The expression, “when you’re in a hole, stop digging”, should be ringing in the ears of the directors of Super Retail – the owner of Rebel, Supercheap Auto and BCF. By the time they dropped their shovels, they had emerged in another continent.

After almost 18 months of steadfast support for chief executive Anthony Heraghty and aggressive attacks on two whistleblowers who claimed the boss had conducted a long-term affair with the company’s former head of human resources, Jane Kelly, the board has executed an embarrassing somersault, sacked Heraghty and now settled with the complainants.

It is rare to witness a board display a lack of judgment of this magnitude.

Anthony Heraghty departed last week after the board alleged his earlier information about his relationship with Jane Kelly was inadequate.Credit: Main photo: Dan Peled

There are no winners in the calamitous stoush.

Rebecca Farrell and Amelia Berczelly – the two former Super Retail lawyers who blew the whistle on the alleged relationship – will be paid an unspecified amount as a settlement to their lawsuit,........

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