Whistleblower Glenn Kolomeitz says the changing of the guard in the Returned Services League should help him get a better night’s sleep.
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“In Afghanistan, due to the operational tempo, I had four hours’ sleep a night. Here, it’s been less due to the enormous pressures put on me at the hands of the cartetaker management team and that in itself is disgraceful,” said the former chief executive officer who exposed serious financial issues in the NSW RSL council.
“For the first time in my life I had to take stress leave.”
The RSL’s state congress voted out the old leadership during its conference in Albury this week.
Mr Kolomeitz, whose contract as chief executive officer of the NSW RSL was terminated in April, said he was contacted by incoming state president James Brown after the ballot.
“He said he would be getting back to me. There is absolutely a place for me in the new NSW RSL,” he said.
It is unlikely, however, that will be in his old CEO role. Mr Kolomeitz said the “scorched earth approach” taken by the caretaker management team had derailed many of his initiatives.
He welcomed the result of the ballot.
“This will enable a clear focus on returning to mission, transparency and the opening up of the doors of Anzac House to public scrutiny,” he said.
“I’m very pleased at the fact there is a more diverse board, including younger and older veterans and a woman, and a diverse set of skills and qualifications.”
