February 20, 2025 — 5.00am
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A Super Retail Group employee was so concerned at the handling of whistleblower complaints about an alleged affair between the chief executive and a senior staff member, they made an emergency disclosure to the assistant treasurer, urging a probe into whether the firm was seeking to cover up wrongdoing.
The disclosure sparked drastic action from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which responded by issuing demands to Super Retail staff to attend compulsory interrogations. It wanted to know about how the company had handled allegations its chief executive Anthony Heraghty engaged in a non-disclosed relationship with its head of human resources Jane Kelly.
Super Retail, the ASX-listed owner of Rebel Sport and Supercheap Auto, denies there was a secret affair between Heraghty and Kelly, and says that it investigated the matter properly.
The pair are now in a relationship, with Heraghty having told the Super Retail board that he had formed feelings for Kelly but had not acted on them until early 2024.
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