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Football Club Apologises to Former CEO After Faith-Related Dismissal

Football Club Apologises to Former CEO After Faith-Related Dismissal
Andrew Thorburn, then National Australia Bank (NAB) Group CEO, posing for photos at a media call in Sydney, Australia, on May 3, 2017. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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12/20/2022|Updated: 12/20/2022

Essendon football club has apologised to its former CEO Andrew Thorburn, saying the dispute with the AFL club’s short-lived chief executive is over and conceding his exit was poorly handled.

Thorburn chose to resign just one day after being appointed to the job at Essendon in October, due to his role as chair of a church with divisive views around abortion and homosexuality.

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