A group of senior partners at KPMG has urged the firm’s global bosses to suspend the leadership at its United Arab Emirates business, citing nepotism, cronyism and a culture of fear allegedly stoked by the chief executive.
The demands, which include a call for KPMG International to parachute in a temporary chief executive from the firm’s global operations, were set out in an email to some of KPMG International’s top executives.
The email, sent to recipients including KPMG International’s chair Bill Thomas, vice-chair Carl Carande, global general counsel Anne Collins and global head of people Nhlamu Dlomu, states that it represents the views of ten capital partners at KPMG Lower Gulf.