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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emine Sinmaz

Oxfam trustee quits board over ‘cruel’ treatment of ex-boss

Balwant Singh
Balwant Singh said the board’s statement about Halima Begum’s departure did not reflect his views as a trustee. Photograph: Oxfam

An Oxfam trustee has resigned from the charity’s board over claims of governance failures and “cruel and inhumane” treatment of the organisation’s former boss.

Dr Balwant Singh said he had “lost confidence in the board’s governance, integrity, transparency and accountability” a month after Halima Begum was forced out as chief executive. “These failures are now sufficiently serious and systemic to warrant external regulatory intervention,” Singh said.

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