When the OECD tapped Mathias Cormann to become its secretary-general in 2021, the nimble Luke Sayers dodged yet another bullet. Not that we knew it before Sayers’ answers to Senate questions on notice last week, revealing how close his firm, Sayers Group, came to hiring Cormann as a partner.
Sayers has spent much of the year repeatedly emphasising how little he knew about the tax leaks scandal, which occurred while he led PwC but came to light only after he left.
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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
