Westpac removes KPMG partner Kim Lawry as lead auditor
Lawry, who will be replaced by KPMG lead engagement partner Brendan Twining, has retired from the KPMG board, the firm and the partnership.
Westpac has told KPMG audit and assurance partner Kim Lawry to step aside from the bank to avoid distractions as the consulting firm reels from its whistleblower scandal. Lawry has also retired from the KPMG board, the firm and the partnership.
Lawry is the lead auditor for Westpac and will be replaced by KPMG lead engagement partner Brendan Twining. She was found, along with auditors Paul Rogers and Eileen Hoggett, to have viewed confidential Lendlease information as it was bidding for a $32 million-a-year contract for Westpac. The three were warned and fined by KPMG.
She met with Westpac executives today to inform them of her retirement from KPMG.
A Westpac spokesman told Capital Brief in a statement: “To ensure there is no distraction from the delivery of Westpac’s FY26 audit, Westpac, in consultation with KPMG, asked Lead Audit Partner Kim Lawry to step aside from the Westpac audit engagement”.
