Highest ever paid NSW public servant and former CEO fronts icare inquiry

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A former chief executive officer of embattled state insurer icare took home more than $1.6 million in his final year in the role, making him the highest paid public servant in NSW history | LucyCormack

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He said he told the board he would recuse himself from the steering committee, "but I do not recollect putting it in writing," he said.The committee then heard that when the absence of conflict of interest reports was raised in a 2016 meeting by head of compliance Chris McCann, Mr Bhatia "raised [his] voice," and shouted.

"I definitely did not say that," Mr Bhatia said. "You have already heard that I have denied saying that." "That you would choose who you want, and you wouldn't follow the NSW government procurement process," Mr Shoebridge said.He was later asked about 42 gifts he received in his time at icare, all of which were entered into a gifts register on the same day, two years after they were received and four months after he left.

 

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