KPMG Australia chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett will step aside while investigations are pending into an audit leak scandal at the big-four firm.
Her move marks another major change in the firm's leadership after Friday's resignations of chief executive Andrew Yates and head of audit Julian McPherson.
KPMG is fighting to contain reputational damage from revelations aired under parliamentary privilege that its auditors had misused confidential client documents.
The claims against KPMG were first formally made by a whistleblower in May 2024, dismissed by KPMG, then came to light when Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill aired them under parliamentary privilege this year.
The claims include that the firm's partners misused board papers from Lendlease to pitch for and win external audits of Westpac and Dexus.
The only client to publicly confirm KPMG misused its documents so far is Lendlease. After decades as a client of KPMG, Lendlease will put its external auditing contract out to tender next year.
It is understood SingTel Optus was also told by KPMG that its data was accessed in an attempt to win the audit work of Telstra. Another KPMG client named under privilege was Macquarie Group.
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