Arb in crisis talks after chair and chief executive quit

Karen Holmes, new registrar and chief executive of the Arb

Critic suggests regulator ‘imploding’ after resignations days apart

Arb board members are locked in crisis talks this afternoon after the chair and chief executive quit within days of each other.

No explanation for their shock departures has been given, but a long-time critic of the professional regulator accused it of being on the verge of imploding.

Replacing the two women and the circumstances surrounding their departures is understood to be top of the agenda at today’s meeting.

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