A Super Retail Group employee was so concerned at the handling of whistleblower complaints about an alleged affair between the chief executive and a senior staff member, they made an emergency disclosure to the assistant treasurer, urging a probe into whether the firm was seeking to cover up wrongdoing.
The disclosure sparked drastic action from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which responded by issuing demands to Super Retail staff to attend compulsory interrogations. It wanted to know about how the company had handled allegations its chief executive Anthony Heraghty engaged in a non-disclosed relationship with its head of human resources Jane Kelly.
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Max Mason covers financial crime, courts and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com
Nick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
