in october 2012, rekhy took over as india ceo of kpmg. from the year 2014 to 2016, as many as 60 partners steadily quit the kpmg india to join pwc, deloitte and ernst and young. increasing politicisation, some conflict of interest issues and arbitrary organisational changes," were among the reasons for the brewing disaffection. this sparked complaints by partners over rekhy’s management style, as a result richard rekhy’s leadership role at kpmg india was curtailed by the kpmg global leadership by handing over effective charge to deputy ceo akhil bansal.