New Essendon AFL chief executive Andrew Thorburn has resigned a day after he was appointed, due to his position in a church with divisive views around abortion and homosexuality.
The former NAB boss, who resigned from that job in 2019 after receiving scathing criticism during the banking royal commission, was on Monday announced as the Bombers' successor to Xavier Campbell.
But within hours of his appointment, Thorburn's links to a controversial church organisation were thrust into the spotlight, and by Tuesday evening, the embattled Bombers were left searching for their third CEO in less than two months.
