Australia: Former police chief commissioner Christine Nixon has stepped down from the Foster’s Group board.
Nixon took the post in April 2010. After a career in the NSW and Victorian Police force, Nixon became Victoria's first female chief commissioner, leading a team of 14,000 staff and managing a $1.7 billion budget for eight years before her retirement in February 2009.
Nixon issued this statement: “The recent months have been personally a very difficult time.
“After 39 years in the Public Service, I think it is an appropriate time to rethink my priorities.