KPMG Chair Elect Admits to Sending 'Naive, Embarrassing and Wrong' Email Michael Ebeid's apology to Labor senator Deborah O'Neill is a rare display of contrition from a corporate executive.
It highlights how even the most powerful can fall victim to their own arrogance.
The context is crucial: Ebeid has been KPMG Australia's chairman since 2015, instrumental in shaping the firm's response to a scandal involving top executives' misuse of clients' confidential audit documents.