KPMG CRISIS DEEPENS
TFG latest to flee from Gupta auditor
The retail group says it has appointed Deloitte & Touch as its external auditor with immediate effect
TFG is the latest JSE-listed company to drop KPMG as its auditor. The retail group made the announcement just hours after Telkom said it would not award any new business to KPMG until the outcome of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) probe was known. On Friday, food producer AVI said it would stop using KPMG once its 2017 financial year-end audit was completed. TFG said on Monday that it had appointed Deloitte & Touche as its auditing firm with immediate effect. “We have initiated this change in response to governance concerns raised at KPMG,” said TFG CEO Doug Murray. “TFG remains committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and to our role as a leading investor in growing the local manufacturing industry and the economy as a whole in SA.” TFG made the decision despite close ties between KPMG and key executives at the company. The retail group’s chief financial officer, Anthony Thunstrom, had been a board member of KPMG SA until 2015 when he joined ...
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