KPMG Australia Chair, Partners to Exit in Reset From Scandal (2)

KPMG Australia said chair Martin Sheppard and two other audit partners will leave as part of a broad restructuring, following whistleblower allegations the firm used confidential client information to help win business.

Sheppard will depart shortly and retire from his regional board responsibilities, the firm said in a statement Tuesday. Audit partners Paul Rogers and Eileen Hoggett will also leave the firm, it added.

Efforts to appoint a new chief executive officer were progressing, KPMG said, which would “refresh the executive team and ensure the firm has strong, ethical leadership for the future.”

Martin Sheppard

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The senior departures mark a widening ...