows the resignation of the former chair, Martin Sheppard, who stepped down amid a parliamentary inquiry into KPMG's ethical failings. A Greens senator criticized the move, saying it risks entrenching the very culture that needs to change.

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