The NSW and ACT-based Not For Profit has announced that Ms Leigh has resigned and will leave the organisation this week as it moves to a “new phase” in its journey following a period of reform.
As we covered here, Ms Leigh joined RSL LifeCare as a 'reformist' CEO in September 2018 in the wake of an Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC) investigation and an independent inquiry launched by the NSW Government into the Not For Profit’s fundraising.
Current RSL LifeCare CFO, Drew Pearce, has been appointed Acting CEO, ahead of a full search for a permanent replacement.
RSL LifeCare Chairman Andrew Condon said the Board thanked Ms Leigh for her leadership through the last three years, which have seen its services affected by bushfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the Aged Care Royal Commission.
“We now move to a new phase of the RSL LifeCare journey and we will be looking to appoint someone with the skills and experience commensurate with that task, as part of an orderly and planned leadership transition,” he said.
An executive search firm will now be appointed to search out a new CEO.
Ms Leigh said she was proud of RSL LifeCare’s growth under her leadership, with its home care clients doubling in two years, while retirement living and residential care also grew significantly.
“I am delighted to be leaving the organisation in a strong position and I thank the entire team for helping achieve that,” she said.
Her last day will be 14 April.
