PwC International decided to parachute in its own man, then-senior UK partner Kevin Burrowes, to run the Australian firm in June 2023 because local leaders had repeatedly failed to co-operate with its internal investigation into the tax leaks matter after being warned to do so a month earlier.

The leaders of PwC International were also furious that PwC Australia’s then-leaders had failed to obtain approvals for parliamentary responses and had failed to adhere to previously agreed-upon media comments.