Exit interview: SFO director Julie Read

Exit interview: SFO director Julie Read
Julie Read has left the Serious Fraud Office. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Young
Julie Read has quietly left the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and it appears that is just how she likes it.She spent almost a decade at the helm of the fraud watchdog, during which she kept a low profile.The Tasmanian was the fifth person to lead the agency, created in 1990 as a response to the 1987 share market collapse and ensuing economic recession.When the former Australian Securities and Investments Commission prosecutor was appointed in 2014, she took over from Simon McArley, a much more high-profile director who got stuck in prosecuting th...

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