From a quiet Senate chamber to a corporate execution: how a whistleblower’s claims about stolen Lendlease papers ended the career of Andrew Yates.

Yates is not the only resignation after the firm’s repeated failure to deal with wide-ranging allegations of client data misuse.

The consulting group has lost its top two executives after confirming another case where confidential customer information was allegedly shared for financial gain.

KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates has stepped down amid a scandal involving audit partners accessing confidential client documents.

Yates says ‘we have let ourselves down’ when dealing with allegations of client information being misused

A scandal in the firm’s audit division, described as “bastion of righteousness”, is bad enough. But the mishandling of the mess has cost its CEO dearly.

From a quiet Senate chamber to a corporate execution: how a whistleblower’s claims about stolen Lendlease papers ended the career of Andrew Yates.