Bombers bounce back from embarrassing CEO saga

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Essendon has yet appointed a caller main enforcement officer, 2 months aft the club's erstwhile 1 discontinue aft little than 24 hours successful the job.

The Bombers were embarrassed astatine the commencement of October erstwhile they announced Andrew Thorburn arsenic the caller boss, lone for him to quit successful disgrace the pursuing day.

Media reports pursuing his assignment revealed Thorburn was the president of a religion which denounces homosexuality and likened termination to the cognition of attraction camps.

In a astonishment twist a period later, reports emerged Thorburn is considering suing Essendon for wrongful termination, contempt the nine saying it was his determination to quit.

The Bombers, though, look to person moved connected from that saga and connected Thursday announced Craig Vozzo arsenic the caller CEO.

Vozzo has been moving astatine West Coast, archetypal joining the Eagles successful a database absorption relation earlier transitioning into the enforcement broadside of the business.

He was being groomed to regenerate Trevor Nisbett arsenic West Coast CEO but the Bombers person pounced to unafraid his services.

Xavier Campbell near Essendon's CEO seat astatine the extremity of the AFL season.

"Craig is simply a terrific idiosyncratic who understands what's required to physique a beardown and palmy shot club,'' nine president David Barham said.

"His acquisition successful delivering shot results and driving a high-performance situation was a cardinal origin successful his assignment arsenic our adjacent CEO.

"He is simply a well-rounded idiosyncratic with divers acquisition and background. He has beardown idiosyncratic values and a way grounds successful starring and processing radical to execute strategical goals."

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