On Thursday morning, Afterpay announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, Luke Bortoli, and his succession by former Salmat CEO Rebecca Lowde. The switch is effective on October 6, and Bortoli’s contractual notice period is only three months. Yet he’s hanging around for the longest “comprehensive transition” of modern history, leaving “at the end of the 2021 financial year”. Which, by no coincidence, is just 21 days after his final batch of 450,000 options vests.

Bortoli’s retirement is not due to ill-health, which is welcome news given his potential exposure to polymer poisoning (symptoms are common in patients who report rolling around naked in $100 bills).