8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (1)
#10238621 at 2020-08-10 04:18:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13103: Flash Bam Alacazam out of an ORANGE colored sky Edition
Resignations in the news 8/7/2020 thru 8/9/2020 - part 1
Longtime Hickman County deputy arrested on multiple charges and fired
https://www.wkrn.com/news/crime/longtime-hickman-county-deputy-arrested-on-multiple-charges-and-fired/
U.S. special envoy for Iran stepping down, Secretary Pompeo says
https://ktla.com/news/politics/u-s-special-envoy-for-iran-stepping-down-secretary-pompeo-says/
Snyder County Prison deputy warden fired
https://www.dailyitem.com/news/snyder_county/snyder-county-prison-deputy-warden-fired/article_60cfe33b-1825-5559-9bae-2f088ff93216.html
AMP chief executive Alex Wade steps down effective immediately
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/banking/amp-chief-executive-Alex-Wade-steps-down-effective-immediately/news-story/6bfc7e4f29f490d0cce88fb373e46e6e
Bill Babcock retiring as Grand Slam Board tennis director
https://www.kansas.com/sports/article244763817.html
Apopka City Commissioner Nolan resigns
https://theapopkachief.com/apopka-city-commissioner-alice-nolan-resigns/
Jerry Falwell Jr. takes indefinite leave from Liberty University post
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-falwell-idUSKCN25402Z?taid=5f2e19e06639040001f71d40&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Calloway County Health Department director resigns, interim director named
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/calloway-county-health-department-director-resigns-interim-director-named/article_1fe3353c-d83a-11ea-808b-334906e68a61.html
Lebanon's envoy to Jordan resigns over massive blast
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/lebanon-s-envoy-to-jordan-resigns-over-massive-blast/1934200
Texas Tech women's coach fired one day after report of abuse
https://wtop.com/ncaa-basketball/2020/08/texas-tech-womens-coach-fired-2-days-after-report-of-abuse/
Major executive who brought AEW to TNT has been fired
https://wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/major-executive-who-brought-aew-to-tnt-has-been-fired/
Evolent Health CEO to step down
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/evolent-health-ceo-to-step-down.html
Upper Darby Twp. officer fired after officials say he admitted writing hateful post under anonymous name
https://www.fox29.com/news/upper-darby-twp-officer-fired-after-officials-say-he-admitted-writing-hateful-post-under-anonymous-name
Top PhilHealth exec resigns as corruption allegations hound agency
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1317684/top-philhealth-exec-resigns-as-corruption-allegations-hound-agency
Longtime publisher retiring
https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/news/local-news/2020/08/06/longtime-publisher-retiring/
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil to step down after 17 years in politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-premier-stephen-mcneil-stepping-down-1.5676453
Dropbox CFO Ajay Vashee to step down
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-dropbox-cfo/dropbox-cfo-ajay-vashee-to-step-down-idUKKCN252319?il=0
FORMER BPSO CORRECTIONS OFFICER FIRED, ARRESTED
https://www.bossiernow.com/former-bpso-corrections-officer-fired-arrested/
Mitsubishi Motors says Chairman Masuko resigns due to health reasons
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mitsubishi-motors-chairman-masuko-resigns-024047315.html
NP city administrator submits resignation
https://www.knopnews2.com/2020/08/06/np-city-administrator-submits-resignation/
Birgit Klohs retiring from The Right Place
https://grbj.com/news/economic-development/birgit-klohs-retiring-from-the-right-place/
West Linn Mayor Axelrod clarifies statement about stepping down
https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/west-linn-mayor-russ-axelrod-says-he-will-resign/
8chan/8kun QResearch AUSTRALIA Posts (5)
#10705304 at 2020-09-19 06:02:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 16
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition Bun
>>10292284 Lawyers for Julian Assange say '11th hour' decision by US government to lodge new charges against him is 'astonishing and potentially abusive'
>>10368354 Crowdfund appeal launched for Julian Assange
>>10368361 Stella Moris: Join my fight to free Julian Assange and stop US extradition
>>10423178 Partner says Assange 'in a lot of pain'
>>10542765 Mother of Assange's two children tearfully warns of the WikiLeaks founder's fate as the US begins its Old Bailey extradition bid
>>10563657 Julian Assange's new friend Bob Carr fights his US extradition
>>10563697, >>10563701 Julian Assange 'a suicide risk', says defence
>>10575174 'This is nonsense': Julian Assange interjections earn stern warning
>>10586571 Trump is targeting Assange because he dislikes Obama, court told
>>10600877 Assange's extradition hearing delayed by lawyer's wife's COVID scare
>>10653978 Julian Assange extradition delayed by further tech, coronavirus issues
>>10664636 Assange defence questions why Obama didn't seek to prosecute him
>>10664658 Julian Assange, like Jeffrey Epstein, may not be safe in US prison
>>10679059 Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
>>10691837 Julian Assange aimed for 'stringent redactions', extradition court hears
>>10611062 UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
#9 - Part 17
Australian / Regional Resignations Bun
>>10122451 Labor Senator Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley 'quit after sex claim'
>>10143641 James Murdoch resigns from News Corporation board of directors
>>10176837 David Hutchinson resigns as Queensland LNP president
>>10176837 SANFL CEO Jake Parkinson announces resignation
>>10197874 iCare review brought forward as CEO John Nagle quits
>>10197874 AMP Australia boss Alex Wade exits over 'internal matter'
>>10220297 'Inappropriate photos' behind sudden exit of AMP executive Alex Wade
>>10398399 AMP chairman David Murray resigns, top exec Boe Pahari stands down
>>10491765 QBE CEO Pat Regan to depart following probe
>>10587369 Besieged icare chief and deputy, Michael Carapiet and Gavin Bell, to step down
>>10587369 Queensland Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham announces resignation
>>10601128 Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigns amid ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelter blast crisis
#10705070 at 2020-09-19 05:35:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 16
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition Bun
>>10292284 Lawyers for Julian Assange say '11th hour' decision by US government to lodge new charges against him is 'astonishing and potentially abusive'
>>10368354 Crowdfund appeal launched for Julian Assange
>>10368361 Stella Moris: Join my fight to free Julian Assange and stop US extradition
>>10423178 Partner says Assange 'in a lot of pain'
>>10542765 Mother of Assange's two children tearfully warns of the WikiLeaks founder's fate as the US begins its Old Bailey extradition bid
>>10563657 Julian Assange's new friend Bob Carr fights his US extradition
>>10563697, >>10563701 Julian Assange 'a suicide risk', says defence
>>10575174 'This is nonsense': Julian Assange interjections earn stern warning
>>10586571 Trump is targeting Assange because he dislikes Obama, court told
>>10600877 Assange's extradition hearing delayed by lawyer's wife's COVID scare
>>10653978 Julian Assange extradition delayed by further tech, coronavirus issues
>>10664636 Assange defence questions why Obama didn't seek to prosecute him
>>10664658 Julian Assange, like Jeffrey Epstein, may not be safe in US prison
>>10679059 Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
>>10691837 Julian Assange aimed for 'stringent redactions', extradition court hears
>>10611062 UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
#9 - Part 17
Australian / Regional Resignations Bun
>>10122451 Labor Senator Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley 'quit after sex claim'
>>10143641 James Murdoch resigns from News Corporation board of directors
>>10176837 David Hutchinson resigns as Queensland LNP president
>>10176837 SANFL CEO Jake Parkinson announces resignation
>>10197874 iCare review brought forward as CEO John Nagle quits
>>10197874 AMP Australia boss Alex Wade exits over 'internal matter'
>>10220297 'Inappropriate photos' behind sudden exit of AMP executive Alex Wade
>>10398399 AMP chairman David Murray resigns, top exec Boe Pahari stands down
>>10491765 QBE CEO Pat Regan to depart following probe
>>10587369 Besieged icare chief and deputy, Michael Carapiet and Gavin Bell, to step down
>>10587369 Queensland Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham announces resignation
>>10601128 Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigns amid ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelter blast crisis
#10491765 at 2020-09-01 08:52:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10220297
Resignations in the news
QBE CEO Pat Regan to depart following probe
Insurer QBE's chief executive Pat Regan is to exit the company following an external investigation that found he exercised "poor judgment" and failed to meet the group's code of ethics.
In a statement to the ASX on Tuesday, QBE said the investigation had determined that Mr Regan had not met the standards set out in the company's code of ethics and conduct.
"We are committed to having a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone at QBE," chairman Mike Wilkins said.
"The board concluded that he had exercised poor judgment in this regard."
QBE did not provide details of the conduct that triggered Mr Regan's departure.
The Australian understands the exit of Mr Regan is linked to a scan of management and staff emails - relating to a complaint - which found inappropriate material that led to the CEO being axed. There were numerous instances of inappropriate communications made by Mr Regan to a US-based female employee, sources said.
The QBE staff member was said to have lobbed a complaint with QBE about ten days ago, a development which spurred the insurer to bring in an external legal firm to scour communications.
Law firm MinterEllison is understood to have conducted the review for QBE of the emails and communications, and presented the findings of the report to the board. MinterEllison presented its report on Monday night, prompting a decision by the board regarding Mr Regan. The decision was unanimous.
Sources said the female employee has tendered her resignation to QBE. The company is still working out Mr Regan's exit pay, and details were not provided on Tuesday.
Mr Wilkins made it clear on Tuesday that all QBE employees had to meet the same standards required by the company.
"While these are challenging circumstances the board recognises and thanks Mr Regan for his hard work and contribution to strengthening QBE.
"However, all employees must be held to the same standards."
Mr Wilkins is speaking to large shareholders on Tuesday to explain the situation, while staff received a memo from the board.
Fund manager Paul Xiradis, whose Ausbil Investment Management is a top 20 shareholder in QBE, said he was surprised when he heard Mr Regan had behaved inappropriately, labelling it "totally out of character" for the Englishman.
"It was totally unexpected. Equally, the board taking very decisive action quickly, I think, is a credit to the organisation. The CEO was very well regarded and I think the board should be commended for (removing him)."
One major shareholder was told the material wasn't as bad as the explicit pictures former AMP Australia CEO Alex Wade sent to female colleagues.
"It was described to me as much less than the AMP scenario. I don't know whether that's text messages or emails or what, but it was obviously something they could track," the shareholder, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Australian.
Another major shareholder, who also asked not to be named, voiced his disappointment at the news of inappropriate behaviour from Mr Regan.
"He's f*cked up. It's disappointing but it shouldn't really have a big impact on the business. He's been a good leader and done a good job as CEO. And he's got a good team in place.
"And then you just go, 'you idiot'. You get to this top position and you've just got to be more careful. Just don't do it."
AustralianSuper, QBE's fifth largest shareholder, spoke to Mr Wilkins on Tuesday and is understood to be pleased the board took swift, decisive action.
QBE's shares slumped 6.3 per cent to close at $9.94 on Tuesday.
Mr Wilkins will take on the role of executive chairman while the company searches for a new CEO, signalling there wasn't a firm succession plan in place for Mr Regan.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/qbe-ceo-pat-regan-to-depart-following-probe/news-story/86b57ef699e30c259a8a355675d344de
#10220297 at 2020-08-08 04:51:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
'Inappropriate photos' behind sudden exit of AMP executive
The sudden exit of AMP's Australia chief Alex Wade from the under-pressure wealth group this week was related to allegations of poor conduct, including lewd photos, presented to the company.
Multiple sources told The Weekend Australian that AMP received material that alleged Mr Wade had sent inappropriate photos to a woman.
The claims are understood to have been the final straw and triggered the end of Mr Wade's tenure as a senior executive at AMP. The allegations added to other claims relating to Mr Wade's conduct and performance that had already been raised with the board.
An AMP spokesman on Friday declined to comment on the circumstances of Mr Wade's departure. He referred to Thursday's ASX statement that said AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari had accepted Mr Wade's resignation.
The statement said the departure was "effective immediately" and no explanation was given.
A spokesman for Mr Wade said on his behalf: "I arrived at my decision to resign from AMP in the interests of all parties.
"My focus now is on a period of personal reflection and the relationships that are most important to me."
Mr Wade joined AMP as head of wealth in January last year.
His role was later expanded to cover wealth management and AMP's bank division, including spearheading a shake-up of the financial advice model by slashing the amount the company would pay to buy back planning practices. The departure leaves a gaping hole on AMP's front bench, even though Mr De Ferrari has appointed Blair Vernon, AMP's New Zealand wealth management chief, as acting head of AMP Australia while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement.
Mr Wade and Mr De Ferrari worked closely together at Credit Suisse, where the latter was head of the Asia-Pacific private banking business.
AMP chairman and banking veteran David Murray also had a stint at Credit Suisse as a senior adviser, before the trio crossed paths again at the embattled wealth company.
Sources said Mr De Ferrari was "devastated" at the chain of events that led to Mr Wade's departure from AMP.
The CEO's judgment has been thrown into question in 2020 after a run of missteps as Mr De Ferrari and the board seek to fix AMP's past issues and untangle a complex structure.
Sparked controversy
The exit of Mr Wade comes after AMP's promotion of Boe Pahari to lead the AMP Capital division sparked controversy, given he had been financially penalised over a harassment incident several years earlier.
Mr Pahari - who has been repeatedly backed by Mr De Ferrari - took the AMP Capital reins from retiring Adam Tindall in July.
AMP was one of several companies ravaged by the Hayne royal commission in 2018, losing its then CEO Craig Meller and chairman Catherine Brenner.
They left amid revelations AMP misled the corporate regulator, while the company was also entangled in a series of scandals relating to its financial planning business.
Mr De Ferrari, who started in the top job at AMP in late 2018, is seeking to accelerate a three-year turnaround program outlined in 2019 after this year completing the $3bn sale of AMP's life insurance unit to Sir Clive Cowdery's Resolution Life.
But AMP is suffering from weaker earnings and structural changes in its wealth division.
Last week the group warned of a halving in underlying group profit to between $140m and $150m for the six months to June 30.
This compares to $309m at the same time last year.
AMP hands down its official half-year results on Thursday.
The earnings update showed AMP's wealth management arm had trebled its outflows over the past two years to $4.4bn in the first half alone.
Operating earnings in the wealth unit are expected to print at $60m for AMP's first half while the bank's earnings are pegged at $50m. Those results are down from $103m for wealth and $71m for the bank in the same period last year.
The announcement of Mr Wade's departure added to AMP's woes after the corporate regulator signalled it expected to file a Federal Court action against the group by year's end.
The company was subject to several referrals to regulators following the royal commission.
AMP was also hit with two class actions in recent weeks, one from aggrieved financial advisers over a decision to slash the amount the company would pay them for their businesses.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/lewd-photos-behind-sudden-exit-of-amps-australia-chief-Alex-Wade/news-story/44bdb59fe90c4227da259db149b9d4e8
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AMP Australia leadership update
https://corporate.amp.com.au/newsroom/2020/august/AMP-Australia-leadership-update
#10197874 at 2020-08-06 08:54:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Resignations in the news
iCare review brought forward as CEO quits
The chief executive and managing director of beleaguered NSW government-owned insurer iCare has quit amid reports of poor financial management at the company.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet confirmed on Monday night the resignation of John Nagle, who had held the top job since early 2018.
Mr Perrottet on Tuesday said that despite retaining faith in the iCare board, a statutory five-year review of the company's workers' compensation scheme would be brought forward and inquire into the board's conduct and culture.
The inquiry will be headed by former NSW Supreme Court judge Robert McDougall QC.
It comes after the NSW Labor opposition last week released a document stating iCare's workers' compensation scheme had reported a $2 billion net loss to March 31.
Its funding ratio - a key measure of financial sustainability - had fallen to 98 per cent, the undated document shows. The state-owned insurer aims to keep the scheme's funding ratio, or proportion of assets to liabilities, above 110 per cent.
The issue came to a head after ABC and Nine reported last week on poor performance and financial management of iCare, created out of the 2015 break-up of WorkCover.
The company last week insisted in a statement there was no risk of insolvency in its workers' compensation scheme and that conduct issues such as scheme agent incentives and so-called "doctor shopping" had already been addressed.
Mr Nagle said in a statement on Tuesday he was sad to leave.
A non-executive board director - incumbent NSW Labor president Mark Lennon - also resigned last week after being on iCare's board since inception.
But the Public Service Association on Tuesday said the entire iCare board should step down after a NSW parliamentary inquiry on Monday heard the company had sought to terminate compensation payments to some 17,000 workers.
It also heard Mr Nagle had been sanctioned by the iCare board last year for a conflict of interest involving his wife's position at the company.
https://thewest.com.au/business/icare-review-brought-forward-as-ceo-quits-ng-s-2023632
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AMP Australia boss Alex Wade exits over 'internal matter'
Embattled wealth management group AMP has shocked the market with the departure of Alex Wade, the chief executive of its sprawling Australia division, in an immediate and unexplained resignation following an unidentified "internal matter".
The latest executive departure from AMP comes after The Australian Financial Review reported that the company had made Boe Pahari chief executive of its asset management division AMP Capital after penalising him $500,000 following a sexual harassment claim in 2017.
In a short statement filed early on Thursday, AMP said it had accepted Mr Wade's resignation and confirmed he would leave the business "effective immediately".
Chief executive Francesco De Ferrari welcomed interim replacement Blair Vernon but made no public statement on the reasons for Mr Wade's departure or the former executive's contribution to the business.
In an internal town hall meeting to introduce Mr Vernon on Thursday, Mr De Ferrari cited privacy concerns in response to staff questions about the circumstances of Mr Wade's departure.
An AMP spokesman also declined to answer a detailed list of questions about Mr Wade's conduct. Mr Wade did not respond to calls or texts.
Senior AMP staff told their employees on Thursday that Mr Wade was asked to address an "internal matter" and that he tendered his resignation.
Mr Wade had worked at Credit Suisse in Singapore with Mr De Ferrari, and as a private banking executive at Credit Suisse Australia, where current AMP chairman David Murray was an adviser and fellow AMP director John O'Sullivan was once chairman.
Mr Wade, who joined AMP in January last year, had only been promoted to head of AMP Australia in October 2019 following the merger of the company's advice, banking and wealth management division and the departure of banking boss Sally Bruce.
The departure comes at a difficult time for AMP. During a virtual town hall meeting last month where staff expressed frustration at "AMP's #MeToo moment", AMP head of corporate affairs Helen Livesey said there were "many people who are in AMPA [AMP Australia] who would say that there is behaviour that needs to be addressed in the organisation" and that she was the "the most vocal member of GLT [global leadership team]" about what constitutes acceptable behaviour. There is no suggestion Mr Wade's departure is related to behaviour of that kind.
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/amp-australia-boss-Alex-Wade-exits-amid-cultural-overhaul-20200806-p55j1r