Swimming New Zealand chief executive Mike Byrne has resigned following the release of a critical report into the national organisation. Photo / Ben Fraser.
Swimming New Zealand chief executive Mike Byrne has resigned following the release of a critical report into the national organisation.
The independent review recommended a complete overhaul of the dysfunctional organisation, calling for the entire board to resign and Byrne to be removed.
The report said swimming in this country
was plagued by poor leadership and a dysfunctional relationship between Swimming NZ and its stakeholders - problems that could only be fixed if the sport implemented the report's 17 recommendations in full.
The taxpayer-funded review was the third major investigation into the governing body in the last four years, with the 2011 Ineson report making similar calls for widespread change at the top of the sport.
"It is with regret that Mike Byrne has today announced his resignation from Swimming New Zealand," the national body said in a statement.
