The bank is weighing whether to terminate its newly awarded $32m audit contract with KPMG, following allegations the firm used leaked data to win the work.

Eileen Hoggett’s exit from the role is another blow to the firm following last week’s resignations of CEO Andrew Yates and audit head Julian McPherson.

The bank is weighing whether to terminate its newly awarded $32m audit contract with KPMG, following allegations the firm used leaked data to win the work.

KPMG International has frozen partner departures in Australia to halt a mass exodus and protect peak audit season amid a widening whistleblower crisis.