Multiple outlets report that KPMG’s chair has resigned amid an ongoing whistleblower scandal involving the firm. The reports say the chair becomes the latest senior executive to step down after earlier responses to the controversy, including statements described by the outlets as downplaying the issue. The whistleblower allegations have drawn sustained scrutiny of KPMG’s handling of concerns raised within the organisation. While details beyond the existence of the scandal are limited in the provided coverage, the common theme across the sources is the timing of leadership changes: the chair’s resignation follows public attention on the whistleblower matter and on how executives addressed it. Together, the articles frame the resignation as part of broader leadership turnover connected to the controversy. No additional, outlet-specific facts about investigation outcomes, scope of findings, or replacement plans are included in the supplied summaries. The reports therefore focus on the confirmation that the chair has quit and link it to the firm’s current whistleblower dispute and prior public messaging about it.