The resignation of the RSL’s national president “opens up a new era” for the organisation following a string of governance troubles, its interim chairman says. RSL National president Robert Dick resigned amid the wrap-up of an external review into the organisation, conducted by auditors KPMG. “Robert understood that for us to move forward and to install our new governance and other requirements, it was better that was managed by a new face,” John King, president of the ACT branch and interim national chair said. In announcing Mr Dick’s resignation on Friday, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission said it “puts the interests of the charity and the RSL first”. The regulator in February ordered the RSL bring in an external expert. A plan to address the organisation’s governance issues is set to be finalised by the end of July.
