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

Published July 2, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Greens senator says appointment of Michael Ebeid ‘risks entrenching the very culture and leadership that need to change’

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KPMG has appointed a new chair who previously claimed leak allegations were “completely false” and described a senator’s actions in revealing the scandal as “very inappropriate and unfair”.

Details

Michael Ebeid was appointed to lead the embattled firm on Thursday after the former chair, Martin Sheppard, resigned while under fire from a parliamentary inquiry into the firm’s ethical failings.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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