An Australian banker, who was seen live on TV opening an email carrying dozens of semi-pictures of Miranda Kerr’s January spread in GQ Magazine, will keep his job at Perth’s Macquarie Group investment bank.
In statement Monday, Macquarie execs said they had completed an internal review of the event and decided not to fire banker David Kiely.
Kiely was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he opened an e-mailed document as his colleague spoke with Australia’s Seven News Network via satellite. Video of the incident became a viral sensation — and even encouraged an online petition to save Kiely’s job. Even Miranda offered to join the fight to help the red-faced broker to save his job.
“I am told there is a petition to save his job and of course I would sign it….”
As luck would have it, she won’t have to.
“He will remain an employee of Macquarie,” read a statement from the company. “Macquarie and the employee apologize for any offense that may have been caused.”