One way or another, the relationship between Super Retail Group chief executive Anthony Heraghty and his former human resources chief, Jane Kelly, was always – always – going to blow up in the face of the company’s board.

On Tuesday, the board, led by Judith Swales, seemed desperate to give the impression that it had acted decisively by terminating the employment of Heraghty with immediate effect after it received additional information about his relationship with Kelly from Heraghty himself. Loading...

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