Bidcorp, a multinational food-service group, has reappointed KPMG South Africa as its external auditor despite the recent scandals surrounding the Big Four firm which led to a loss of a number of clients.
In its recently released notice of annual general meeting 2017 explained that the board had “given serious consideration to the continued audit services provided by KPMG Inc. to the group following the grave allegations made against KPMG regarding their activities in South Africa. Bidcorp has made formal enquiries and held detailed discussions with both the local and international management teams of KPMG.”
The board was reassured by the remedial actions undertaken to strengthen the firm’s governance as well as the new leadership’s commitment to implement an independent investigation. “The Bidcorp board is of the opinion that the actions taken demonstrate KPMG’s resolve to address the issues in a fully transparent manner,” the AGM notice read.
According to the AGM notice Bidcorp’s activities are approximately 90% outside of the borders of South Africa and are independently audited by KPMG International in most of these separate jurisdictions.
