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Ex-KPMG boss: ‘NDAs can be used to silence victims and enable perpetrators to misbehave’

Mary O’Connor calls for additional ‘guardrails’ after government rejects outright ban on NDAs in sexual harassment cases

Mary O’Connor was formerly UK chief executive at KPMG, and is an advisory board member of ethnic diversity non-profit Reboot
Mary O’Connor was formerly UK chief executive at KPMG, and is an advisory board member of ethnic diversity non-profit Reboot

KPMG UK’s former chief executive has slammed the government’s refusal to ban non-disclosure agreements in all harassment cases.

Mary O’Connor, who became the first woman to lead a Big Four firm in the UK in 2021, said NDAs can be used to “silence victims and enable perpetrators to continue to misbehave” in a LinkedIn post on 15 May.

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