'Mould-breaking' Goal boss O'Shea to retire next month, says charity

The board of aid agency Goal has said its founder John O'Shea will retire as CEO next month.

The board of aid agency Goal has said its founder John O'Shea will retire as CEO next month.

Mr O'Shea reached a settlement with the charity in the High Court today, after he secured a temporary court order preventing his suspension.

In a statement, the board said it wished to pay warm tribute to Mr O'Shea and to his "astonishing" work in founding GOAL 35 years ago

The agency has delivered over $1bn in aid and emergency relief in more than 50 countries.

The board today praised O'Shea as a "mould breaker, a true humanitarian, and a champion of the developing world".

But relations haven't run smoothly in recent times. Several Goal board members departed the agency in the period before Mr O'Shea secured a temporary court order preventing his suspension.

His lawyers described complaints of bullying as "false" and "concocted".

The order preventing his suspension expired nearly two weeks ago. Today, the court was told the case had settled.

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