Story 181

When the Coverup Becomes the Crime: A Cautionary Tale from KPMG Last week, the CEO of KPMG Australia resigned without notice. While he wasn’t personally implicated in wrongdoing, how he handled it when others were, precipitated his demise. KPMG partners were found to have inappropriately shared confidential client information internally. A whistleblower raised the alarm….

When Attribution Serves to Legitimize Leadership Selection Over Merit My experience at Citi followed a pattern I’ve seen echoed in other stories here, particularly Stories 5, 84 and 91. I achieved accomplishments that were well documented and measurable—closing identified deficiencies, implementing enhanced controls, delivering technical analysis that satisfied regulatory requirements. Despite leading these efforts and…

Despite significant media interest, there have been suggestions—unsurprisingly—from the institution involved that this site should not be covered by the press, on the grounds that it represents individuals “leveraging the media” to make a statement. That framing is worth addressing directly. The right to speak publicly about one’s lived experience is a core First Amendment…

If the investigation into [REDACTED] was really $30M, jesus christ that dude is expensive – sure hope he makes his NNIA numbers this quarter, haha.

Here’s an irony only Citigroup could pull off: placing the Women’s Network under the leadership of a man whose own organisation has managed to “disappear” an astonishing number of high-profile women since he arrived, while proudly welcoming an army of white men to save us from diversity.

I exited my role in Citi’s private wealth management due to a fundamental misalignment with leadership practices, organizational values, and the absence of meaningful opportunities for advancement. Despite receiving consistently top performance evaluations over multiple years, advancement opportunities were repeatedly denied (with a new made up reason every year) and instead given to men who…