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

The Guardian World Thursday 02 July 2026, 08:03 UTC By Luca Ittimani 1 min read
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Greens senator says appointment of Michael Ebeid ‘risks entrenching the very culture and leadership that need to change’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKPMG 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”. Michael Ebeid was appointed to lead the embattled firm on Thursday after...

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

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”.

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.

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