No Downer as Spotless boss makes abrupt exit

By Colin Kruger
Updated August 23 2017 - 12:18am, first published August 22 2017 - 10:57pm
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18:  New Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard poses for a portrait on August 18, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Sheppard was a former partner at KPMG.  (Photo by Wayne Taylor/Fairfax Media)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: New Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard poses for a portrait on August 18, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Sheppard was a former partner at KPMG. (Photo by Wayne Taylor/Fairfax Media)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: New Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard poses for a portrait on August 18, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Sheppard was a former partner at KPMG. (Photo by Wayne Taylor/Fairfax Media)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: New Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard poses for a portrait on August 18, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Sheppard was a former partner at KPMG. (Photo by Wayne Taylor/Fairfax Media)

If you're not one for conspiracy theories, you won't see anything untoward in the fact that Spotless chief executive, Martin Sheppard, stepped down with immediate effect on Tuesday - just two days before the rather spotty cleaning services group delivers what should be its last full-year result as a listed company.

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