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The other CEO-HR affair causing pain at Super Retail

CEO Anthony Heraghty is getting to the pointy end of his divorce, as the company disclosed to shareholders on Monday.

Secret workplace affairs rarely end well. Particularly between CEOs and their chief HR officers.

US start-up Astronomer is already down CEO Andy Byron and will probably lose chief people officer Kristin Cabot after the two were caught canoodling at a Coldplay concert last week. Sure, internet sleuths tracking down the identities of random concert-goers to shame them for their presumed misconduct is exceedingly icky. But so is reporting to a company whose top executives are in a secret relationship. If you know, it’s weird, and if you don’t, it’s worse.

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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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