He lied about an affair and cost his company nearly $30 million. Now he has a new job

August 4, 2026 — 5:31pm

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Anthony Heraghty, the former boss of Rebel Sport’s owner, has had less time in the corporate sin bin than his former employer spent fighting to discredit the tawdry, but ultimately true allegations made against him.

Last September, Heraghty was dumped after misleading the board of the $4 billion Super Retail over an affair with a subordinate, a scandal that cost the company nearly $30 million in legal bills.

This week, he was unveiled as the new chief executive of Winning Group, the century-old family-owned luxury white goods retailer, as it gears up for a potential sharemarket float.

Winning’s decision to hire the former Super Retail boss so soon after he was dumped last year is a big call for the company to make.

Especially so at a time when the treatment of whistleblowers has been thrust into the spotlight by the escalating scandal at KPMG, which was sparked by a whistleblower’s allegations about staff illicitly accessing boardroom documents.

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In late 2023, anonymous whistleblower complaints were made to Super Retail alleging that Heraghty was in a clandestine relationship with head of human resources, Jane Kelly.

Court documents would later allege that in October that year, Heraghty’s........

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