Mike Baird turns up the heat on KPMG chair
The former NSW premier put KPMG chair Martin Sheppard on the back foot over the firm’s refusal to release data leak reports.
Five years ago, Mike Baird turned up to an ICAC inquiry and helped sink any remaining hope that Gladys Berejiklian would stay on as NSW premier. On Friday, he did the same for KPMG chair Martin Sheppard.
Baird followed Sheppard and an army of KPMG executives into the witness chairs in Canberra at an inquiry into the data leaks scandal engulfing the Big Four consulting giant.
KPMG is in all sorts after it allegedly used confidential client data from companies including Lendleasw and Optus to win audit work, and dismissed concerns raised by a whistleblower until Senator Deborah O’Neill raised them in March.
CEO Andrew Yates and head of audit Julian McPherson have already resigned and the firm is bleeding clients and goodwill.
