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

KPMG has appointed Michael Ebeid as its new chair following the resignation of Martin Sheppard amid a parliamentary inquiry into the firm’s ethical failings. Ebeid previously dismissed leak allegations as 'completely false' and criticized a senator’s role in exposing the scandal as 'inappropriate', prompting a Greens senator to argue the appointment risks entrenching problematic leadership.